Moving to Northern BC?

First let me clarify something… Prince George, BC is NOT northern BC! It has the nickname “the northern capitol” but that is about it. If you look at a provincial map, it is obvious that Prince George sits right in the middle of the province from a physical perspective. From a population perspective, there isn’t [...]

Show me myself

It was a long journey to get to where I stand today. I  can see there is a long way to go still ahead.
After planning and praying for 1 year, our family has moved from Enderby, BC to rual Prince George, BC. We leave behind some dear friends, friends who we prayed with, and studied [...]

Back in the saddle

Here it is, October 22, 2009. It’s been a while now since I last posted a note, so here is what has been going on.
We have moved to:
9115 Salmon Valley Road
Prince George, BC V2K 5W4
Following our family vision we are now totally debt free! I just got high speed Internet installed today and all is [...]

SMTP failure in Thunderbird using Hotmail? Wacky solution!

First Follow the steps here. I found that no matter how hard I tried to fix “Sending” emailing using my hotmail account did not solve the issue. I tried a wacky step and it solved my problem:
In Thunderbird goto:
Edit->Account Settings->Outgoing Server (SMTP)
and select your hotmail server (smtp.live.com) and click edit
Now just UNCHECK the “Use name [...]

What about “moral debt” or the “moral backlog”? (Tales from an agile managerie)

We have backlogs in Agile and we have technical debt, but what about “moral debt”?
What I am refering to is the phenomenon of things, actions, people, decisions which lead to a bad moral outcome. A bad moral outcome could be something that”de-moralizes” team members, or it could be “ethically immoral” or anything else that makes [...]