This Had Better Be The Best Internet Ever

So, here I am on the ship ms Zuiderdam and I'm paying $0.75 per minute to use the internet. So, lets make it quick.

Merry Christmas from the snowy Caribbean. Santa made a visit to the ship, and he had dreadlocks and sang reggae. Today, it was mostly sunny with a high of 27 degrees and 87% relative humidity. If you care to look it up on Google Earth, as of 5:02pm our ship's coordinates are 20 degrees, 10.77 minutes north, 68 degrees, 18.12 minutes west. We're heading for St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands tomorrow. Yesterday we were at an island called Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas.

That's all for now, I hope it's started to snow back home.

Oh yeah, and there's way too many good looking girls on this boat. Both guests and crew... especially crew.

Symantec Norton Internet Security Certainly Is A Great Program!

Norton certainly is not a resource hog, and it doesn't keep my computer occupied for 5 minutes each time I boot up my machine. It doesn't mess up the images while browsing in Firefox and I just love the seemingly random full system scans it run with no way to stop. Oh yeah, and the constant blocking of "intrusion attempts" certainly aren't annoying.

How's that for sarcasm?

Speaking of the endless "intrusion attempts", I think my most favourite one ever occurred just now. I circled the site that Symantec thought was trying to intrude onto my computer...

Tall and Thin... Just How I Like Them

I got my new monitor from Dell today. 20" widescreen...

oh yeah... and 20" tallscreen.

Speaking of Roundabouts

On Saturday night, on my way to my office Christmas party in Cambridge, I had the opportunity to drive through the new roundabout at Fountain Street and Blair Road in Cambridge. Funny, I don't remember much else from Saturday night... but I digress. It's a great roundabout to drive in if you're a novice, because it's a single-lane roundabout so you won't have to worry about what lane you're in. Anyway, one of the nice feature of a roundabout is that you can do something with the space in the middle whether it be landscaping or, in this case, some sort of artistic feature. On The Record's website there is currently a poll on which of three choices you like or if you don't want anything at all. There's been a bunch of negative letters in the paper recently from people who are against doing anything that would improve the look of the roundabout centre. It's my guess that these are also the people who, when they hear the word "roundabout", the first thing that comes to their mind is "opposed!". Anyway, vote if you want, or care, I just ask that you don't vote for the "no artwork" option.

New Roundabout Animation!

I just checked out the Region of Waterloo's website and found that the flash animation for roundabout has been updated and improved. Now it gives examples of what NOT to do, which is a great addition. Also, there's a video! Check it out here.

In related news, all of us here at Matt's Blog Is Stupid would like to welcome Silas Grace into the world and congratulate his new parents Dan and Faith. It's nice to know he'll grow up in a world where Roundabouts are becoming more commonplace. Hurrah!

Ever

Worst stadium Ever: Ralph Wilson Stadium
Grossest Thing Ever: Beneath the keys of a keyboard (specifically MY keyboard)
Best Thing Ever: Beef Stew

I'm gonna go... place.