Unfortunately this year I have a conflict, and can’t participate in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair. They need judges, though, so if you feel at all qualified (a background in the sciences is a good prerequisite, but no judging background is required), sign up for the afternoon of April...

I think I forgot to mention here that my flickr backup code is hosted on google at:

Just played two games of werewolf (well, three, but i was killed early in the first one, so it doesn’t count). I need to play games like that more often, it’s quite a lot of fun. Conferences are a good place for games full of deception and mindgames — you...

Rightscale is the new name for AWS-Console (a much better name, i must say). It seems to be the easiest way to play around on Amazon’s EC2. I had a server up in minutes, with most of the delays being due to poor wifi. A neat little business model, smoothing...

Just heard Jane McGonigal’s talk about happiness. I really, really like her prediction for the future (quick notes, not verbatim):