Archive for category Personal
New Year’s Resolutions 2013
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on January 1, 2013
Be more awesome Move fast and break things Take more photos with people (The 4K monitor resolution just has to wait till I move out of the dorm.)
The best of 2012
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on December 31, 2012
As inspired by Kev: My 5 best moments of 2012 1. Meeting a special someone The person responsible for this knows who they are. They’re making me smile pretty much daily right now, I figure that’s as good a reason as any to be #1 in my list of good things. 2. Going to UWaterloo […]
The wonders of the internet
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal, Uncategorized on November 11, 2012
The co-op program here at UW is probably the biggest reason I chose to come here – I much prefer applying stuff I’ve learnt instead of learning all theory (why I’m in Software Engineering rather than plain CS). So as part of that, I’m brushing up my resume (and over the holidays, my personal site, […]
Midterm week – A retrospect of my first 6 weeks of uni
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal, Uncategorized on October 17, 2012
So… I’m at university. University of Waterloo to be exact. It’s been almost a whirlwind – it’s both more and less hectic than IB, if that makes sense. There’s more to do – activities, events and maintenance things (laundry, grocery shopping and so on.) And the same time, there’s less – schoolwork isn’t as demanding […]
Google Apps, multiple domains, and other related things
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal, Sysadmin on June 2, 2012
I’ve decided to actually get around to creating a portfolio site. Bought the domain, but have done… nothing. Oops. First off, email and DNS takes time to propagate, so I decided to get Google Apps set up with that domain to be able to send & receive email from that domain. But I had decisions […]
Quick tip: Use a QR code to get a site on your mobile device before you leave the house
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on May 8, 2012
A few times I’ve been in a rush to get somewhere, but have an article or two open on my screen that I’m in the middle of reading. Before I got a shiny new Galaxy Nexus, I used to email the link to myself, and open the email and then open the link. It wasn’t […]
One more time…
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on April 26, 2012
Went back to SAFTI today to see people. Can’t say I miss working there, but I do miss the people and the camaraderie. But it was nice to actually sit and talk to people after being in Canada for a month, and only talking to people over a fairly bad Skype connection. Also started polishing […]
Google Analytics tracking & site stuff
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on December 6, 2011
Well, my site now has it. As provided by the simple Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. Also, I’m trying out Jetpack. Also also, I’m going to try my hand at writing a WordPress theme, so I don’t have to suffer with the existing one. It looks nice, but I’m fairly sure I can do better. […]
Travel tripods: Update
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal, Photography on September 11, 2011
So… I checked on the 190CXPro4. $669. Yeah… definitely not getting that, at least right now. I’ll admit I’m worried about wasting money… but that’s why I’m starting my search now, so I can look for a good one that will keep most of its value. Have a few pictures from Japan though.
Stuff I’ve learnt today
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Personal on August 29, 2011
Time Magazine is for people with no time. I should have kept going with that Economist subscription. I finished the most recent issue, then moved onto Scientific American immediately. I realised that it made me think. (And I happen to like thinking.) Despite having not read many books for a while, I can still get […]