iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

My little hobby web site for tracking your luck with a large Canaidan coffee and donuts chain’s roll-up promotion is back! My previous attempt was Drupal-based, and required an account. I was never very happy with the account requirement, and played with it being a facebook App but ultimately took the site down (described in… Continue Reading RimCount.com RRRR’eturns

While my wife was getting a valuable two hours of sleep before she was woken with contractions signaling the birth of our first born child 19 hours later, I was not quite tired enough to sleep. UnknowingIy missing out on my last chance to sleep for a while, I was typing away at a PHP… Continue Reading PHP script to download files from GMail

My wife Lindsay and I are excited to announce the birth of our first child: Evan Isaac Clare Evan was born on Tuesday November 16th 2010 at 19:33 at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario Canada. He was born 7 pounds 10 ounces, 8 lbs 4 as of Monday November 22nd. His four grandparents, two… Continue Reading Birth Blog Announcement of Evan Clare

I am not a lawyer, and I am not prepared to give legal advice. That said, here are some general practices for dealing with copyrighted works that respect the tradition of academia and are influenced by the current realities in Canadian intelectual property developments. This is the same advice that I’ve been giving my Interactive… Continue Reading Integrating others’ works into your own: My practices

The Toronto Maple Leafs have won all three of their games so far this year. As of right now they are tied for first place over all with Washington. I’ve started building my bandwagon so that it’s ready for the Stanley Cup parade. Haven’t found any wheels yet, should I be worried that as soon… Continue Reading Started building my Toronto Maple Leafs bandwagon