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I found H2G2 after reading The Salmon of Doubt in early July 2002. My
first exposure to Douglas Adams was back in the early 1980's when I
listened to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on CBC Radio. It was
repeated on another Ottawa radio station a year or two later by which
time I had devoured all the books.
The later broadcast of the show had a prize awarded at the end of each
episode to the first caller to correctly answer a skill-testing question
based on the episode being played. I correctly answered the question
"Who does the Ruler of the Universe call The Lord?"1 This won me copies of the records of the HHGTTG
series. I still have them to this day and hope to transfer them to CDs
at some point in the near future.
A bit more about me
Well, I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the capital of Canada. (Click here to see what the weather is like where I live.) I have a BA with Honours in Geography. A physical geographer by training, I concentrated on remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). My honours research project was a bio-physical, bio-climatic resource assessment of the Niagara Peninsula with a view to growing grapes. Yes, I studied the location of vineyards! The field work was murder, but someone had to do it. Though I sampled the products of several wineries during the course of the research, I did not enjoy it. That would have been unprofessional. The fact that I brought several bottles of wine back from the field to share with my fellow students was strictly for research purposes.
Currently, I work for Statistics Canada as a statistical officer in the Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.
In my previous job, I programed the reception of several civilian remote sensing satellites. That job had a bit of a wow factor, but when you do it everyday for several years it becomes quite routine, particularly when you don't get to see a lot of imagery.
What I've done so far in H2G2
Here's what I've written or am working on:
I've also been a Scout. Click here for more information about H2G2 ScoutsIdeas I have for future entries - Handbells
- Golden Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Carleton University (Canada)
- FRS Radios
- ???
Keeper of Postal Codes and Maps No One Can Re-fold Properly
I hold the office of Keeper of Postal Codes and Maps No One Can Re-fold Properly, as proclaimed by Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor in this message.
Are you from Ottawa?
If you're a Researcher from Ottawa, please visit Researchers from Ottawa and say "hi".
1+9+8+((6^1)*4) = 42
That's all I've got in my personal space right now. I'll add some more
as time permits.
1 The answer
is his cat.
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Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button. It's been a while
(Aug 30, 2004)
Well, I haven't written anything in my h2g2 journal in months. What have I been up to? Well, I have logged some 36 nights in hotels so far this year, some for pleasure trips, but most of them for work. And that number is only going to increase as I probably have another eight or nine days on the road for work between now and the end of October.
Other things on the go include a recent migration from the old blog software I was using (Pivot) to WordPress. My blog can be found at http://gordon.dewis.ca -- stop by and say hi. 
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Edmonton in January
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So it looks like I'm going to Edmonton (A997833) in January. If the timing works out, I'll even be able to catch a hockey game while I'm there.
 
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April 28th
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So, I'm going to visit Britain at the end of June and beginning of July. Eventually, I'll get around to creating an entry for my trip.
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April 1st
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I started my new job at Statistics Canada today. I'm working in the Survey Operations Division. Talk about a learning curve! There's a huge amount of information to pick up. 
Watch this space for more information!
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Another long day
(Mar 28, 2003)
Today wasn't much shorter. My day started with a knock at the door. Thinking this was the dishwasher delivery guys, I was surprised to find a cableguy standing there with a short piece of coax. He came in, crimped connectors on the piece of coax and hooked up a gizmo to my cable connection. (The gizmo looked and sounded a lot like the Guide in the tv series, except there was no audio commentary.) After poking the buttons and hmm'ing over the what he was seeing on the screen, he proclaimed the cable functional and hooked up my box.
A short while later, the dishwasher delivery guys showed up with my new dishwasher. This time, it was unblemished so I happily signed for it and they took my old one away.
My next task was convincing the phone company that yes, I did really want a technician to come onsite and would they kindly send the one that they told me two weeks ago would arrive yesterday afternoon. After spending the better part of twenty minutes on hold, I was told that they had searched their order system and could find no trace of my request for a technician and that the earliest they could have a technician on-site would be next Wednesday.
At this point, I said "Transfer me to a supervisor."
"Ok, sir, I'll give your phone number to a supervisor and they'll call you back."
"When will that be?"
"Well, we have a 48 hour committment..."
"Nope. Press the 'supervisor' button on your phone. Now."
"Uh, ok. Please hold."
After yet more time on hold, the chap came back on the line and transferred me to a supervisor who I talked to for a bit and then he called me back and said that a tech would be on-site tomorrow."
"Great! Thank you very much!"
About five hours later, my cell phone rang and it was the phone technician. He asked me a few questions and then showed up about twenty minutes later.
I explained that I wanted my phone line and ADSL connection moved to a different pair of wires from the one that the building's enterphone uses. We visited the main phone vault for the building and figured out how to do it and then went up to the apartment and did a little more rewiring. It worked.
He was quite impressed that it actually worked and thanked me for the opportunity to learn a bit more about the wiring of this building. And he didn't have the faintest idea how to bill for it so who knows, maybe there won't be a bill.
Apart from a break at lunch, I've been moving leftover things from my old apartment to the new one. The buyer takes possession tomorrow, so I have to have everything out of it today.
And then I have to sort all the boxes out in my place.
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