<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337</id><updated>2008-07-13T21:24:24.428-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AllCdnboy's Blog - Day's of a Geek</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-3438319884374695460</id><published>2008-07-13T21:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T21:24:24.459-07:00</updated><title type='text'>History of Christianity</title><summary type='text'>Christianity is based on Egyptian Myths: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm

Don't be a skeptic before watching.  I've heard of this many times before but never seen it put together better than this.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2008/07/history-of-jesus.html' title='History of Christianity'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=3438319884374695460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/3438319884374695460'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/3438319884374695460'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-2915968403008202555</id><published>2008-01-14T13:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T13:51:44.102-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Athiest Quotes ... [copied from another blog]</title><summary type='text'>“The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.” -Abu Ala Al-Ma’arri

“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” -Isaac Asimov

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2008/01/athiest-quotes-copied-from-another-blog.html' title='Athiest Quotes ... [copied from another blog]'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=2915968403008202555' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/2915968403008202555'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/2915968403008202555'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-1909561686159467597</id><published>2007-05-07T18:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T18:28:43.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spoken like a true Atheist</title><summary type='text'>rare that I post something more than once in a month, let along, twice in a day.  But, I could not resist a man who put into words my very thoughts so perfectly:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=62d4e647-9088-47dc-8a46-6397e3a6e30d

Complete article quoted below: 
Yesterday was one major religion's holy day. Today is another's. Tomorrow is a third's. So I thought this</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2007/05/spoken-like-true-atheist.html' title='Spoken like a true Atheist'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=1909561686159467597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/1909561686159467597'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/1909561686159467597'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-881281833030255323</id><published>2007-05-07T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T11:47:02.641-07:00</updated><title type='text'>456 Billion</title><summary type='text'>"While there is some disagreement on the idea of troop deadlines for US soldiers in Iraq, all sides seem to be on board with the amount included in the bill to fund the war. Including the $124.2 billion bill, the total cost of the Iraq war may reach $456 billion in September, according to the National Priorities Project, an organization that tracks public spending. The amount got us wondering: </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2007/05/456-billion.html' title='456 Billion'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=881281833030255323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/881281833030255323'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/881281833030255323'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-8964601972633602964</id><published>2007-04-28T01:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-28T01:17:46.981-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='voilence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shootings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stewart'/><title type='text'>VATech Massacre</title><summary type='text'>With these shootings becoming a regular event in the US, the media (and politicians) start looking for reasons for it.  Even while I'm in Germany, the parents here are talking about how their kids have toy guns and that helps influence violence ... the only thing that I will agree on is that maybe some of these things help those who already have a predisposition for violence, but it will not </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2007/04/vatech-massacre.html' title='VATech Massacre'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=8964601972633602964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/8964601972633602964'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/8964601972633602964'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-117629400733817715</id><published>2007-04-11T04:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-11T05:20:07.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Women and shorter guys</title><summary type='text'>I found this article on Digg today and found it quite humorous.  Being actively involved in sports, I've had many female friends that keep a very strict diet of taller men.

For the most part, it's ingrained in the women and they rarely think about it, but it usually comes down to feeling "secure".  If something were to happen, then theoretically, the man could protect the women.  There have been</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2007/04/women-and-shorter-guys.html' title='Women and shorter guys'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=117629400733817715' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/117629400733817715'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/117629400733817715'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-117549538495574398</id><published>2007-04-01T23:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T23:32:34.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Religious Rights</title><summary type='text'>A friend sent me this link today: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445979&amp;in_page_id=1770

Summary: They are talking about removing teachings of the Holocaust because Muslims don't see the history the same way that others do.&amp;nbsp; Many people will jump on this and say "screw them", that's a part of history and needs to be taught (learn from mistakes, </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2007/04/religious-rights.html' title='Religious Rights'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=117549538495574398' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/117549538495574398'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/117549538495574398'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-116011404967276160</id><published>2006-10-05T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T10:03:16.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Conversations / Arguements</title><summary type='text'>What is a conversation? - definition: informal exchange of ideas, views, or information  

There are a number of definitions that I have found with a simple Google search, but a large percentage use the key word "exchange" in it.  Well, that simple means that during a conversation, the other party, or parties, are trying to assimilate what you are trying to convey.

So, is it still called a </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/10/conversations-arguements.html' title='Conversations / Arguements'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=116011404967276160' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/116011404967276160'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/116011404967276160'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-115949361055779283</id><published>2006-09-28T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T10:56:27.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Giant bug found with Google Maps</title><summary type='text'>Insect Overload spotted in Germany

Secret  Canadian Project

Dallas has some cool buildings ... so does Boston

Shameless Ipod advertisinge</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/09/giant-bug-found-with-google-maps.html' title='Giant bug found with Google Maps'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=115949361055779283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/115949361055779283'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/115949361055779283'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-115936932938408657</id><published>2006-09-27T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T08:02:09.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Air Transat --- BOOOOO!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Ok, maybe that's not fair.  A couple days ago, I returned from Germany (business) and we flew on Air Transat.  It was $600 cheaper than Air Canada, Luftansa and KLM, so it was hard to turn them down ... well, i can see why it is so much cheaper ... I would have had more room if they stuffed me in the cargo hold.  I feel even worse for our graphic designer that came with us because he is 6'4" and </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/09/air-transat-booooo.html' title='Air Transat --- BOOOOO!!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=115936932938408657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/115936932938408657'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/115936932938408657'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114719846931544220</id><published>2006-05-09T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-27T22:09:23.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WoW clip</title><summary type='text'>This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time ... helps that I'm also addicted to the game that they did the clip with.

 Internet is for Porn (not a porn clip)

 cheers</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/05/wow-clip.html' title='WoW clip'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114719846931544220' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114719846931544220'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114719846931544220'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114384844080581955</id><published>2006-03-31T15:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-16T03:40:47.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Study: Prayer doesn't affect heart patients</title><summary type='text'>... hmmm.  Color me shocked!  

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/30/prayer.study.ap/index.html

"59 percent of the patients who knew they were being prayed for developed a complication, versus 52 percent of those who were told it was just a possibility." - the lack of effort on one's own part to fight.  If you believe that someone is going to help you, then you don't have the need to fight as </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/03/study-prayer-doesnt-affect-heart.html' title='Study: Prayer doesn&apos;t affect heart patients'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114384844080581955' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114384844080581955'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114384844080581955'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114374426789368120</id><published>2006-03-30T10:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-30T11:01:25.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Driving Your Developer Insane</title><summary type='text'>This was found through Digg on another blog ... had to repost it because it was priceless ... 

How to Drive your Website Developer Insane: A Primer Thursday, March 23, 2006

An oft-quoted nugget of wisdom in the consumer world is, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” While this is certainly true for situations such as getting the wrong cup of coffee, putting together a puzzle only to find the </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/03/driving-your-developer-insane.html' title='Driving Your Developer Insane'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114374426789368120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114374426789368120'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114374426789368120'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114162222543666860</id><published>2006-03-05T21:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-05T21:17:05.453-08:00</updated><title type='text'>'Gaming' with your kids?</title><summary type='text'>Like television and radio for an earlier generation, and cards and board games before that, video games are now a staple of family entertainment, say industry observers.

"People are starting to figure out there is more to this than violent shoot-'em-ups," said Daniel Morris, associate publisher of PC Gamer magazine.

-- http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/14022254.htm

.. I can </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/03/gaming-with-your-kids.html' title='&apos;Gaming&apos; with your kids?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114162222543666860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114162222543666860'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114162222543666860'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114159968802673819</id><published>2006-03-05T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-05T15:01:28.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Best 10 Accidental Discoveries</title><summary type='text'>1. Viagra
Men being treated for erectile dysfunction should salute the working stiffs of Merthyr Tydfil, the Welsh hamlet where, in 1992 trials, the gravity-defying side effects of a new angina drug first popped up. Previously, the blue-collar town was known for producing a different kind of iron.

2. LSD
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the world's first acid hit in 1943, when he touched a </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/03/best-10-accidental-discoveries.html' title='Best 10 Accidental Discoveries'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114159968802673819' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114159968802673819'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114159968802673819'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114112913990501199</id><published>2006-02-28T03:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T04:18:59.923-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Men ARE from Mars and Women ARE from Venus</title><summary type='text'>As un-manly as it is to read a book like this I still found it very interesting ... and very true.  I actually read this book about a year ago, but every time I get into an argument with a women, that book comes to the top of my mind.

Women are an entirely different species from us Men ... and rightly the reverse.  The way our brains process things and, most obviously, look at arguements are 180</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/men-are-from-mars-and-women-are-from.html' title='Men ARE from Mars and Women ARE from Venus'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114112913990501199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114112913990501199'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114112913990501199'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114085313593861167</id><published>2006-02-24T23:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T23:39:15.073-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoutcast TV</title><summary type='text'>While I am chained to my desk here in Germany, I have once again grown to appreciate Shoutcast TV (even though I use Shoutcast radio on a daily basis for my streaming music from XTC Radio and DI Radio).  

I packed extremely light for this two week "meeting", which means, save for a few books, I didn't bring any entertainment.  I don't watch much TV back home (literally nothing since x-mas), but </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/shoutcast-tv.html' title='Shoutcast TV'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114085313593861167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114085313593861167'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114085313593861167'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114073029000576068</id><published>2006-02-23T12:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-23T13:31:46.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>best conversation ever</title><summary type='text'>You know right after you have talked to someone that has had some amazing life experiences, or is simply very intelligent and you walk away feeling really good and/or you have a renewed look on life??

Well, i had one of those conversations yesterday ... with my daughter.  I am currently in Germany for a couple weeks meeting with some clients.  To call her (Alexis) at a decent time I had to stay </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/best-conversation-ever.html' title='best conversation ever'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114073029000576068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114073029000576068'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114073029000576068'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114020889180958071</id><published>2006-02-17T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T12:41:31.820-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm so proud</title><summary type='text'>
Yesterday, my roommate and a best friend, Chris, received a copy of a book cover he did last year.  It is extremely well done and I am so proud of him.  He undersells himself so much, and every time I see something like this, I can never understand why ... so, here is a copy of what he did:</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/im-so-proud.html' title='I&apos;m so proud'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114020889180958071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114020889180958071'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114020889180958071'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-114013703319409326</id><published>2006-02-16T16:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T16:51:59.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Breaking the Great Wall of China</title><summary type='text'>I've had mixed feelings recently about this whole ordeal with China and Google's willingness to help with the repression of free-speech.  I love Google for it's vision, morality, and access to information ... but, I find this to be a bit against all that, and more about the good, old American Dollar (which is growing weaker by the day against the CDN -- woot!)  Google, of course, has tried put a </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/breaking-great-wall-of-china.html' title='Breaking the Great Wall of China'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=114013703319409326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114013703319409326'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/114013703319409326'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-113977237754713234</id><published>2006-02-12T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-12T11:32:11.956-08:00</updated><title type='text'>... another article</title><summary type='text'>This might be what i was looking for from the previous post ... happened to show up on Slashdot today:
Globe And Mail</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/another-article.html' title='... another article'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=113977237754713234' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113977237754713234'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113977237754713234'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-113953083000424960</id><published>2006-02-09T16:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T16:24:16.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I play video games because they make me smarter</title><summary type='text'>I was reading the news (caption on TV) at the gym yesterday and heard another piece on how playing video games makes you smarter.  This study was done by some University (missed because a hot girl walked in) that people who play video games scored well above others in tasks involving mind solving skills and multi-tasking.  Of course, you could try and draw the opposite conclusion that these </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/i-play-video-games-because-they-make.html' title='I play video games because they make me smarter'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=113953083000424960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113953083000424960'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113953083000424960'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-113929868392052758</id><published>2006-02-06T23:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T23:51:23.933-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Marriage?</title><summary type='text'>I've recently had some conversations with various people on the subject of marriage.  They have ranged from extremely religious to quite the opposite.

I found it quite funny to hear many religous people admit openly that a main factor in their getting married was to have sex - and hence so many of them getting married between 18-22.  If they jump into bed before marriage, they will receive a lot</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/marriage.html' title='Marriage?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=113929868392052758' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113929868392052758'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113929868392052758'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-113908567148815634</id><published>2006-02-04T12:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-04T12:41:11.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lesson On Emailing ...</title><summary type='text'>I'd like to say that my day started off perfect.  Spent two hours with my daughter and had an awesome time ... but, what happened when I got home ... I had to go through over 10,000 emails .. ?? Why ... well, because I'm dumb enough to have agreed to be a server admin on a server where the programmers don't know enough about programming and how this wonderful world of ours works.

Well, lets </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/lesson-on-emailing.html' title='Lesson On Emailing ...'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=113908567148815634' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113908567148815634'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113908567148815634'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12316337.post-113886377391191888</id><published>2006-02-01T22:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-01T23:02:53.923-08:00</updated><title type='text'>self employed ... good or bad?</title><summary type='text'>I'm at a huge dilema.  I have been lucky enough to be self-employed right out of University, been to Europe 5 times because of it, and have great clients. 

The struggles are many and the bonus' are many.  It is quite hard to keep a steady schedule when you can work whenever you want.  I am not money driven, so i have only ever worked to pay the bills and i spend the rest of my time relaxing and </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/2006/02/self-employed-good-or-bad.html' title='self employed ... good or bad?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12316337&amp;postID=113886377391191888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.octanedev.com/googleblog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113886377391191888'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12316337/posts/default/113886377391191888'/><author><name>AllCdnBoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02666066231806159894</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>