An article was out in the Edmonton Journal this weekend about the current project I am doing part of: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus_alberta/story.html?id=11b4ff4f-fd95-495c-a339-5e23ced4de86&k=79586

  On Tuesday night Social Distortion rocked one of the crappiest venues in Edmonton. Yes Edmonton Event Center, I am talking about you. Seriously how weak is it that instead of changing your name you just take the 'R' off of Reds and call yourself Eds? I don't like the venue for acoustics, layout, and the "too good to be here" attitude of the staff. Social Distortion is one of my favorite bands so it was great to see them for the first time. Formed in 1978 (seriously) they have gone through the death of bandmates, heroin addiction, law troubles (leading to...

Well this weekend my neighbors invited me over to do carve some pumpkins. Apparently last year I got a bit of a reputation for having a good pumpkin (we had a Rick James pumpkin. There is no photo as some stole it!). My ex was the one that carved it but I guess I gotta keep the title. See if you can guess which one is mine?So if you can not tell its a computer pumpkin. It has 2 wireless antennas for horns, some power supply fan grills for eyes, a floppy drive for a mount, and a power cord...

I have been taking a ninjitsu class in the west end (of Edmonton) for the past couple of months now which has been a ton of fun. The instructor is starting to cover some basics again so it is a perfect time to start in the class for anyone interested. You can then become part of my elite squad of ninja death coders. I am currently the only one so now is your chance to get in on the ground floor. For those interested shoot me an email (dave at solidhouse.com)

So last night I went to one of my favorite punk bands of all time.... Pennywise. I have never seen them live and well they are probably going to retire / not ever return to edmonton again. First of all the venue was REd's. What a hole. I have never been to a show there and I hope that I never have to go again. We drank in the lounge that they have there by the arcade while the opening bands were playing as well.... they suck. They had one bartender there and a sold out show. Took 20 minutes...