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Post Secondary

So I’ve started my endeavours in post secondary education. I feel it’s about 5 years overdue now. I tooled around with the idea of trying to figure out which institution I wanted to attend, and also what curriculum works for me. After careful consideration I picked Centennial College @ Progress Campus. Their Computer Systems Technology Networking course really appealed to me, it also has Co-Op component to the course for I…

Las Vegas Strip Attack

For all of those involved in the tragic incident on Oct 1st, the worst mass shooting in USA’s 21st century. My heart goes out to remembering all the victims who met such a tragic end, in which the 2000’s shouldn’t even take place in this day and age. Please check out this article from NPR who remembers all the victims who have passed.    

Google Mocked Apple, Then Copies A Year later

One of my tech blogs that I follow pretty much summed up how Google has short term memory in their PR team for mocking Apple when they ditched the 3.5mm Headphone Jack. On The Pixel 2, seems google also has done away with it. Here’s Oliver Haslam’s post on RedmondPie It would seem that someone inside Google has a short memory, because after mocking Apple’s decision to ditch the headphone jack…

In Loving Memory of Jim Tilhoff

Link It is with tremendous sadness that we say farewell to Jimmy. On March 7th, Jimmy was killed in an incredibly tragic and horrific workplace accident. He was trying to clear a jam in a conveyor belt at work before he was crushed inside. Jimmy was well loved by his friends and family and will be greatly missed. At only 58 years old, Jimmy was a great uncle, brother and son and…

Family Day Long Weekend, Bad Tech

Instead of enjoying my long family day weekend on my PC either gaming or endlessly browsing through facebook. Yeah I know not the best way to spend time. This weekend temperature wise has been the coldest so far in 2016, Saturday 13th was about -40°C at one point. Not fun to do anything outside. During this time that should have been more enjoyable, Murphy’s law decided to kick my butt…