Safe For Seneca

For many years I’ve been a fan of GTK. I started using linux with GTK1 was dominant, as I became a developer GTK2 took over, with beautiful themes and very usable widgets. I used GTK software, feeling that the philosophy of the people who write GTK apps matches my own: less fluff and more stability. …

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I decided to decorate my office a little, and since I’ve always been a Slackware user I wanted to get a large Slackware sticker to put on my glass. I couldn’t find one, so I made it myself, here’s the result: I had to construct the SVG file myself. I started from the Linux penguin …

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After going to one of our campuses (Newnham) on cross-country skis I decided to give showshoeing a try for my everyday campus (Seneca@York). I enjoyed it so much I did it all winter long. Video was edited with Cinelerra, though not much editing was needed. I’ll make some notes about the process here because I …

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Both of my credit cards have been replaced (without any request from me) with new versions which have a wireless, authentication-less, confirmation-less, and protection-less systems called either Mastercard PayPass or Visa PayWave. I’ve never understood the old american system where your card number alone can be used to take money from you. Yes – it …

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The course is over, and I’m happy to say that the whole experiment of taking a course while teaching at the same time was a success in every way that I hoped for. I learned a lot about a new field (Android app programming). Though I could have theoretically picked it up myself at any …

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Interesting. Last week I was saying how I have to force myself to do more work than required, this week I have the opposite worry :) We got a lab last week that was really hard. I quickly realised that during the lab and tried my best to finish it without distractions, but didn’t manage …

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