James Sapara’s Personal Blog

So today I have confirmed what I suspected happened all along with my mail. I am partly to blame for not looking into it myself earlier, but it’s still a bit disturbing. Turns out Canada Post “transcribed” my forward address incorrectly at some point at the forwarding depot in Winnipeg. That means, they typed it into a computer correctly, printed it off and then typed it back in… but the second time around they typed it wrong. I had actually assumed my handwriting was to blame, but as the representative told me over the phone, the billing record reflects my correct address.
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I went to Red Lobster tonight after Dungeons and Dragons. Must say, playing with my food has never been so exciting!

A while back I got a 24″ widescreen LCD. I’ve been enjoying the extra space it gives me, but I felt I was missing out on some of the cooler stuff that WS can offer. I found that most of the games I played at the time didn’t support WS at all or in a useful manner. Sometime between then and now World of Warcraft has added some decent WS support. Here are some before and after pictures so you can see the difference.

So sometime last week I got an email for a job interview at TinyEYE. They’re a company located in the industrial part of Campus ( U of S ). The interview itself is on the 1st of December. I don’t know a whole lot about the company, other than they make software that connects Speech therapists to their clients online. Defiantly sounds cool, but so far it’s sketchy on details.

They have request some sample code and works for them to see at the interview. That’s always tough to do for someone who do contract work for companies ( who thus retain the right to the code ) and when I’ve worked jobs with NDA’s. Typically when I do projects on my own time, they’re related to improving something at work… so those also get snatched up by those places. Needless to say I’ve been working like crazy to get what I can to show them. I have a few light samples of code, but nothing to complex. I’ve started writing a relatively complex application that I will hopefully have mostly completed by then. At least they’ll be able to see some recent code and how I design stuff.

I’ve kinda ranted about this to a few people, so I thought I’d blog it too! I’ll try to keep this as clear as possible. So it’s the week after I got laid off in Winnipeg. I’m packing like a mad man and getting everything arranged for the move. I email my boss my forwarding address in Saskatoon. I also get mail forwarding to Saskatoon from Canada Post. Oky, so then I move on like the 27th of October to Saskatoon. On the 1st or so my boss mails my last pay cheque and record of employment (RoE) to my Winnipeg address. Was a little concerning, but I figured mail forwarding would catch it anyways. I could handle a few days delay.
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Here’s some pictures:

There are times when living in an apartment like building can suck, and sometimes when it’s a hoot. Today it was a hoot for about 5 minutes. My sister Jessica was in the bathroom putting curlers in her hair when there is an ominous sound… farlappapoop. Now I thought this sound was from the tv in the living at first. But strange noises starting coming from our bathroom moments later. My sister comes out holding her gut and making these odd chucking sounds. I brace my self for the worst, she’s blown a gasket.
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I arrived in Saskatoon yesterday around 21:30 with my 24 foot long uhaul. It’s a somewhat funny story how I got a 24 footer for a small move… but basically uhaul is the devil. For those who use to have my Saskatoon number, it’s the same as before. Never did change it actually. I’m living with my sister again on east-side as well. I also have my very own cat now, brining the count for cats in this condo to 3. That’s actually alot of cat in one place. Anyways, thats a whole other story.