that canadian girl

Latest adventures…

  • WordPress 1.5

    For you WordPress buddies, time to upgrade to 1.5!

    I haven’t yet, but it’s in the plans for the next few days.

  • Shuffle this, baby!

    Woooooooooooh! Just thought I’d share with the world, I am now the proud owner of an iPod Shuffle! Ok fine, it’s the baby of the range, it’s only got half a gig of space and only fits 1/100th of our music collection but it gets me through the day and is SO easy to update!

    It’s sooo tiny and weightless! I luuurve it! Well, I’ll lurve it until a bigger-harddrived mini-looking iPod comes along, then I’m cheating on my shuffle, no question there! *shrug* What can I say, I’m a thrillseeker and a bit ADD when it comes to gadgets!

    So what were we saying about 8mb Internet again?

  • Superbowl ads

    Because to me, it’s the only reason to watch the Superbowl is the ads.

    It’s the one time of the year where advertisers can get a large chunk of those young men who don’t watch much television to see their products so it’s worth the millions they pay.

    I haven’t watched the ads yet but when I do, I’ll make a list of my top 5 ads for the Superbowl 2005.

    Question of the day:
    What’s your favourite tv advert of all times?

  • iPoetry

    Through Seth Godin, I found this wonderful poem based on the instruction “Do not eat iPod Shuffle”.

    It *is* tiny enough to swallow by mistake after all.

  • Snow on the island!

    This morning, we received an email from a friend of the family who lives in Menorca for part of the year. He sent us three photos of the weather over there at the moment. I can’t believe it’s snowing there and not here!!! (not that I want snow here…)

    It’s only the third time the island has had snow in a hundred years, so no one is used to it!

    Menorca Menorca Menorca

    Still, I can’t wait to be there in June. We’ll be going for a week, to bask in the sun and do some waterskiing! Better tone those muscles or I’ll never be able to hold up!

    Let’s hope the weather warms up before the in-laws go spend some time there in a few weeks!

    Question of the Day:
    What’s your ideal holiday destination? Have you ever been there or is it still just a dream?

  • Champagne & Chocolates

    This is how a Valentine’s evening should be spent:

    Champagne and chocolate

    Moët & Chandon, chocolates and cuddling… apologies for the lack of cuddling in the picture, he was too busy taking pics of me chomping on choccies! 😛

  • Happy Valentine's Day

    I wish you all a happy Hallmarks Valentine’s Day!

    I Choo-choo-choose you! Alright I’ve been wanting to show this gem of a Valentine’s day card for months, but I couldn’t, since I wanted to give it to Andrew, my most loyal reader.

    Some patient person traced, from a TV screenshot, the card that Lisa Simpson gives to Ralph “My cat’s breath smells like cat food” Wiggum on Valentine’s day.

    I printed it out to give to Andrew this morning, and he loved it! I thought I’d share this fantastic idea with other Simpsons lovers out there!

  • Listing all your mp3s

    Just thought I’d share this bit of info with my fellow mp3-collectors after hearing about a dear friend who spent hours putting together a list of her thousands of mp3s by hand. To most of you old techies, it’ll be just stating the obvious but if it can save time for one person, I’ll be happy!

    How to make a list of all my mp3s really quickly!

    This is copy-pasted from Cyberwalker (with the exception of the sub-directories tip and the wicked iTunes tip!):

    Question: Could you help me find a way to print a list of files in a Windows folder? I have about 800 MP3 files in a folder and I want to create a printable list of them. There was a way of creating a text document of all the files in a folder, but I can’t remember how to do so.
    — J.N.

    Answer: The only way to handle so many files is through DOS. DOS, for those new to the Microsoft world, means Disk Operating System and is a “behind the scenes” access to your computer. Access DOS by going to the START button, and navigate to the Programs menu and then the DOS Prompt applet. Once in DOS, go to the directory where the files exist. If it is called MP3 and is located on the Windows desktop, type “cd \windows\desktop\MP3.” “CD” is DOS lingo for change directory.

    All examples in this column are wrapped in quotes for clarity, but don’t type them with the command.

    The DOS prompt should now look like this:
    C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\MP3>

    Now type the following “dir > mp3list.txt”. (DIR is DOS lingo for list the files and the “>” symbol means put the screen output into a new file.)

    To get a list with all the sub-directories listed properly, instead type “dir /s /b *.mp3 > \list.txt”

    I’ve used the mp3list.txt as the filename but you can call it anything you like. Press ENTER. That text file, mp3list.txt, will appear in the folder. Print it with notepad or a word processing program.

    Edited 14/02/05: Andrew’s given me an even better idea – put all the files into iTunes and export the playlist. It will contain all the id3 tags and be a breeze to put into excel! So much better than any of the DOS stuff. DO IT THIS WAY! 😀

  • New York Grub

    Not terribly useful for me, but here is a list of restaurants where you can eat under $10 in New York. It’s been making me hungry, reading through the descriptions of all 100 mostly family-run restaurants/joints… Now if only someone could do this for London.

    Found through Paul.

  • Ooooh creepy!

    We opened the window to air out the apartment a bit, but we kept hearing this loud clanging noise when there was a strong breeze. Andrew went to have a look at the usual suspects, the bedroom wardrobe door, the edge of the bath where there’s a bit of a hole, but that wasn’t it!! It seems the only place the strong wind could go was up in the loft!!

    We took a little video of the loft hatch wobbling up and down by itself, have a look at how creepy it is!