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  • Forward Your Landline Apartment Buzzer to your Cell Phone

    Edit 2023-09-29: It’s been a few years since I wrote this post and we are no longer using this system, so this article may be somewhat out of date. User /u/Herbal_Tee on Reddit has helpfully posted about the changes they had to make to get these instructions working for them, so be sure to take…

  • Unstick a remote reboot

    Here’s a useful tip if you’ve ever tried performing a remote reboot of a server or workstation running Windows and had the reboot get hung up.

  • punch me in the face

    My Creative Commons–licensed Flickr photo of magnetic letters on my sister’s fridge spelling out “punch me in the face” (complete with upside-down 3’s for e’s) has been in use on the “Refrigerator magnet” Wikipedia article for 768 days. This amuses me greatly.

  • The Lysine Contingency

    I had a dream last night that I got really drunk at a party, and that when I came to, I had two tattoos. One was on my right bicep, and it was a vertical series of strange graphics interspersed with words like “colour” and “fun”. On my left bicep was the logo for a…

  • Baseball

    I think the worst thing that could ever happen to me would be to go to the doctor and find out that I have a tumour the size of a baseball, because I hate baseball.

  • Jumpy

    …and that’s how I ended up with the chimpanzee in the trunk of my car. Are we… We’re live? We’re on? *straightens tie* Hello everybody! Welcome to my inter-net web-site! I’d like to tell you about something that’s been on my mind. I like drinking decaffeinated coffee. People always say “What’s the point?”, but I…

  • Tour 2007 – Day 5

    On the road. Typing this on my laptop in the back seat of Allan’s Dodge Caravan, the cargo area packed to the roof with drums, amps, and guitars. Surrounded on all sides by the majestic Rocky Mountains. Taking the Canmore exit to pick up some breakfast before we head on to Calgary. Played the Rose…

  • Show on Saturday

    Both of the bands I’m in are performing on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Steamers Pub. Jay Dunphy and the Religion and Annie Nolan are playing with The Vacant Lot. Show starts at 10pm. In other news, I’m doing a presentation at work tomorrow for a bunch of important people. Wish me luck.

  • Annie Nolan and Jay Dunphy at the Solstice

    Annie and Jay are playing a solo acoustic show at the Solstice Café on Friday. Here’s the poster I did up for the show.

  • Pachelbel Rant

    I played the cello when I was young, starting when I was five up until I was 13. In addition to lessons and recitals, I also performed in a string orchestra. As I imagine is the case for many youth string orchestras, Pachelbel’s Canon in D was a staple of our repertoire. Accordingly, this standup…

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