iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

Catch Matt’s presentation: Teaching Support 2.0. Ontario Universities Computing Conference (OUCC) 2006, May 28 – 30, 2006 at Guelph University. Presentation from 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM on Monday May 28th Canadian WebCT E-Learning Conference, June 19 – 27, 2006 at the University of Alberta. Here’s my silhouette – very dapper! Stay for the whole… Continue Reading The Matt Clare Summer Tour

Has anyone else noticed that the Census 2006 web site is painfully slow? The site even asks you to wait up to two minutes to establish an SSL connection. The site rejected my prototype version of Firefox (with OSX native interface bits) so I launched Safari and it thought it had hung because the connection… Continue Reading Census 2006 site painfully slow

There’s a whole web site dedicated to dealing with questions that should have been Google’d before they were asked: justfuckinggoogleit.com. But sometimes it can be hard to find help on a subject through Google. Often if you search How to convert an audio file Google will tell you that how is too common and omit… Continue Reading Google tip for finding out how to do something

Here’s my mother and father’s brand new Acura CSX. The next generation to my Acura EL.� Like my EL it has five forward gears, but unlike mine it’s an automatic with paddle shifters!� It’s also got more power and is quieter and more fuel efficient because of those forward looking/thinking A pillars. Can’t� wait to… Continue Reading Another Acura

The Toronto Marlies scored their first goal against the Grand Rapids Griffins at 21 seconds but would not score another goal until the Griffins ended the Marlie’s season after about thirty seconds into double overtime. The Marlies lead in shots during regular play but lost the lead in the end of the third when the… Continue Reading Toronto Marlies Season Over