All For Me Grog

Last week, while Jess and I were having dinner, the subject of the derivation of the word grog came up in conversation (mainly because I babble about such things).
To my understanding, grog is a drink that was served on board ships of the British Royal Navy from the eighteenth century forward until the rum ration [...]

Posted at 10pm on 8/9/08 | 1 comment | Filed Under: language | Tagged: | read on

The anatomy of design fail

Consider this scenario. My phone lights up, then sings at me that I have received a new text message. I reach over to the algebra textbook where the phone rests to pick it up. From my toast-butter-enhanced fingers, it slips to the floor. The Motorola logo appears on the screen. [...]

Posted at 12pm on 8/3/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: humour | Tagged: | read on

About

Andrew is a somewhat frustrated writer with no published works to date. He relies on a rather mundane day job to provide the necessities of life, and enjoys it immensely, in a perverse fashion.

As far as the Web goes, he has had some kind of online presence since 1995. Before that, he haunted several local BBSes, much to the chagrin of certain other people. He also remembers playing ADVENTURE on an IBM miniframe at age three and growing up alongside a TRS-80. So yes, he‘s been using computers longer than you have.

Currently, he is responsible for this blog and his personal website. He is also at least partially responsible for The Accidental Bachelor, a unique relationship advice column (contains some colourful language—you&lsquot;ve been warned).

He currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with his former equivalent-to-wife, their three children and three currently working computers. He currently lives in Microsoft Excel, through his cellphone, and for the incomparable jessrawk.

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