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Not available on MSN/Live/whatever-it’s-called Messenger today

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One of the things about working from home, you rely on chat for nearly all your communication, so when you can’t chat, it’s… Annoying. I guess I could phone, but I hate phoning, so I don’t think I’ll do that.

Due to what looks like a bug/change on the MSN/Live/whatever messenger servers, I’m unable to get online at the moment. It’s been ongoing for a couple days with no particular end in sight, although I have faith that the pidgin authors will find a workaround.

If you do need to reach me, email me or use the Contact Me link at the top of my blog, ‘eh?

UPDATE: Microsoft has reversed the change on their servers, pidgin users can now connect once again.

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Fire on the hill

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I’ve been meaning to post some photos of the view from my new condo (and actually the condo itself too.)

This morning I glanced out the window to a fire across the hill. Sweet!

Click the photos for the full resolution shot.

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12 minutes

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What can you do in 12 minutes? Can you have a pizza delivered? Can you even get to McDonalds and start eating?

We signed a lease for a new apartment in Kelowna, my first call was naturally to have our internet connection hooked up, and 12 minutes after placing the order by phone, I had a Shaw cable modem installer knocking on my door, modem in hand, and was up and running a few minutes later.

Wow.

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