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"Interviewing & Dating for the Techie : Playing the game" by Jeremy Hutchings

2012-01-23T16:51:00.001-08:00

I would like to thank Jeremy Hutchings for writing this nice post: Interviewing & Dating for the Techie : Playing the game! At this moment, I am currently going through interviews, from the interviewee's side. I normally evaluate the outcome of my interviews and I sometimes really think that employers don't consider the points Jeremy has written at all anymore! As I wish what he is saying

"Vancouver, the heaven of living and hell of job market."

2012-01-23T12:49:00.000-08:00

"Vancouver, the heaven of living and hell of job market." By Shandong Han. #Vancouver #VancouverJobs Sadly, I agree. This was written by a friend on LinkedIn, in a message for me, wishing me luck in my job search in Vancouver!

You shouldn't stop the job hunt during the Holidays!

2011-12-26T23:45:00.000-08:00

According to an article I just read, if you are seeking a job, you shouldn't stop the job hunt during the Holidays!! -> Looking For Work? Keep It Up Through the Holidays http://on.wsj.com/u5xu1

My Christmas Corner

2011-12-24T15:07:00.001-08:00

Having just moved to Vancouver and living in a small place, here is the output of wishing and trying to have my little Christmas corner! That's a small (~45cm high) Christmas tree: These are some Candy Canes in a Whiskey (Johnnie Walker) glass: Also a Christmas Stocking: Small red Christmas bows on the doors knobs: And finally a nice background image with Santa: And here it is after Santa

Fast Easy Chicken Breasts Recipe with Tomatoes & Olives

2011-11-27T16:46:00.001-08:00

This is a very easy and fast recipe that you can do. It is especially useful in the case when you have some boneless, skinless, seasoned, frozen chicken breasts and you are tired of just eating them with their normal flavour. This is a tasty version of it! Ingredients: - 2 boneless, skinless, seasoned/unseasoned, frozen or not frozen chicken breasts - salt - pepper - oil - medium tomato -

"Changing Education Paradigms" by Sir Ken Robinson

2011-11-14T13:10:00.000-08:00

Sadly.. I can relate and testify to that part of the talk saying: "It used to be: Hard Work ↓ Do Well ↓ College ↓ Job ... but it's not a guarantee anymore". Sir Ken Robinson gave this talk at Royal Society of Arts (RSA), then it was animated the way seen in the video. Sir Ken Robinson is a world-renowned education and creativity expert. He is the recipient of

"Finding Great Developers" by Joel Spolsky on Joel on Software

2011-11-08T15:36:00.002-08:00

Really an amazing article! I was reading it basically to know where good employers search for great developers/employees, but it is written the other way around: it is written for employers to find great developers. It is well written, gives nice insights, simply great! So if you have a company or someday decide to do a startup and want to be successful by employing great employees, I would

"How Fresh Graduates Can Grow" by Swaroop C H

2011-11-07T13:27:00.001-08:00

That's a nice post that combines such useful links! I would recommend you to read it and check the links that you find relevant. It talks about the following points: - Character and Lifestyle - Career Building - Get Results - Read - Friends - Learn Your Trade - Make A Difference Let me know which of the links there did you find useful for you! :) How Fresh Graduates Can Grow by Swaroop C H

"Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice" by Patrick McKenzie

2011-11-01T17:27:00.001-07:00

What do you think of this blog post? Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice by Patrick McKenzie A small snippet: "If there was one course I could add to every engineering education, it wouldn’t involve compilers or gates or time complexity. It would be Realities Of Your Industry 101, because we don’t teach them and this results in lots of unnecessary pain and suffering."

BBC News - 7 billion people and you: What's your number?

2011-10-31T12:07:00.001-07:00

Very nice tool by BBC! It tells you where you fit in the 7 billion people according to your date of birth, like for example I am the 4,996,698,520th person. It also tells you your country's population as well as the average yearly growth there and the amount of births, deaths and immigrants each hour. Then according to your gender, it tells you the average life expectancy. In each of those

The Aurora - TSO Photography

2011-10-28T14:01:00.004-07:00

Taken from Wikipedia page The aurora is the appearance of some light in the sky showing different colors. This video shows this phenomenon in a magical way! The Aurora from TSO Photography on Vimeo. As written under the video on the original page: "I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park

Reality about employment these days in a funny comic!

2011-10-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

C'est si vrai! Un peu ce qui m'arrive maintenant... It's so true! Kind of what is happening to me right now... Taken from PrincessH's SketchBlog: "Un pti peu d'actualité, pour changer...." Un pti peu d'actualité, pour changer.... - PrincessH's SketchBlog

Fifth Gear: 120mph (~193km/h) Mega Crash -> fastest ever

2011-10-25T14:48:00.001-07:00

From Fifth Gear's 120mph Mega Crash page: "Fifth Gear have a reputation for conducting shocking crash tests, and this time Jonny Smith is conducting our fastest ever smash. With even the most basic cars being able to achieve speeds in excess of 100mph, there's a real possibility of car crashes happening at such speeds. To find out just how devastating such an impact is, we crash a Ford

Installing Android Development Tools (ADT) in Eclipse Error

2011-10-25T09:55:00.005-07:00

If you are trying to install the Android SDK, specifically the ADT in Eclipse (especially Eclipse on Linux installed via a package manager) and during the installation it says: The operation cannot be completed. See the details. Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: Android Development Tools 14.0.0.v201110171935-205994 (

"Self Study" by Natalie Nazanin Abbassi

2011-10-24T15:34:00.002-07:00

It is a blog post about Natalie's two different worlds: being an American and being an Iranian. She demonstrates the difference through photos that she takes of herself in different situations. It shows how the same person reacts in two different ways according to the culture that surrounds her/him at that point in time. It is really a nice work and it also relates to me and reflects some

It is a bit freaky with this wireless technology - Morten Ingemann

2011-10-24T12:45:00.001-07:00

It is a bit freaky with this wireless technology - Copyright: Morten Ingemann A funny comic by Morten Ingemann. Morten Ingemann is a cartoonist from Denmark, born in 1960. Here is a site with his comics in Danish and here is a link to the original version of this comic.

Ormie - Arc Productions

2011-10-24T12:01:00.000-07:00

From Ormie's page on Arc Productions - Animation & Visual Effects From Ormie's synopsis on Arc Productions - Animation & Visual Effects: "Ormie is a Pig, in every sense of the word. Pig see cookie. Pig want cookie. But they are out of reach...or are they? See Ormie's attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession. Ormie has garnered 8 Festival Awards including Best Short Film (

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth - TED Talk

2011-10-20T17:00:00.002-07:00

This was filmed and posted in 2007!!!! It is rated as jaw-dropping in TED Talk's Resize by option. Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth on TED.com

Flooding near Bangkok has taken about 25 percent of the world's hard disk manufacturing capacity offline - Slashdot, InfoWorld, Scientific American

2011-10-18T12:40:00.001-07:00

News on 18th of October 2011: Flooding Takes Major Hard Drive Plant Offline; Shortages Predicted - Slashdot The impending hard drive shortage -- and possible price hikes - InfoWorld UPDATE 1-Thai floods mean big loss to Western Digital exports-minister - Scientific American

John Lennon - Imagine

2011-10-18T11:20:00.002-07:00

Imagine by John Lennon, from the album Imagine, recorded in 1971. This song is considered an anti-war anthem. According to wikipedia, the lyrics were criticized by religious groups because of the part saying: Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace Lennon's reply was the following: "If you can

Preparing for Halloween at Save-On-Foods

2011-10-08T04:32:00.026-07:00

I was buying some groceries at Save-On-Foods in Cambie street, Vancouver, when I found this huge Jack-o'-lantern (Halloween carved pumpkin) made out of Coca Cola Zero, A&W Root Beer and Sprite boxes. It's their own way of preparing for Halloween I guess! Photo taken with my HTC

Rest in Peace Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T07:31:00.002-07:00

The world has lost such an amazing, creative and inspiring person yesterday... Rest in Peace Steve Jobs A word from him: Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address Screenshot of Apple.com's tribute to Steve Jobs. Picture taken from Wikipedia

Adele - Someone Like You

2011-10-06T04:45:00.000-07:00

Adele - Someone Like You: A song that makes you really feel the singer-songwriter's deep feelings... According to Adele's Wikipedia page, this song was number one in the UK, New Zealand and Australia after she sang it in the 2011 BRIT Awards. That's a link to her official website. That's the video clip that was released for this song: And that's her performance in the 2011 BRIT Awards with

Montreal man walks around the world in 11 years

2011-09-28T11:12:00.014-07:00

Check this article on Vancouver Sun: Montreal man walks around the world in 11 years His website: WWWalk | Jean Béliveau » Peace for the children of the world Photo taken from his website, Album: Canada 3, Photo: 27

What we learned from 5 million books | Video on TED.com

2011-09-23T02:37:00.004-07:00

What we learned from 5 million books | Video on TED.com -> A very nice talk!