Category Archives: Blogathon 2009

Blogathon 2009

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 24, 2009
This Saturday, June 25th, I’m participating in Blogathon 2009 for the Canadian Cancer Society. “Huh?” Simple: read my introductory post here. Donations can be made at the CCS’s donation site. Afterwards, why not drop me a message or tweet that you’ve donated and I can mention your donation in my next post? (Anonymously, if you [...]
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Catherine Winters is not the top hit for “Second Life Vancouver”

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 31, 2009
This week, the Georgia Straight’s Stephen Hui interviewed me for Straight.com’s weekly Geek Speak feature. I just finished reading the interview and I’m happy to confirm that I didn’t sound insane or say anything terribly inappropriate this time. I find I do have something of a tendency to do this. If we’ve spoken in any [...]
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Blogathon 2009: The morning after.

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 26, 2009
Well, I like to think I came close to making it, anyway. Unfortunately, my ability to hammer out posts dried up shortly before I literally tipped out from exhaustion, so those of you at home missed out on the effects of that. Thanks to those of you who donated directly and to those of you who [...]
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Blogathon 2009: What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So I’m working on a single-serving site to finally make use of my other domain. Functionally, it’ll be a business card of sorts, featuring a more coherent bio, with links to the various ways I can be contacted online. Ultimately, I suspect I’ll roll this site into it. Anyway, while the art style I’m using is [...]
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Blogathon 2009: All in One SEO Pack must be configured.

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So earlier today, I was informed by all-around nice guy and occasional WordPress-handholder Tris Hussey that I ought to be using the All in One SEO Pack on my WordPress blog. So I got it, only to discover that all the config fields were empty. Apparently version 1.6.4 has a bit of a problem with [...]
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Blogathon 2009: Arts and crafts? Oh no!

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
Want. Seriously. I spent so much time playing Lemmings when I was younger. What an awesome game. June of PlanetJune has included crochet patterns and suggestions for accessories on her blog. And to crocheters out there: what better than crocheted Lemmings to go with my Weighted Companion Cube? I mean, really. (Via jwz.)
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Blogathon 2009: Fortified with essential caffeines

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
When I worked at the Great Northern Way Campus, there existed an unwritten but very official decree: under no circumstances was anyone to allow me to have any Red Bull. So… yeah, we’ll see how that goes tonight.
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Blogathon 2009: What kind of site do you think this is, anyway?

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So I was checking out my Google Analytics stats just now to gauge the impact Blogathon is having upon my site traffic. Answer: lots. Obviously. However, I couldn’t help but notice a number of interesting searches by which people are coming here. Okay, that’s different. Other bewildering search terms people used to arrive here include: [...]
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Blogathon 2009: In which The Weather stymies Catherine’s plans

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So I deliberately brought my bike to Workspace this morning, knowing that if I was lagging this evening, I could go for a nice endorphin-boosting ride up and down Waterfront Road, across the tracks from Gastown. I really can’t say that I was expecting a massive thunderstorm instead. In retrospect, I wish I’d taken the [...]
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Blogathon 2009: “Legally, we have to refer to you as Catherine December.”

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
After hearing Dave Olsen talk a bit about the restrictions being applied — in particular, to the “pedestrian corridors” being established here in Vancouver during the Olympics, I’m concerned about the implications for free speech, as well as the potential for these laws to endure after the Olympics have ended. I’ve been convinced for a long [...]
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