Papa’s Got a Brand-New Bag

Yes, after fumbling around in Moncton with that old Targus bag, I figured it was time to get something rad...

Flying Home from Moncton

I’m on a plane (WestJet’s Boeing 737, seat 7A) heading back to Hamilton from Moncton. I’ve read all my magazines...

Now it’s Free Internet

So I’m a little disappointed. Turns out the $9.95 for high speed internet was included in the room’s price. No...

Moncton Late Night

I’m in Moncton, NB right now, using high-speed hotel internet, courtesy of work. What an interesting trip so far…. After...

Toronto Late Night

Spent the whole day in Toronto (mostly just getting to and back from Toronto), working on our servers. The storm’s...

Looking for WiFi

So, I was going to try to find a WiFi hotspot in Toronto yesterday, but was pretty busy with work...

High security in the gifted city

Was up in T.O. today and saw the most amazing sky. All around Toronto, the sky was clear and sunny...

RCMP raid sparks outrage

The RCMP launched a massive and highly unusual search of the home and office of an Ottawa reporter yesterday in a bid to find leaked material in the Maher Arar case.
The raid was condemned by organizations representing journalists.
"I think this is a black, black day for freedom in this country, and I'm absolutely outraged," said Scott Anderson, editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen.
At 8 a.m. yesterday, 10 RCMP officers arrived at the home of Citizen reporter Juliet O'Neill with a search warrant. Over the next 5 1/2 hours, they searched her house, went through her personal belongings, downloaded her computer's hard drive and took away files, spiral notebooks, address books and phonebooks. A similar search took place at her office at the Citizen's city hall bureau.

Arar to file lawsuit against U.S.

Lawyers for a Canadian who was deported to Syria by American authorities in 2002 say they will formally file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in New York on Thursday.
Maher Arar, a 33-year-old computer engineer who lives in Ottawa, will participate by telephone in a New York news conference announcing the filing.
The American Centre for Constitutional Rights, which announced last year that it would oversee Arar's suit, said the legal papers will be filed in the U.S. District Court for the eastern district of New York.
The centre would not comment on the details of the suit before the news conference.

Working late

Some customer suckered me into doing an install on his Linux box by pretending he knew nothing about Linux. (sigh)...