- Friday five: it’s all about work
Saturday 10 April 2004
\<!\[CDATA **1\. What do you do for a living?** From 9-5, Monday to Friday, I am IT \& Systems Manager for a marketing company located in Melbourne.
- Bill Gates no longer world’s richest man
Tuesday 6 April 2004
It’s Ingvar from Ikea! Forbes checked the list, and due to the sagging US dollar, and strong worldwide sales of cheap stylish furniture (and billions of Billy bookcases), Ingvar Kamprad is the new world’s richest man.
- Open usability
Friday 2 April 2004
John Gruber wrote a [fantastic article about the usability of open source software](http://daringfireball.
- Frustrating!
Friday 2 April 2004
I discovered a very cool Javascript ‘tool-tips’ library and got excited about using it for this site and a couple of others I’m working on.
- Punk-ass online shopping experience
Friday 26 March 2004
Joey “Shithead” Keithley, for those who don’t know the name, is one of Canada’s punk pioneers.
- Mysteries of Canada
Thursday 25 March 2004
<![CDATA[Someone’s done up an interesting website with folklore and odd stories about Canada, from missing US bombers to bathtubs and Ogopogo, there’s a bunch of stuff in there.
- Flashback: covers
Tuesday 23 March 2004
I love covers – people singing other people’s songs. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s bad, sometimes it’s better than the original.
- BC pharmacies might be dispencing pot
Tuesday 23 March 2004
This is brilliant. I can’t wait for the drug companies to object, on the grounds that medicinal marijuana doesn’t have anything to do with them, and they’re not allowed to make any money on it.
- I [heart] Primus
Tuesday 23 March 2004
\<!\[CDATA *I sent the following email (without clever and/or ironic hyperlinks) to Steve, a technician at [Primus](http://www.
- Friday five: If you ever…
Monday 22 March 2004
\<!\[CDATA **1\. …owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?