Ugh. I hate being sick.

Well, once again, an awards show has come and gone and I've proven that I cannot predict the winners. I have to admit though, if I sneaked a second ballot, I would have done much better. Oh well. So out of 24 categories, I only got 5 right. Yikes, a measly 21%. I feel as though I should apologize to the nominees, because if I pick you to win - you probably won't. Sorry 'bout that.

The categories I guessed correctly were:
Best Animated Feature
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Film Editing
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay

See below for all winners...

Continue reading "Results of my pics for the 80th Annual Academy Awards"

Well the 80th Annual Academy Awards is almost here. They are happening this Sunday and I am looking forward to see who will come out on top.

My Disclaimer: I have not seen every single film nominated, these are just my predictions on what I think will happen. Guesses could be inaccurate due to the fact that I have not seen each of the films, and also since I can't vote, others may not agree with me.


Continue reading "My "80th annual Academy Awards" (Oscars) picks!"

As in a previous post I listed my picks on who the winners of the Emmy's would be. Out of 15 categories I only got 2 correct. A few surprises as far as I'm concerned.


Continue reading "Results for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards"

The nominations have been cast for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. As per previous posts for other award shows, I will try my hand at predicting the winners. My vote may lean towards who I want to win rather then who I think may win, but it's all in good fun.

You can visit the complete list here.


Continue reading "My Pics for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards"

Ha ha, lol. This is hilarious. Check out the image of what vi would look like if it was Microsoft's.
http://blogs.sun.com/marigan/entry/how_the_vi_editor_would

It seems as though I'm getting lucky with free books. I just won two more from Free Software Magazine. I love this site. It's got a lot of great articles, and free books are definitely a bonus. The two I won are titled Practical Subversion (from Apress), and Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution (also from Apress).

I'm really looking forward to reading through these books, especially the Subversion one as the Open Source Mail one wouldn't apply to me for quite some time.

The article for this contest is here.

Thanks to Free Software Magazine for picking me to win these book, and thanks to Apress for giving them away.

So, recently I won another book online, this time from Free Software Magazine. It's titled Linux System Administration. I'm really looking forward to reading through this book.

The article for this contest is here.

Thanks to Free Software Magazine for picking me to win this book, and thanks to O'Reilly for giving away 10 free copies.

I came across this contest on uneasyslience, where they are giving away a Nintendo Wii.
Live in Canada or the US? Why not spread the word and hope for a win. I am.

Cheers.

Contest: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/03/10120/

I came across this page today about some actual questions from Microsoft Interviews. I haven't read them all yet, just browsed through them. I cam across the question:

If you could gather all of the computer manufacturers in the world together into one room and then tell them one thing that they would be compelled to do, what would it be?

and wondered what would happen if my answer was: Provide an option to pre-install Linux.

Do you think I would get the job?

The Microsoft Interview Questions

I was so shocked and saddened to hear about the loss of my colleague and friend, Jon. You will be remembered always, rest in peace.

Continue reading "R.I.P Jon..."

If you want a Producer credit in a movie, all you have to do is donate some money. This is happening through The 1 Second Film.

Follow the link and you can view my profile, Cory Lievers, Producer, The 1 Second Film. Or you can just view The 1 Second Film main site.
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Woo hoo, congratulations to me. I've just reached Level 4 of Yahoo! Answers. You can view my profile here.

For those of you who don't know what Yahoo! Answers is:

It's the place to ask questions and get real answers from real people. It’s fun and educational because you can ask questions on any topic from the serious to the not so serious. And when you know an answer, you can help others by giving answers to their questions. It's all about sharing — what you know and what you want to know. So, why keep your gnawing questions and brilliant answers to yourself? Jump in and start sharing!

It's definitely a great place to go and ask questions you need answers. And if you have an expertise in a specific area (or even just know 'something' about something), help others out by submitting your own answers.

Cheers!

Well another year in cinema has come full circle with the Academy Awards tonight. As in a previous post I listed my picks on who the winners of the Oscar's would be. It seems that I have done a little better than some of the other award shows. Out of 24 categories I got 11 correct, 46%. Yay!


Continue reading "The Results of my 79th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) picks!"

So my buddy Roberto called me up on Friday with this extra ticket to a Fruko y sus Tesos concert. It's led by this guy Joe Arroyo who apparently is a pioneer in the salsa and samba world. I figured 'what the heck', free concert, a little culture -- how bad can it be? Well, the music wasn't bad at all, in fact it was quite good. But, everyone (on and off stage) was talking in spanish. 4 hours of not knowing what was being said. Oh well, the concert was good anyways.

And I bought this spanish instructional cd set this weekend. Maybe I'll learn something.

Anyways, thanks for the culture Roberto...