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I-94s – Wii haz um
In: Immigration
23 Aug 2008After 12 hours on the road, 20 minutes in Canada (well, Quebec), and a night in a really crappy hotel room, we are back home, with freshly minted I-94s.
In the immigration office, they were hesitant to hand us the I-94s because we still have valid H1-Bs. I had to insist that they give us them [...]
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- Tags: Advanced Parole, Green Card, H1-B, I-94, Immigration
Rant the Second: Gutter Helmet, Again
In: Gutter Helmet
22 Aug 2008So, in my second rant of the day, I am falling back to my favourite target of tension: Gutter Helmet. This long-running saga in one that I wish I had never been involved in, and in 20/20 hindsight, I wish that I had just chosen to go with standard gutters, rather than some gadgety gimmick [...]
On July 20, the family crossed over the border back into the US after attending Samantha’s grandmother’s funeral in Toronto. It had been a great weekend, a chance to get reacquainted with Samantha’s extended family and introduce the boys to some of these folks.
We crossed the border at the Peace Bridge, and got an Immigration [...]
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- Tags: Advanced Parole, EAD, Green Card, H1-B, H4, I-94, Immigration, Peace Bridge
Upgrade to WP 2.6.1 – Complete
In: Blogging| Life| Technology
15 Aug 2008Ok, all I have to say is: If you do not have the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin, go get it. The update took all of 30 seconds.
Thanks to the authors of that extremely useful piece of code.
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Google Searches Always Bring Surprises
In: Blogging
14 Aug 2008Since November 5 2004 (Geez! Have I been blogging that long?), I have written 1,744 posts (this is 1,745). So, as you can well imagine, I can’t remember whats in most of them. I know which ones are the most popular and what’s in those, but on the whole, I couldn’t tell you what’s in [...]
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- Tags: blog, long tail, search
Ok, as someone who is waiting for his Green Card, the story of the treatment allegedly received by Hiu Lui Ng frightens me. [BoingBoing link here. NY Times here ]
My Green Card has been in process for more than three years. We are supposedly approaching the end of the long road. But how do I [...]
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- Tags: BoingBoing, detention, DHS, Green Card, Hiu Lui Ng, Immigration, NY Times
Attitude Adjustment: And I thought I was too poor for a Mac…
In: Life
12 Aug 2008The post says it all
Burmese Refugee Children Love Macs from Joyce Kim on Vimeo.
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Which Multi-Protocol IM Client do you use?
In: Uncategorized
12 Aug 2008[poll id="2"]
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Strategic Reading: Managing FriendFeed My Way
12 Aug 2008For FriendFeed has become my replacement for Google Reader, which I only visit occasionally now to see if there are blogs I need to add to my feed.
But, if you are going to replace a reader with FriendFeed, how do you manage the flow of content. While tools will likely improve over time, I have [...]
Another thumbs up for CBC Olympic Coverage
In: Commentary
19 Aug 2008Philip Michaels writes a great review of why the CBC Olympic Coverage makes NBC seem like the pathetic old has-been it is. [here]
The US is ready for more NBC. Think you can actually deliver by 2010? When the Canadian broadcasters — even CTV! — will make you look really pathetic?
Didn’t think so.
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