A strange post… considering the one it follows, but I’ve decided to re-purpose “tanh.net” and migrate it’s content to “adie.me“:

• Months ago I purchased the domain “adie.me“, mostly because I liked the idea of having the email address “m[@]adie[.]me” (Matt Adie .me  –  cheesy I know but I like it).
• I’ve also had the urge to use “tanh.net” for something (I know not what) other than a personal blog. ..  and really… that’s what “adie.me” seems made for.

I’ve also decided to give Wordpress a try.  I love Drupal but:

• It always leads me down a path of complexity, and due to a heavy use of modules I always seem to have a difficult time upgrading.
• It’s incredibly versatile, and I highly recommend it as a CMS, but generally speaking  it’s overkill for a blog.
• It seems to be resource heavy on my shared hosting service’s mysql server

So I’ve migrated my content,  and all the posts from “tanh.net” can be found at “adie.me” under the category “From Tanh” or within the archives.

I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with “tanh.net“,  but hopefully I can come up with something interesting…

I love this show:

So it's now 2009 and I've got some plans:

• Get back into training... it's been a year now since I've done much of anything --I'd like to gear up to run a couple of races this summer.
• Make money, save, and invest... I need the money to buy a building in the next couple of years.
• Learn the art of frugality, and read more about investing.
• Take a course in renovations, and read a couple of books on the subject.
• Continue to tweak my attempts to be environmentally sustainable (I love my worm bins).
• Get back into blogging.

For those of you still suffering the pains of xmas shopping:

The Souk@SAT is on again from December 12th to the 14th (this weekend) at the SAT (1195 St. Laurent).

And the Salon des métiers d’art du Québec is already up and running until the 21st (Place Bonaventure).

[poor poor blog -- just a couple of posts up from the subject of a year ago]

It looks like Yale is offering a variety of it's introductory courses for free:
Open Yale Courses

While it's possible to teach yourself a little about everything, and a lot about somethings online, it's nice to see an ivy league school openly offering some structured courses.

Since it's time to make the sacrificial purchases required by Christmas, it's also tome to lessen the pain by supporting local artisans:

Salon des métiers d’art du Québecruns from from the 7th to the 22nd... it's huge, and you should be able to find something for just about everyone.

souk @ sat runs from the 14th to the 16th... it's young and hip and fun just to go.

I saw this in a Facebook comment, and I'm curious as to whether or not it's true:

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it

I found this over on Ella's blog Cerrier. I hadn't seen it before so I thought I'd repost it:

Greetings and salutations!

Jason and I [Rene] (PONY TV) are curating 2 shows that open this week. Come and check them out! The videos are amazing, the photographs are delicious, and we've worked really hard to put them together.
We'll see you there!

Love,
Rene

PTV PRESENTS...
Gallerie Espace
4844 St. Laurent
February 28- March 13
Vernissage March 6, 7-11pm
(*PLUS* after-verni party at Boa Bar 5301 St. Laurent with the Shirtless DJ's and Prague City Love, video projections, and 'meet the artists' excitement)
http://artmatters.concordia.ca/show_07.html

PTV and Video Party Present... Old Gold
Storefront installation featuring video works by 12 different artists from Montreal, New York, Finland, Turkey, Serbia, UK and Mexico-
Old Gold Boutique
256 Mont Royal Est
http://artmatters.concordia.ca/event_10.html

PONY TV
http://www.ponytv.net
http://myspace.com/ponytv
pony.tv@gmail.com

Video Party
http://www.videoparty.info