In New York this week

February 7th, 2010

I’ll be in New York this week Tuesday to Friday. Any advice on fun things to do? I’ve already done most of the touristy stuff, but don’t know enough non touristy things or places. :-)

Movember re-cap

December 7th, 2009

I got sidetracked and didn’t manage to post daily updates for Movember. I know I know, I promised. Sorry!

But I did end up growing one heck of a ’stache. So here’s how some photo evidence. This is at the Movember party in Toronto, we forgot the camera in the car, so this is a shot in the parking lot afterwards.

Movember party

Movember party

The following are all from November 30th.

Just before shaving the stache.

Just before shaving

Just before shaving

And the process itself, you can see that I experimented with a few wonderful styles :P

Shaved off sideburns

Shaved off sideburns

No middle!

No middle!

Midget stache

Midget stache

Normal Igor

Normal Igor

Movember the 9th

November 9th, 2009

Awesome donation work yesterday by Simon and Adam! Now at $170!

Movember the 8th

November 8th, 2009

Starting to look like a mexican (according to comments I’m getting). Anybody want to donate a sombrero? :-P
Day 8

Day 7 of Movember

November 7th, 2009

Day 7

Here I am on day 7 of Movember. The Mo is showing up less than I expected a week in. I guess that’s why this lasts a whole month :P

No donations since gregl 4 days ago, which is very sad. Come on peeps, you’re all millionaires anyway! :-P

Movember the 5th

November 5th, 2009

Here’s me on the morning of day 5.

Day 5

Don’t forget to donate!

$100 raised, lets raise $100 Mo!

November 4th, 2009

Thanks to the contributions of two very generous guys I managed to raise $100 in total. Thanks guys!

So true to my promise I will post a daily photo update every morning. Here’s today’s photo:

Day 4

On to the next challenge:

If I raise $100 more ($200 in total) by next Wed (Novermber 11th) I’ll let you guys decide on my Mo style with a poll or something like that. So if you’d like to see me sporting a funky Mo, donate thems $$$s! :)

Mo Movember

November 2nd, 2009

In an effort to incentivize people to donate, I will post photo updates of my Mo every morning after I reach $100 of donations. So if you want to see my face every morning, go and donate! Remember, it’s all for a good cause.

Here comes Movember!

November 1st, 2009

Today is November 1st. This means a few things:

  1. We got an extra hour of sleep yesterday (yay!)
  2. It’s almost winter (boo!)
  3. It’s the first day of Movember (woot!)

I hear you ask “what’s Movember?

Movember is a way to raise awareness of prostate cancer, and raise money for the cause. It’s also an excuse to grow a moustache! Here’s an excerpt from the website:

A Mo Bro starts Movember – the month formerly known as November – clean shaven, and grows a moustache all month long, garnering support from friends and family in the form of donations.  What’s more, a Mo Bro is a walking billboard for the cause as his new look opens the door for him to talk about prostate cancer – making the moustache a symbol, much like the pink ribbon is for breast cancer.

Anyways, I’ve donated $50 to the Movember foundation to start the month off, and will donate $5 for each of the remaining days of the month if I shave before the 30th of Movember. If you’d like to donate (and I know you would), just go to my donation page and go for it! I’m also part of the Google Canada Movember team, fondly called Mo’ogle Canada.

Lets get Mo’ving!

Linux Fest tomorrow

October 23rd, 2009

I’m going to be at linux fest tomorrow. Anyone else going to be there?