iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

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 is took so long and then after about 5 minutes I was asked to trust a new SSL certificate from Thawte who give free certificates to governments and educators.

I have a feeling that Statistics Canada’s addition of web submissions of the 2006 census will ultimately mean that it will take me longer to fill out the paper submission.

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 it, leaving you with nothing but ads etc.

What I’ve found helps is to stop Google from omitting how with this search +How convert audio file and even getting Google to look for convert and converting with +How convert~ audio file.

Those tips might help with your next search.

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 be back in Markham to actually drive it.

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 Griffins tied it up. Aubin played well, but you got a feeling that the longer the game went the less likely the Marlies were to win it.

All in all, a good inaugural season for the team and I’m glad Lindz took me to the game!

Briefly, here’s the things I wanted to write more about but it never got past that:

• The locals in Caledonia protesting about the Six Nations protesters remind me of the townspeople of Springfield.
• TV is so much better without comercials and viewed on your schedule. Thank you MythTV.
• Not only is “My Name is Earl” one of the best shows to come along in a while but all season its had a great soundtrack that collimated in spoofing the Beastie Boys Sabotage video in Stole a Badge on April 27^th.
• Pat Quinn and the Leafs are both better off after parting ways.
• The Volvo C70 hardtop convertible in action: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1759107427411909008
• Less than a thousand days left of George Bush.