The wit and wisdom of Nadia Yvette Chambers!

Today is my friend Nadia’s birthday. Nadia describes herself as a 37 year old transsexual atheist masochist kernel programmer who currently lives and works in the New York City area. I’ve ...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 February 2013 / 1 Comment

Khan’s “birthday” is on Valentine’s Day!

I was always indifferent to Valentine ’s Day until 14 Feb 2008 when I became a cat owner. I now celebrate the day as a kind of birthday for my cat and an excuse to give him sushi. It’s great to have h...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 January 2013 / 5 Comments

CBC News interviews me about Khan!

So tonight CBC featured a story about Khan and I on the news! You can watch the story here: Back in December a producer from CBC TV and Radio emailed me out of the blue to let me know that they were d...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 24 December 2012 / 1 Comment

I got a free office chair!

I recently got a free office chair from Craigslist. Merry Christmas, Nathaniel! “Free office chair,” read the advert. “Comfortable, but has hole in cushion as you can see in the photo. Need to free up...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 21 December 2012 / 5 Comments

Khan has to wear a cone!

For the next two days my cat will play the part of a walking lampshade. No, he won’ after my vet put one of those plastic cones on his neck. This afternoon I was petting him when I noticed blood comin...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 December 2012 / 8 Comments

Cheap insulin for Khan at Costco!

The other day I realized that my cat’s insulin bottle was almost empty so I phoned my vet who kindly faxed a prescription over to the pharmacy so that I could buy another vial. Normally she’d just sen...

Reflections and Opinions

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 November 2012

Google maps the indoors!

Google now maps interior spaces such as airports and department stores. Apparently they announced this program about a year ago but I just noticed it the other day when I was doing a random Google Map...

Reflections and Opinions

My three computers loaded with my customized Google homepage

Nathaniel Christopher / 3 November 2012 / 5 Comments

Google to eliminate background images

I recently learned that Google will be eliminating the ability for users to add a custom background image to their Google homepage. When I opened my browser this morning a little information balloon p...

Travel

Nathaniel Christopher / 1 November 2012

Nathaniel in Quebec!

As some of you may know I recently returned from a week-long trip to Quebec. I went out there to be with one of my dearest friends as she celebrated her 30th birthday. She recently moved to Que...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 October 2012 / 4 Comments

Leo Mantha’s grave

This Tuesday I visited the grave site of Leo Anthony Mantha, the last person ever executed in British Columbia. He was born in Montreal on Dec. 22, 1926, executed in Burnaby on Apr. 28, 1959, and buri...