When Larry met Ashley
I can count all the times I’ve been to the casino on both hands. There’s no reason in particular, it’s just not my cup of…
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5 reasons to fold your poker ambitions
My first few years of college expenses were covered by all-night gambling sessions. This is my advice against following that path. Reason 1: The majority…
The patience of job hunting
Chapter One: Eager but ripe with confidence, having been reassured along my four years of university my fancy new degree along with my being a…
Rise of the GPA
From a young age we are indoctrinated with formal grading practices, and for that reason it is quite impossible to imagine a world without grades….
You’re doing it wrong
Why are you in university? I heard a number of answers when I asked students this question. They ranged anywhere from “to figure out what…
The ‘white picket fence’ model
When I graduated from high school, I was a snot-nosed 17-year-old kid with no purpose, no direction and no idea of what I wanted to…
Things I learned while earning my degree
The following is a list of sage-like advice I would like to pass along from one human being to another, on the topic of undergraduate…
Dear letters
One of my favourite books is Love Letters of Great Men — a book featured in the Sex and the City movie — that I,…
Fave to face
In 2003, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis put forth the idea of file sharing software that made use of a peer-to-peer system as opposed to…
Swaggerville right into the fan’s hearts
Not everyone buys into the social networking trend, and as far as social networking websites go, Twitter is probably the most polarizing. From the initially…