what's new
Some recent updates to the website.
résumé for michael werneburg2011-12-14 23:52:18
My working career, spanning back to 1994.
raising a bilingual Japanese-Canadian child2011-07-31 16:45:30
The tale of our first born's transition from unwilling mute to gabby bilingual.
don't buy a St. Moritz made-in-Canada watch2011-06-12 04:58:09
My tale of woe regarding a "Canadian made" wrist watch
tips on getting a Canadian spousal PR2011-06-02 14:09:09
This is a collection of important notes that I picked up while going through the process of obtaining my wife's permanent residency in Canada.
request tracker tips2011-04-26 17:04:48
I've recorded my struggles with Request Tracker so you don't have to.
obtaining pr status for your spouse in Canada2011-04-06 15:53:51
I'm Canadian, and wouldn't have guessed that filing for permanent residence for my wife would be so difficult. The forms are obtuse, the process is opaque, and the wait times are insane.
comments fail2011-03-26 18:00:48
I get a lot of spam via comments to my website. In order to do something about this, I have put in place some rigorous checks. If you're seeing this, it means that your comment failed one of
katakana blues2010-10-31 21:17:59
Living with a foreign name in Japan is tricky, tricky.
responding to an information security incident2010-10-29 06:03:11
This is a document that outlines how to respond to an information security incident. Quite a lot of preparation is included.
Neil MacKenzie 1821–19212010-10-28 22:23:38
This is a newspaper article about Neil MacKenzie, a hard-working pioneer ancestor. Think you have it tough? Read on....
streets without names2010-09-07 21:52:27
This is my book of street photography from Tokyo. An eighty-page distillation of ten thousand photos taken from the nameless streets of the world's largest city over the years 2005–2010.
photo scavenger hunt2010-09-05 01:38:20
Here's a little photographic project you can try.
how to photograph diamond jewelry2010-08-28 12:57:25
I've learned a fair bit about producing photos of diamond jewelry in the past year. This is the result.
