dsamojlenko
dsamojlenko
@dsamojlenko@dave.samojlenko.com

I am a web developer at Canadian Digital Service, living in Ottawa. I write code with PHP, Laravel, Javascript, and Python, among other languages and frameworks.

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    First softball practice of the season tonight… I see much advil in my future # Look at this Fucking Hipster: http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/ # wow – The Crystal Method and Matisyahu – this is awesome: http://www.drowninthenow.com/ #Drowninthenow # “Frankly, I don’t like not existing… it saddens me” # “and I’m salty like a sea captain!” # Omg…

  • Bluesfest 2009 Artists: Arkells

    Arkells are playing on Wednesday, July 15 at 6:00pm at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest

  • Bluesfest 2009 Artists: Girl Talk (Live at Lollapalooza 2008)

    Girl Talk is playing on Sunday, July 12 at 7:15pm at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest

  • Better Off Ted is the awesomest

    If you’re not watching Better Off Ted, ABC’s new absurdist comedy, then YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!  As Isaac Spaceman at Throwing Things has written: It’s time to recognize that for the last month, while some of our favorite shows conserve energy for the big season-ending sprint and others trot along unevenly, Better Off Ted…

  • Bluesfest 2009 Artists: Coeur de pirate

    Coeur de pirate is playing on Thursday, July 16 at 9:00 pm at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest

  • Elsewhere: Meat Cards

    Meat Cards:  Business cards laser-etched on pieces of meat.  Awesome.

  • Bacon Sacrilege!

    They started with a good idea:  Gummy Bacon.  Delicious, who doesn’t want bacon-flavoured candy!  But wait, what’s this?? It’s STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED?!?!?! Gummy Bacon is a great way to scare folks. Here’s how: take some out of the package when no one is looking, cover them in plastic wrap, and wait in your office kitchen. Then,…

  • Ron Eade: Have we all lost our minds?

    Ron Eade’s weekly Supermarket Specials post has him ranting a bit, and I love him for it: No, the real harbinger of warm weather, I say, are grocery stores beating their chests about convenience foods for the barbecue that are both overpriced and salty. Really, how difficult is it to cut meat into cubes and…

  • Bluesfest 2009 Artists: Thunderheist

    thunderheist – jerk it from thatgo on Vimeo. Thunderheist is playing on Sunday, July 12 at 7:45 pm at Bluesfest

  • Hangovers: Bacon is the CURE!

    Eat a bacon sandwich to take care of that morning-after-the-night-before feeling: “Bread is high in carbohydrates and bacon is full of protein, which breaks down into amino acids. Your body needs these amino acids, so eating them will make you feel good.” Ms Roberts told The Mirror: “Bingeing on alcohol depletes neurotransmitters too, but bacon…