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Found this list on the web… Meant to be a list of 100 things anyone should eat before one dies. Let’s see how if I’m ready to die yet! The stuff I ate is in bold. 1. Venison 2. Nettle ...
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Life at BioWare – July 2008
One of my purposes in creating this blog has been to write about my work. I have been doing very lit...
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Back in Hang Time
Well, here we are, Helene and I. Back in hang time. “Hang time” refers to the moment, in...
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Shake the Hand that Feeds You
Another Saturday, another visit to the farmer’s market. The Old Strathcona Farmer’s Mark...
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Leap Year at West Edmonton Mall
BioWare rocks. Case in point: As last Friday was February 29th, EA Canada spontaneously decided to g...
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Ubisoft Moments (1/3)
As I said in an earlier post, this week is my last with Ubisoft. I’ve been with the company fo...
Braid is Art
Heard of Braid? It’s an Xbox Live Arcade game, going for low price of $15. Notably, it is currently the highest-rated Xbox Live Arcade game ever. Is it deserved? Yes, a thousand times yes. The only way I can describe ...
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What’s the Opposite of Homesick?
I’ve been rereading my old blog entries from when I was back in Shanghai, and it’s starting to hit me: I miss being out of my comfort zone. Edmonton is really nice, and quite comfortable so far (granted, this is ...
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Protesting the Olympic Protests
Let me make one thing very clear off the start: yes, China has issues with human rights, and its treatment of Tibet and Xinjiang independentists is an important issue. That being said, I have a major problem with the way ...
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Weird stuff I’ve eaten
With the arrival of the Olympics, it seems like every journalist is busy scouring the hutongs of Beijing looking for stuff that will challenge their definition of food. I’m actually a bit miffed at that, because focusing on the stuff ...
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