Well nothing too fun, except one less day to work till the end :) hahahahaha
Well last nite was pretty un-eventful..just napped when I got home from work and then stayed up late, and was looking at the NHL standings, and trying to figure out my playoff pool directions :) Also, can't wait to play some ball!! This nice weather is driving me crazy.
Well on the fun stuff today, I was asked to write up my job description as they are hoping to submit for a second co-op student. They wanted to get someone who could continue on the wiki/web projects that I am on, so they are sort of requiring a techy backgroung (by no means do I have one, my background is self thought).
Weekend...what's in store..well I have a pass for 2 tickets to the 67s tonight, and it's playoff time, and for tomorrow there was something, but i can't remember now..hahahaha..I'll figure it out!
Everyone have a great weekend!
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
just another day...
The title says it all...
Well I didn't post anything yesterday or last nite....I was so tired after playing some ball hockey, again showing how my body is out of shape. However, can't really complain cause I'm not sore or anything. It was also a lot of fun. We won, and as sad as this will sound, I scored like one third of our goals, and if anyone knows me...they must have figured out, that this league is pretty weak! Ah well, at least I get out and do some running around.
My work day yesterday was alright, nothing special. Just another day. Well it was actually a busy day, cause I found out a lot more stuff on Wikis and Multilingual Wikis. Having to create a Wiki for the gov, you have to take in consideration the multilanguage options, and well I actually found something online that offers that possibility, and it's in house, created by NRC. Not us, but another gov. organization. I was also informed that an International Wiki Symposium will be hosted in Montreal this coming October. It is hosted by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), which is quite an interesting organization for anyone interested in technology and stuff related to LIS. You can sign up for free and have access to a lot of articles. I had done this a few months back, as I was looking for information/articles on Wikis and they had previous conference papers from previous Wiki conferences on their website for free (well you had to register on the site). Not a bad deal if you ask me, and can be useful source for information. If anyone wants to know more about Wikis, this would definetly be something to look into, either the site or the conference. I think it really fits into the MLIS world.
Other than that, not too much new on my end, only 19 days of work left!!
Well that's about all I have to say for now.
Cheerios everyone!
Jer l'Acadien
Well I didn't post anything yesterday or last nite....I was so tired after playing some ball hockey, again showing how my body is out of shape. However, can't really complain cause I'm not sore or anything. It was also a lot of fun. We won, and as sad as this will sound, I scored like one third of our goals, and if anyone knows me...they must have figured out, that this league is pretty weak! Ah well, at least I get out and do some running around.
My work day yesterday was alright, nothing special. Just another day. Well it was actually a busy day, cause I found out a lot more stuff on Wikis and Multilingual Wikis. Having to create a Wiki for the gov, you have to take in consideration the multilanguage options, and well I actually found something online that offers that possibility, and it's in house, created by NRC. Not us, but another gov. organization. I was also informed that an International Wiki Symposium will be hosted in Montreal this coming October. It is hosted by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), which is quite an interesting organization for anyone interested in technology and stuff related to LIS. You can sign up for free and have access to a lot of articles. I had done this a few months back, as I was looking for information/articles on Wikis and they had previous conference papers from previous Wiki conferences on their website for free (well you had to register on the site). Not a bad deal if you ask me, and can be useful source for information. If anyone wants to know more about Wikis, this would definetly be something to look into, either the site or the conference. I think it really fits into the MLIS world.
Other than that, not too much new on my end, only 19 days of work left!!
Well that's about all I have to say for now.
Cheerios everyone!
Jer l'Acadien
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Spring weather :)
Finally it seems that Spring is here :) Today, I don't have much news. Work was work, however I got a neat invitation. I was invited to a forum with the Deputy Minister (DP), which is related to a report which spurred the Wiki project that I am on. The forum is for DGs to meet and discuss with the DP, which to be honest is quite sweet, as it's taking place in a schazzy hotel/conference place in Kanata and is an all day event. So woo hoo! Should be a good day :) That's pretty much the highlight of my day other than the sweet weather!
Also, I only have 4.5 weeks left in Ottawa :) Can't wait to get back to Western and finish this degree. On that note, the course schedule finally came out today, and if I get all my choices, it seems like I'll have a pretty interesting schedule, but lots of evening courses. Ah well I'll live. On that note, I'm calling it a nite!
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
Also, I only have 4.5 weeks left in Ottawa :) Can't wait to get back to Western and finish this degree. On that note, the course schedule finally came out today, and if I get all my choices, it seems like I'll have a pretty interesting schedule, but lots of evening courses. Ah well I'll live. On that note, I'm calling it a nite!
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
Monday, March 26, 2007
Weekend Break, and back to work Monday...
Well the weekend was pretty good :) It started pretty crappy, my buddy Kev's hockey team lost in the finals. But then we went to the bar, and had a pretty good time. My friend Megan got drunk...took some good pics..
***Because of complaints..I had to remove the pics.***
well that's pretty much Frid nite.
Sat nite, was pretty calm...watched a few hockey games at a friend's place. Had a few beers. Nothing too crazy, but good times.
Sunday, well I didn't do much, but I finally watched "An Incovenient Truth"..and boy it makes you think. Global Warming can be scary, and it's slant against the Americans, which I don't have many qualms with, makes you think. How could someone ever question or deny what is happening? Anyways, not ready to start a debate, but sure makes you think, and if you haven't watched it, take the hour and a half, it's worth it!
Back to work today. :)
Well finally I got the link to the new Wiki, but government works in weird ways. We are supposed to be running a pilot on the Wiki for 100 days (longer than my remaining time, but hopefully the new Co-op student will continue this project). But my beef is with the manager wanting to release the Wiki right away, and I'm not comfortable with it being released as there are a lot of bugs to be worked out before it can meet most user needs. But ah well, I'm a simple peon, lol. I was supposed to have admin privileges, and still haven't been given these also. Well, that's enough ranting for today.
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
***Because of complaints..I had to remove the pics.***
well that's pretty much Frid nite.
Sat nite, was pretty calm...watched a few hockey games at a friend's place. Had a few beers. Nothing too crazy, but good times.
Sunday, well I didn't do much, but I finally watched "An Incovenient Truth"..and boy it makes you think. Global Warming can be scary, and it's slant against the Americans, which I don't have many qualms with, makes you think. How could someone ever question or deny what is happening? Anyways, not ready to start a debate, but sure makes you think, and if you haven't watched it, take the hour and a half, it's worth it!
Back to work today. :)
Well finally I got the link to the new Wiki, but government works in weird ways. We are supposed to be running a pilot on the Wiki for 100 days (longer than my remaining time, but hopefully the new Co-op student will continue this project). But my beef is with the manager wanting to release the Wiki right away, and I'm not comfortable with it being released as there are a lot of bugs to be worked out before it can meet most user needs. But ah well, I'm a simple peon, lol. I was supposed to have admin privileges, and still haven't been given these also. Well, that's enough ranting for today.
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
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