The following is stuff that I've written for publication.
- 2008-08-23: We need a strong advocate for transit
- 2008-07-28: OLS 2008 wrap-up
- 2008-07-25: OLS: Kernel documentation, and submitting kernel patches
- 2008-07-24: Ottawa Linux Symposium 10, Day 1
- 2008-07-09: Municipal tax a function of value
- 2008-05-26: Public Transit: If you love it, make it free
- 2008-04-12: Don't build parking at exense of transit
- 2008-03-01: Rail transit opportunities grow
- 2008-01-19: Landing on a commuter train solution
- 2007-11-30: Highway Upgrades Wasteful, Misguided (Guelph Tribune letter to the editor)
- 2007-10-15: Ontario LinuxFest makes an auspicious debut
- 2007-10-02: It's Time for a Change in How We Elect Our Mpps: NO
- 2007-09-26: MMP will not address strategic voting (Guelph Mercury letter to the editor)
- 2007-08-18: At-large system is unaccountable (Guelph Mercury letter to the editor)
- 2007-07-02: OLS closes on a keynote
- 2007-07/08: Sea to Shining Sea (Quebec Heritage News pp 18-19, story about the 1967 Centennial train)
- 2007-06-30: Thin clients and OLPC at OLS day three
- 2007-06-29: Kernel and filesystem talks at OLS day two
- 2007-06-28: Day one at the Ottawa Linux Symposium
- 2007-06-25: DebConf 7 positions Debian for the future
- 2007-03-14: Let's get Guelph back on the GO (Guelph Mercury letter to the editor)
- 2006-07-23: OLS Day 4: Kroah-Hartman's Keynote Address
- 2006-07-22: Day 3 at OLS: NFS, USB, AppArmor, and the Linux Standard Base
- 2006-07-21: Day two at OLS: Why userspace sucks, and more
- 2006-07-20: First day at the Ottawa Linux Symposium
- 2006-07-10: PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit a success
- 2006-06-29: Patent jeopardizes IETF syslog standard
- 2006-06-24: Tor: Freedom for whom?
- 2006-04-27: LWCE-TO 2006 day 3: Wine, desktops, and standards at LinuxWorld Toronto
- 2006-04-26: LWCE-TO 2006 day 2: Wikis, gateways, and Garbee at LinuxWorld Toronto
- 2006-04-25: LWCE-TO 2006 day 1: Security and certification at LinuxWorld Toronto
- 2005-10-19: Ian Murdock responds to Debian-DCC Alliance trademark dispute
- 2005-10-19: Debian Common Core Alliance loses 'Debian' from its name
- 2005-10-16: Horton AV announces avian flu vaccine for Linux
- 2005-07-25: Ottawa Linux Symposium 2005, day 4
- 2005-07-23: Ottawa Linux Symposium 2005, day 3
- 2005-07-22: Ottawa Linux Symposium 2005, day 2
- 2005-07-21: Ottawa Linux Symposium 2005, day 1
- 2005-04-21: LWCE Toronto (2005): Day 3
- 2005-04-20: LWCE Toronto (2005): Day 2
- 2005-04-19: LWCE Toronto (2005): Day 1
- 2004-07-25: OLS 2004 day 4: Ottawa Linux Symposium day 4: Andrew Morton's keynote address
- 2004-07-24: OLS 2004 day 3: OLS Day 3: Failed experiments, Linux-Tiny, and the Linux Standard Base
- 2004-07-23: OLS 2004 day 2: Linux symposium examines technicalities of upcoming Perl 6
- 2004-07-22: OLS 2004 day 1: Ottawa Linux symposium offers insight into kernel changes
- 2004-07-10: Dell stops shipping Windows on all its computers (was here)
- 2004-05-12: KMDI Open Source Conference 2004 day 3: Creative Commons highlights final day of OS conference
- 2004-05-11: KMDI Open Source Conference 2004 day 2: Red Hat, Microsoft clash at open source conference
- 2004-05-10: KMDI Open Source Conference 2004 day 1: OS conference endures PowerPoint requirement on Day 1
- 2004-04-16: RWL 2004 day 3: Real World Linux 2004, Day 3: The conclusion
- 2004-04-15: RWL 2004 day 2: Real World Linux 2004, Day 2: Keynotes
- 2004-04:13: RWL 2004 day 1: Real World Linux 2004, Day 1: A real world experience
- 2004-04-01: Linus ends free lunch
- 2004-03-21: Proven: Windows is more secure than Linux out of the box
- 2003-12-30: 2004: A year of leaps
- 2003-11-02: Nestlé to buy Google
- 2003-10-17: Environment Canada uses Linux to track hurricanes, predict, and analyse weather
- 2003-10-10: GPRS and Linux get mobile access on track
- 2003-10-05: Microsoft makes RMS its friend
- 2003-09-14: MicroSCOff buys MundrakeSoft installation advertising (massacred)
- 2003-09-07: Microsoft Way goes nowhere
- 2003-08-31: Linus Torvalds enters race for California Governor (silicon.com ripped my made-up quotes and wrote a non-humour piece based on this!)
- 2003-08-24: Microsoft seeks law to retroactively ban Finnish immigration
- 2003-08-17: Who is David and who is Goliath?
- 2002-12-03: The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam
- 2002-12-02: OFTC: A study in cooperative open source software politics
- 2002-07-12: DebConf 2002: DebConf 2 summary, including notes from Michael Robertson's keynote
- 2001-01-30: Geek delicacies from around the world: Macaroni and cheese
My appearances in the media that I know of (that I did not write):
- 2008-09-24: GO Trains may stop in Guelph by 2011
- 2008-09-04: An iron road across the permafrost
- 2008-08-27: A Green party win would be a real green shift for Guelph
- 2008-07-24: City looking to develop transit-growth strategy
- 2008-06-27: Named a member of Guelph's top "40 under 40"
- 2008-04-04: Guelph Bloggers at One Site
- 2008-03-08: Who's hands are Hanlon upgrades in?
- 2008-03-07: GO junction proposed for Lafarge site
- 2008-03-07: Proposed plans for former Lafarge lands
- 2007-10-17: Election Referendum Reaction
- 2007-10-11: Voters elect not to change system
- 2007-10-01: Under MMP, voters will vote for what they believe (Guelph Mercury letter to the editor criticising my letter to the editor of 2007-09-26
- 2007-09-20: What is the referendum about? Proportional problem, disproportional solution. (University of Guelph, the Ontarion)
- 1996-fall: My photo was on the front page of the Greenfield Recorder in a story about my school's technology. I do not have a copy of this. :(
Photos I have taken can be found in:
- 2008 book "Route 66: The Class 66 Story" by Ken Carr/Visions International
- 2007-12 "Rail Passion"
- 2007-12 "Today's Railways UK"
- 2006-06 "Op de Rails"
- 2006-03 "Branchline"
- 2005-06 "Branchline"
- 2005-02 "Branchline"
Television and Radio
- 2008-06-25: CFRU/Royal City Rag.
- 2008-05-14: CFRU/Royal City Rag.
- 2008-04-02: CFRU/Royal City Rag.
- Seen at televised Guelph City Council meetings many times, if that counts... Presented on camera 2008-02-04 and 2008-03-03.
- I have appeared on TV as a random person walking down Toronto's Front Street wearing an iPod for a CBC news story, although I wasn't wearing one, in mid 2006.
- I was one of the bloggers in Ken Rockburn's documentary about the 2006 Liberal Leadership convention on CPAC that aired on December 10th, 2006.
- I have appeared on Canal D and Discovery Channel's show "Fallait Y Penser"/"What's That About?" as a token trainspotter along with my wife and Martin Lévesque in the episode about trains.
- I appeared as an extra in the movie "A Walk on the Moon", visible briefly in the movie theatre scene behind Anna Paquin, in spite of hours of being on set.
- During the last federal PC leadership race, a question I sent to Politics with Don Newman was used in their CBC debate, asking in a minority where they held the balance of power, would hte PCs support the Reform party or the Liberal party.
- I hosted a radio show through 11th and 12th grade on WNMH 91.5 Northfield, MA called "Tech-talk".
- In 1997, At 16 years old, I briefly appeared on Shelagh Rogers' CBC show "Take 5" when she did an on-site show in Montreal and my mother piped up that I had a radio show in high school.
- In 1993, At 12 years old, a limerick I wrote in a contest about Bach was aired as an honourable mention on CBC radio. It read something to this effect:
Once while i was listening to Bach,
My big brother yelled "beuch!
I prefer my rap,
over this old crap!"
I just ignored him, and turned my Back.
I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting...