Officially disguised as a Canadian
Author: RandolphThe American Dream is alive and… uh, well… Today, after about a month of rehearsals, Chris, Sherri, Jury, Oleksandr, Elijah, Bryan and I helped bring together a vision of a satirical radio show through a camera lens or three. Look out for it in the coming months! Watch the full short film on YouTube.
“A persistent effort to examine any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the evidence that supports or refutes it and the further conclusions to which it tends.” — E. M. Glaser (1941). An Experiment in the Development of Critical Thinking.
The Great and Powerful Tim* took to the stage yesterday to tell us about shiny glass and metal things that are coming. On the one hand, I’m in the camp of slavering desire, wanting the shiny iPad Pro, the Apple TV, the new phone, and new watch straps. Let’s face it: I’m firmly their targetContinue reading iSad
It’s a big deal for me. My role as Peter in the film Imitative Magic is up on IMDb. I’m coincidentally hosting the screening of the movie at my house in two weeks. This is very exciting. I have maybe four or five minutes of screen time, but that makes me incredibly happy.
The local SQL PASS chapter in Calgary is hosting yours truly as the speaker for this month. I only have an hour, which I will easily go over, to talk about how I make SQL Server go faster. The talk is titled “The Database is Slow” (The SQL Server Performance Tuning Starter Kit), and I’llContinue reading I’m speaking again
Yesterday evening, I did my second (and final) scene from a feature film being shot in Calgary, by Blaise Kolodychuk and SC Entertainment. And this morning, I signed a non-disclosure agreement for a short film that is being shot early next month. Speaking of next month, we plan to shoot more episodes of our webContinue reading Feature Films and Short Films, Oh My
Today I have been listening (via Apple Music) to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, most famous for its choral section in Part IV. And I realised that I attributed this piece to “Beethoven”, as opposed to (in this case, a very good performance by) the London Symphony Orchestra with Wyn Morris, and the singing talents ofContinue reading Classical Music Attribution
Las Vegas, the city of sin, excess, and desert heat; and the location for the 49th Star Trek Convention. The guest list would make you excited even if you’re not a big Trekkie. Here’s a sample of the guests. They claim that next year will have over 100, for the 50th Anniversary.
On Saturday, a horde of people descended on my house and we shot another episode of our new web series. This is confusingly the fourth episode of the series, but only the third one we’ve shot. While it would be against the rules to tell you too much about the content, I can tell youContinue reading Behind the Scenes
This is my demo reel, courtesy of Peter Skagen. None of these is my real accent.