Author Archives: aphoenix

Facebook is your friend. And so can you!

This is a blog post that I started in around 2008. I’m going to post it, and then hopefully follow up with my more current thoughts on Social networking. Social Networking. That’s one of those buzzwords that I almost cringe … Continue reading

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Kids update

Well, I haven’t actually written anything down about the fact that I am now the father of two awesome girls (no longer just one). Kid2 was born Feb 8, and it’s been awesome having a tiny kid around the house, … Continue reading

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JennPhoenix.ca – in Brief

I spent about 40 minutes earlier this week designing and deploying JennPhoenix.ca for my sister, who does piano lessons. Probably the things that are most of interest to highlight: I used some free icon packs, which I will be attributing … Continue reading

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How Project Euler got me to Infringe Almost Every Copyright

That’s a bit of a sensationalist title, but it’s also not too far off of true. I was recently working on a problem for Project Euler that starts off like so: An irrational decimal fraction is created by concatenating the … Continue reading

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Guelph Coffee and Code + Project Euler

I’m talking about Project Euler at tonight’s Guelph Coffee and Code. My talk is going to be short, but here’s the main talking points. Lenhard Euler: Mathematician Euler (pronounced “Canada’s Worst Hockey Team that’s not The Senators”) was a Mathematician … Continue reading

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