Django

 This is a web framework I've been working with which uses the wonderful Python programming language (a personal favorite of mine).

Lifehacker

 This is a website that I like a lot with all sorts of great "Life Hacks" to make your life smoother and more efficient. It's great!

Research In Motion, Workterm #3

Waterloo is cool. It's like Regina with bigger trees and no straight streets. In fact Weber meanders across the path of King several times. It is as though the streets are trying to follow the path of a river. Only, there is no river for them to follow. It sure makes every drive exciting though. It rains quite a bit, so that's where the Big Trees in.

The job is great. Lots of brilliant people around, and secret projects and can't speak of. I liked Python a lot before, mostly because of the exciting momentum behind the culture, and the rebel feeling I got when using it for anything. Presently, I still love it, but for different reasons. I see how the indentation makes reading existing code fun, rather than the terrible confusion which inevitably follows when going back to old code with other languages. So that's where the Python part of the introduction comes in.

As for the Free Mochas part of the intro, RIM has these great coffee machines that can make any of four different kinds of coffee, whatever strength you like, and even has hot water for your tea, and hot chocolate. There is free ice-cream every Friday, and many of the restaurants in "The Plaza" (the set of ~15 restaurants close by) will give you a free drink if you flash your RIM id badge.

PMC-Sierra, Workterm #2

I'm living in Saskatoon right now living a life of snow, embedded linux, and thinking. It's an exciting job, but I've been pondering whether this is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. I mean, I'm good at it, it's always exciting, but I don't know if I'm cut out for it.

In the meantime, I've been having a good time. I went bowling with some guys from work on Sunday night, after going to Cornerstone that morning. I went to some East Coast Swing lessons on Monday with Jill after work. Tuesday I went to Elim, for their Young Adults group called "Journey." That was pretty awesome. Last night I watched a movie and worked on my new Linux computer, getting Nmap and Bastille Linux set up. And, tonight I'm just updating this site and reading my textbook for the night class I'm taking at the UofR (it's a long story).

New Year

I just got back from climbing mountains in BC with my friend Kyle Gallagher. We left early Monday morning and just got back last night. I've got a few finals coming up, then it's Christmas.

In the new year I'll be starting my job at PMC-Sierra in Saskatoon (the office is in Innovation Place, right on campus). I'll be gone until April. However, I might just have to come back a few Saturdays to go ballroom dancing. I'll try to update my address card with my new phone number as soon as I find it.

Teen Camp

I always seem to forget what camp is all about every year. I get there and forget everything, all the stories, all the plans, and all the adventure. Now I remember.

Well, Steve, Shane, Chris, Steve, Sheldon, Kyle, Derek, and Andrew I hope you guys made it home all right and have taken a bit of a rest. I'm heading out right away but I've put some pictures up on my Flickr site.

You can download the Tony Campolo audio with this link.