Tag: course

  • it’s summer, so …

    … it’s time for the CREST Wind Energy Summer School.

    It’s about the best way to start out in the wind industry. I went there back when it was at Imperial College. So many of my friends and colleagues in the industry have attended.

    I wish the same course were run in several locations. Loughborough isn’t on most people’s travel plans.

  • pig out!

    Every restaurant is packed out tonight – except Phở Vietnam. Then we realised that tonight is the eve of the Year of The Pig (Hogmanay, as it were), so of course the place was quiet.

  • what day is it?

    Why, it’s Rush Day – 21/12 – of course. So have a good one, straight from the land of the Rand-fanciers themselves.

  • the great lost opportunity

    I’ve always thought that Adobe missed a great opportunity when they didn’t make their basic PDF writer freely available for Windows. Other OSs now have transparent print-to-PDF options. If you’re lucky, a corporate PC might have MS Office Document Image Writer installed, but a 300dpi monochrome TIFF can’t compare to a PDF.

    Still, one can always install PDFCreator (if you have admin rights to the PC, of course). It’s a shame they decide to bundle a marginally dodgy toolbar/spyware package with it, but you don’t get that if you use the MSI installer package.

  • … until someone puts an eye out, of course

    Can I just say that styrofoam plate + cocktail sticks (the ones with the little fletches on them) + milkshake straw = teh fun blowdart game?

  • best beat neat nest

    Beware, nerdiness follows: I generally like my BlackBerry 7130e, but its multiple letters per key can sometimes give the wrong result. Using word frequency lists from the British National Corpus, sqlite, and way too much programming time, I determined that the key sequence with the most possible word results (81?2) produces best, beat, neat or nest. The device itself suggests also brat and bray, so I should try a longer word list — in my copious free time, of course.
    The longest (common words in the corpus) that have the same key sequence are employers and employees, which might briefly cause hilarity in an HR or legal context.

  • in London

    At least I’m in London voluntarily this time; on a CEAA Screenings course.

  • down on the ‘farm

    The view from Golf Course Road …

    Kingsbridge Wind Farm, near Goderich

  • a wee corner of Scotland at Ellesmere & McCowan

    Serendipity: took a wrong turn coming out of the
    federal building, and found ourselves in Scottish culinary heaven (which is not an oxymoron, I assure you). At the corner of Ellesmere & McCowan is The But ‘n’ Ben Butchers; they sell all sort of quality Scottish foods. So far, we’ve sampled and can approve their butcher’s pies, plain bread and empire biscuits. They’ve also got a supply of UK Heinz Beans, which knock the gummy North American beans into a cocked hat.
    Next door but one is St Andrews Fish & Chips. They’re amazing. I think the chips (hand cut, of course) are deep fried in some unhealthy, but tasty, animal byproduct. And they have Irn Bru, too …

  • Stewart’s long walk

    After picking up my UK passport form at Bay & College, I walked to Spadina Subway. Not far, you’d say. It is if you go via College all the way to Dufferin, and back. 7.3 km, I make it, from the amazing Gmaps Pedometer. I went via Canada Computers (where I got a fantastically quiet Vantec case fan) and Soundscapes (where, of course, I bought too many CDs).

    And you know why it was such a long walk? I was looking for a Timmy’s. Sad, isn’t it? It would seem that Little Italy is almost totally free of Tim’s. Yes, I know I could have had fantastic espresso and some kind of pastry there, but I wanted Tim’s, and I was prepared to walk for over an hour in sub-zero temperatures to get it, dammit.

  • EcoBunk Unplugged: the 15th Annual EcoBunk Awards

    ecobunk unplugged 2005
    TEA sez:

    EcoBunk Unplugged
    the 15th Annual EcoBunk Awards

    For advertising excellence in confusing the public & compromising the environment.

    Our annual fundraiser and comedy show pokes fun at the most outrageous corporate green advertising of 2005. Sometimes we even point the finger at ourselves. We present nominated ads under nine different categories and reveal the winner. The laughter lasts for two full hours.

    Of course, we don’t actually send awards to the winning companies.

    Come celebrate with us! Ecobunk is a popular and favourite event among the environmentally-minded in Toronto, Waterloo and points beyond.

    Thursday, December 8th, 2005
    Plaza Flamingo
    423 College Street
    Show starts at 8:00pm
    Doors & Cash Bar opens at 6:30pm
    Tickets: $20
    To reserve your seat(s) call TEA 416-596-0660

    *** Note we are asking for prepayment this year and can accept credit cards or cheques. ***

    Don’t miss the event this year!

    I’ll be there. Will you?