I just wrote two exams back to back, PSYCH/PHIL 256 and ECON 371, this evening. Although I feel that I was adequately prepared for the exam, I think the answer key to the ECON 371 (Business Finance I) exam will start like last year’s exam…
It seems that the exam was much too long, even though [...]
Those sneaky corporations. Good thing that I am quick to realize that a longer and skinnier surface actually has less surface area than their old more squarish jugs! </nerd>
My utility has decreased
Since I didn’t get the job offer that I wanted for the next work term, I’ll be staying in Waterloo doing some extra courses as my “Plan B”. I’ve got the preliminary go ahead by the ECE department, so it is only a matter of paper pushing to make it official. What is “it”? A [...]
Yesterday, when Mozilla Foundation announced Download Day 2008, the page had been set up to allow users to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it is released. I moved my mouse over Taiwan and it read “Chinese Taipei“. Now, I usually have no particular opinion of Beijing’s One China policy, but when [...]
For reasons beyond any plausible explanation that I can give, I just had the spontaneous urge to extend my academic career by an extra term to do something totally crazy. It might not be a full load term too, since I’ll probably be able to write off a few of my engineering courses as anti-reqs.
With the US Federal Reserve cutting interests again, the Canadian dollar has soared past the $1.06 USD exchange rate. With the market going crazy, what will the ol’ matrix masters do?
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Hurray… fueled by further increase in energy price levels, the Canadian dollar is hitting another new high! It makes me happy that I am spending Christmas outside of this country to do some extreme shopping with the rising Canadian dollar.
So now having to worry about how much I am getting paid, I decided to do a very rudimentary analysis of the average wage to determine how much I should be looking at getting paid next term. I am going to do everything in percentages so it’ll be easier for everyone to apply to their [...]
CBC reported today that consultant groups have indicated an average raise in wage of 3.7% next year in the country. This is before any promotion related wage increases. Statistics Canada have also noted a 3.7% increase in average hourly rate in July 2007 from June 2006.
Expect a 3.7% raise next year, consultants say
