I found an interesting video called the Story of Stuff which is about Materialism and Sustainability.

I think it is awesome how much attention these issues are getting.

jkwiens.com has undergone a complete facelift!

Besides the facelift, my vision of jkwiens.com has been completely reconstructed. Instead of meta-blogging, this site will become an outlet for pursuing my interest in programming, physics, and mathematics.

Every week, I plan on posting an interesting problem related to computer science, physics, or mathematics. I will post the solution the following week which will give readers time to solve the problem. If you managed to solve the problem, please email your solution to jkwiens@shaw.ca.

Besides posting weekly problems, I will be creating references which will aid anyone trying to learn programming, physics, and mathematics.

myBlog has officially been merged into Flog to create a single Facebook Blogging Application. If you are currently using myBlog, please uninstall the application and install the Flog application. In a couple months, I will be pulling the plug completely on myBlog.

The big question everyone is probably wondering is why merge. The simple answer to that questions is that Justin Rosenthal and Ryan Colwell have been putting in alot more time developing Flog than I have with myBlog. Instead of trying to “catch-up”, we have decided to merge. Justin and Ryan have graciously allowed me to join the Flog development team where we will continue to develop the Flog Framework.

Thanks again for letting me join the Flog Team and for all your hard work on Flog!

I just got back from camping with a bunch of friends at Bay View campground outside of Burlington, WA. It was a very refreshing vacation. I got a chance to hang out with friends and make a few new ones. I, also, spent a lot of time reading Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire. It is a really good book so far. My friends were commenting that I spent more time with “Harry and Friends” then I did with them. However, I wasn’t a book-worm all weekend. We went to an old World War 2 base called Fort Casey. The base was used to protect a navel yard which was further south from a Japanese naval attack during World War 2. The entire base has a pretty cool history.

Anyways, after my relaxing long weekend, I am ready to get back to work. I, also, have a few other projects that I want to get on the way.

I just got back from my vacation in Osoyoos. It was a lot of fun! It was nice to have four days off with nothing to do. It was a nice change to my hectic life. The best part was that we got to go boating (kneeboarding and tubing) and Sea-Dooing. Also, I managed to get a lot of reading done. Anyways, when I got back home, I found a pile of work for me to do. I have to go back to work tomorrow plus I have contracting work to do (TrendHunter Facebook Application). On top of that, I found I have stiff competition for myBlog (my Facebook application) which is called Flog. This will require me to do some serious upgrades to my current system.