I know it seems like I barely write these days, but I assure you, I’m writing more than ever.

The problem is my writing looks like this:


if ($appointment2->recurring) {
$recur_stamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
for ($i = 0;$i < $appointment2->recur_weeks;$i++) {
// add 7 days to the recurring date
$recur_stamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day + ($i * 7),$year);
$date = date("m/d/Y", mktime(0,0,0,date("m", $recur_stamp),
date("d", $recur_stamp),
date("Y", $recur_stamp)));
$objAppointments->setscheduled_date($date);
// new appointment
$objAppointments->setid(0);
if (!$objAppointments->save()) {
$ret[0] = 0;
$ret[1] = $objAppointments->error[0];
return $ret;
}
}
$ret[0] = 1;
$ret[1] = "Booked $i appointments!";
return $ret;
}


When I finally have the time to start writing stuff that is readable by human beings, I promise to do so. After April 15, things should free up for me.

I hope you’re all doing well and thanks for continuing to drop by.

If you’d like more information on the sudden closure of the four TKF locations in Ontario, you may visit the page I have created for that purpose, Temple Kung Fu Ontario Closes.

(Note to my regular readers: there’s no reason you’d find this interesting, I made this post to get the information indexed.)

Raise the Hammer is out with another issue, and it includes my fourth Digital Kayak article:

Secretive American agencies are monitoring vast amounts of this voice and data traffic. They are already directly – and illegally, or at least extra-legally – spying on thousands of Americans, and monitoring the communications of millions more. There is nothing to hold them back from spying on you.

Interested? Read the rest of Data Insecurity.

I’ve been too busy this week to write much here, especially since I’ve been working hard on my next Digital Kayak article. But I thought I’d give you a little sneak peek at something I created to help illustrate a point:

But there are still some easy ways to find free music online. One is to use Google as described on tech-recipes. Because those instructions might be a little confusing to some, I whipped up a simple page to do it easier.

Here’s how it works: a lot of people leave online files lying around where Google can index them, including music files. By asking Google the right questions, you can find these online stashes.

You’ll find that the vast majority of results are inaccessible, others are fake, but a few are the real deal.

If you click through to the music search page you’ll notice that I have listed five sites so far that have downloadable MP3s. Those are what real pages look like.

If you find more that work, post the site address in the comments and I will add it to the music search page.

Sheila Copps says there’s Little to celebrate, pointing out that Canada has “dropped from 36th to 44th in the world in the number of women in our national parliament”.

Feminist Germaine Greer urged Australian women to get angry over a car ad, and asked “Why haven’t plate glass windows in Holden showrooms been exploding all over Australia? How much humiliation are you women up for?”

Charles Adler asks Do wives wanna leave it to hubby? and takes a look at who funded a study that says yes.

Kofi Annan and the United Nations deplore the lack of representation for women in government and business, saying it makes the war on poverty harder to win. “The world is starting to grasp that there is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls, and no policy is more important in preventing conflict, or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended,” said Annan.

And the Vancouver Park Board has rejected a proposal that they get involved in International Women’s Day, appalling Commissioner Loretta Woodcock.

I hope all of the wonderful international women who are in my life, and all of the ones who aren’t (unfortunately), have a very happy Wednesday!