Cognition Curiousity

Every now and again while calling a square dance, I notice minor errors on the dance floor. God knows I've committed many errors great & small while dancing and there are many more spectacular square crashes in my personal future so I don't want to seem to pick on dancers in general or one in particular. Anyway...

Most callers detecting an error or general confusion in a square will provide gentle prompting to help figure out the call, or at least get a good working final formation so the next call can proceed. We'll do stuff like "you'll have normal lines facing out" or "you're in a right-handed column."

In most dances, the cue is given, the dancers fix their arrangement and we're off & dancing once again, no big deal.

( I'm more interested at the moment in colossal cuing failures. )

Cognition Curiousity

Every now and again while calling a square dance, I notice minor errors on the dance floor. God knows I've committed many errors great & small while dancing and there are many more spectacular square crashes in my personal future so I don't want to seem to pick on dancers in general or one in particular. Anyway...

Most callers detecting an error or general confusion in a square will provide gentle prompting to help figure out the call, or at least get a good working final formation so the next call can proceed. We'll do stuff like "you'll have normal lines facing out" or "you're in a right-handed column."

In most dances, the cue is given, the dancers fix their arrangement and we're off & dancing once again, no big deal.

( I'm more interested at the moment in colossal cuing failures. )

Happy birthday, scorpiocub!

Congrats on surviving another year in style! Enjoy your day!

Happy birthday, scorpiocub!

Congrats on surviving another year in style! Enjoy your day!

Today's Hard-Learned UNIX Lesson

If you place incredibly important data files in /tmp, don't be surprised when your data isn't there when you return two weeks later.

Thank you and good night.

Today's Hard-Learned UNIX Lesson

If you place incredibly important data files in /tmp, don't be surprised when your data isn't there when you return two weeks later.

Thank you and good night.

The Loonie Keeps Going Up

The Canadian dollar rose to $1.08380 USD today and may keep going up tomorrow.

I'm as happy as any that Canadians are able to go on an international spending spree, have cheaper vacations in tropical climates during the long winter and such, but seriously: there will be some ugly economic consequences if this keeps up and Canada's balance of trade goes to hell. Better a soft & controlled landing than a harsh crash later.

The Loonie Keeps Going Up

The Canadian dollar rose to $1.08380 USD today and may keep going up tomorrow.

I'm as happy as any that Canadians are able to go on an international spending spree, have cheaper vacations in tropical climates during the long winter and such, but seriously: there will be some ugly economic consequences if this keeps up and Canada's balance of trade goes to hell. Better a soft & controlled landing than a harsh crash later.

Passport Success!

My replacement passport has not yet arrived, but Passport Canada has billed my TD Canada Trust credit card $97 CDN ($105.13 USD) in processing fees.

On the presumption that they wouldn't bill my card unless they accepted my application as is, I should have a new passport in a few weeks and will be able to enter Canada via air or boat once again.

Passport Success!

My replacement passport has not yet arrived, but Passport Canada has billed my TD Canada Trust credit card $97 CDN ($105.13 USD) in processing fees.

On the presumption that they wouldn't bill my card unless they accepted my application as is, I should have a new passport in a few weeks and will be able to enter Canada via air or boat once again.