Archive for July, 2008

Royal Flush

Anna was right beside me when this happened.  I don’t think she realizes the odds of getting a royal flush are an astronomical 649,739:1.
I limped in to the pot in late position.  The small blind folds and the big blind checks; we’re heads up.  The flop gives me the nut flush draw.  Buddy checks and [...]

Just bought a DLink DNS-323

So NCIX was having another one of their sales again.  This time the deals were pretty good.

Switching to VMWare Server

I’ve mentioned before that this site is running in a VirtualPC environment.

 

 

VPC_W2K3

I’ve decided to switch to VMWare Server.  I’ll be bringing the server down so I can import my Virtual PC image into VMWare.
UPDATE: VMWare Server’s import tool failed to import my Virtual PC .vmc file.  Luckily they have a separate converter tool available [...]

Rogers hijacking failed DNS lookups

If you are a Rogers Internet subscriber and you try to reach a non-existent URL (e.g. http://asdfzxcv.google.com), you will be redirected to a Rogers search page displaying ads.

New rules for Canadian mortgages

The federal government has made changes to mortgages effective October 15.
Some key highlights:

Maximum amortization of 35 years
Minimum down payment 5%
Maximum 45% debt service ratio (percentage of gross income for housing costs)

Good luck trying to buy the average home in Vancouver!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wmortgages0709/BNStory/Business/

A second-place finish

This is the closest I’ve come to winning the $4.40 180-player Sit-n-Go on PokerStars.  The final table lasted for quite a while.  Then the eventual winner started knocking players out.  I only knocked out one player at the final table.  By the time we got heads-up, he had a commanding chip lead over me.  I [...]

Camping at Watch Lake 2008

On the weekend before Canada Day, we (me, Anna, Claire, and my cousin Liezl) went camping up at Tall Timbers Resort up at Watch Lake in BC’s South Cariboo region.