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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  • This gives me an idea… When my truck was broken into a few weeks ago, I had wondered if I could get an alarm that would do some serious damage to whoever broke into it next… I love this article – it may be a little extreme to say this, but as far as I’m…

  • Blind Justice? Carey McWilliams of Fargo, North Dakota has a concealed weapons permit from the state… he is blind. “If you choose this blind victim, you might end up dead,” McWilliams said. If you happen to be standing anywhere near this blind victim when he pulls out his gun, you may end up dead.

  • “Go To Class — It’ a Blast!!!” This grammatically bungled message appeared all over Washington in an attempt by the D.C. Public School System to combat truancy. Apparently what they really need to do is combat incompetence. The full slogan reads: “DC Public Schools Wants You!!! Go To Class — It’ a Blast!!!” Diane Powell,…

  • Artists build realistic 6-foot snow penis next to pre-school – “It was so perfect” … A representative of the school first got the call on Tuesday morning. “First of all, I thought maybe someone’s imagination got away with them”…”But no. No! No! No! You don’t have to use your imagination.”

  • Happy New Year Everyone! …I won’t be back until middle of next week, since I’ll be preparing/partying/recovering over the next four and a half days. Incidentally, if you’re in Ottawa and you’re looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve, follow the link at the beginning of this entry and contact me.

  • All for a torn up napkin… Parenting 101: Making your 11-year-old daughter stand naked in the rain in the middle of the night to “teach her a lesson” is abuse. You will go to jail.

  • This party sucks! I keep ending up in the hospital… (thank MeFi)

  • $50 for a link? Are they nuts? How do you enforce something like that? Who in their right mind would pay it?

  • What the Heck.com? – These guys have links to some pretty strange eBay auctions. Ghost photos of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, Francis D. Cornworth’s Virginity, Grandma, little brother, and something I’ve always wanted: a Hillbilly!

  • blog by night has it’s first redesign! Thought a winter theme would be in order… (damn! that means I’ll have to redesign again in a few months… oh well – redesigning can be fun!) Not everything’s working just yet, but should be by end of day. Comments? e-mail me