floccinaucinihilipilification: The Blog

I am testing using scribe fire https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730 to post a blog entry.

Here is a copy of the letter I am going to sent to various members of the Canadian government voicing my concerns over the changes to Canadian Copyright Law.
The Honourable Andrew Telegdi
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Josee Verner
Minister of Canadian Heritage
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
My name [...]

According to Michael Geist, the Government of Canada is getting ready to introduce a bill to change Canadian Copyright Law. It does not sound good.
The new Canadian legislation will likely mirror the DMCA with strong anti-circumvention legislation – far beyond what is needed to comply with the WIPO Internet treaties – and address none [...]

I took a trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens, and, of course, brought my camera along. I took a couple flower macros that I am relatively happy with.
You can click on the images to see the full size version on my flickr account.

My experiment with using the willow branches to combat green water continues. I’ve had the branches in my tank for 1 week now. One of the branches got a little rotten looking so I pulled it out. The remaining two look ok, however only one has developed roots. The original article [...]

I added movie reviews for Hot Fuzz, Grindhouse and 28 Weeks Later. Here is a summary:

Hot Fuzz: Funny, but no Shawn of the Dead
Grindhouse: See it for Death Proof
28 Weeks Later: If you are into zombie/survival horror genre, it is worth watching.

Click to see the Flickr page.

I have stopped using Rogers as my ISP. First it was traffic shaping, slowing down my torrent use. Luckily the bit torrent clients are smart enough to use encryption, so I was able to circumvent. Then they blocked port 25, which means I could not connect to the SMTP server of my [...]

I bought a new bunch of Hornwort, so my experiment continues. I did not bleach this one, so I’m hoping there aren’t any unwanted pests. The new Hornwort seems to be surviving. Hopefully after a few days it will show signs of growth.