Archives: Lance
WBCOOP Chamionship
January 13th, 2011, No Comments
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.
Registration code: XXXXXX 612721
Lenovo Tech Support
July 26th, 2010, 2 Comments
Dear Lenovo Technical Support,
If you direct a customer with a valid warranty to a local certified Lenovo service center instead of doing the ship-to-depot do-si-do, you should also inform the customer the service center is going to charge $90.00 to work on their laptop so said customer is fully informed of the consequences of their [...]
One step closer to Calgary
April 29th, 2010, No Comments
My wife received her approved application for a Canadian work visa yesterday. We are one step closer to Calgary! Now I just need to find a job myself.
Dell’s sneaky case design
April 28th, 2010, No Comments
I unpacked a Dell T5500 today that I needed to install a GTX 285 GPU-capable graphics card in for one of my professors only to find that the card’s extra power connections interfered with the fold-down hard drive tray.
Dell’s case designs have been getting better and better over the years, but it looked like [...]
My Google-fu, it is strong
March 1st, 2010, No Comments
Friday, I found a very nice looking job lead on Workopolis for a Red Hat system administrator position with knowledge of Drupal or EC2 a plus. Brilliant! My skills fit those requirements like a glove. Friday night, I wrote a cover letter and prepared to submit said letter and resume to the [...]
Oh Canada!
February 23rd, 2010, 1 Comment
Well, it seems my time in North Carolina is coming to a close. My fiance, B, has accepted a 3-year postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary in Calgary, AB, and I’ve been job hunting for a while now. I have several job leads and we hope I’ll secure a position in time for us [...]
Fun and games with Time Warner Cable
February 7th, 2010, 2 Comments
Our cablemodem has been crapping out on us periodically. It would just stop working and we’d have to unplug its power and plug it back in to get it running again. This didn’t happen very often so it wasn’t an urgent matter. Yesterday, I had to run errands in Durham anyay, so I took the [...]
It’s the small things in life
February 3rd, 2010, No Comments
Ya know, it’s really the small things in life that make me feel good about myself. The big wins that make you feel like Superman for a day come so rarely, for me, that I can’t rely on them to keep my outlook positive.
For example, I prefer New Balance shoes and have worn them exclusively [...]
WBCOOP Event #6 Cash
January 29th, 2010, No Comments
Finally, avoided all the suck outs to “cash” in the World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker event #6, the mixed game. I went out in 141st place and won a $11 tournament signup ticket for the Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker.
Events #1 – #5 all went the same way. I chipped up early, got [...]
World Blogger Championship of Online Poker
January 7th, 2010, No Comments
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! PokerStars.com is the home of Free Online Poker Games, bloggers can play for free in the exclusive WBCOOP tournament, register here to play: WBCOOP
Registration code: 896782
