Mom and I both found out yesterday that we have new jobs, both of them are with Diavik! Mom is now officially the Assistant to the President, and I have a student summer position with their IT department.
We decided to out for a nice dinner to celebrate, and we went to 'Le Frolic'. We had a wonderful appetizer of bread with grilled Brie cheese and onion marmalade, followed by (for me) a Pikeral dish served with various grilled veggies, and little bits of fresh fruit over the fish, and some sort of sauce, it was incredible! Mom had an interesting Fettucini dish. We each got a dessert; Peanut Butter cheese cake with chocolate and coffee sauces over it (mine), and mom ordered a trio of crème brulé. The entire meal was fantastic.
I had foolishly decided not to take the car, so we had to walk home... it was not an easy walk after a meal like that!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Another Sunset
A couple of evenings ago Mom and I got out to watch another sunset. We got up to Pilot's Monument just in time to see the sun dissapear behind the hill. I got some more nice pictures, and another picture of the progress of the ice melting on the Great Slave Lake. Pics Below:
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Compuer Troubles
As seems to happen to me wherever i go, I have been spending a fair amount of time recently working on computers. This time it is my own. I discovered a few days ago that my computer appeared to be infected with a virus. After running several different scans and pursuing other options, I came to the conclusion that I had no choice but to re-install windows on my computer - something I have not yet done with my laptop.
I started, as is normal, by copying all of my data (files, pictures, music etc.) onto another hard drive I have with me for just such occaisons. I succesfully re-installed windows on my computer, but when I attempted to copy my data back onto it, I was not able to access the hard drive. In the time between when I copied the information, and was ready to copy it back, something happened to the hard drive! It was truly a worst-case scenario.
Fortunately I had made a copy of my most recent pictures onto another medium, so I haven't lost anything recent, and I have another backup of all my data from a couple of months ago back at Dad's house, so all in all I haven't lost much. I spent a good part of today trying to track down a device that I could buy that would allow me to attempt to get my information off the dead hard drive, but unfortunately I've been unable to locate such a device here in Yellowknife. I'm just going to have to wait until i get home to get most of my files back onto my computer.
One of the places I went looking for this device was Staples (thanks for the suggestion Dad!). I had met mom for lunch, we had some wonderful bagles at a café downtown (Javaroma: Keeping people awake since 1996!), and afterward I decided to walk around Frame Lake to see if I could find what I was looking for at Staples. It was a fairly long walk! And after not finding what I was looking for, I had to walk home empty handed. It was a nice walk though (about 2.02Km, one way).
On another note, I've had a strange craving for more fruit lately... not sure what to make of that one yet... but for some reason chocolate doesn't seem as appetizing as it used to be... very odd.
I started, as is normal, by copying all of my data (files, pictures, music etc.) onto another hard drive I have with me for just such occaisons. I succesfully re-installed windows on my computer, but when I attempted to copy my data back onto it, I was not able to access the hard drive. In the time between when I copied the information, and was ready to copy it back, something happened to the hard drive! It was truly a worst-case scenario.
Fortunately I had made a copy of my most recent pictures onto another medium, so I haven't lost anything recent, and I have another backup of all my data from a couple of months ago back at Dad's house, so all in all I haven't lost much. I spent a good part of today trying to track down a device that I could buy that would allow me to attempt to get my information off the dead hard drive, but unfortunately I've been unable to locate such a device here in Yellowknife. I'm just going to have to wait until i get home to get most of my files back onto my computer.
One of the places I went looking for this device was Staples (thanks for the suggestion Dad!). I had met mom for lunch, we had some wonderful bagles at a café downtown (Javaroma: Keeping people awake since 1996!), and afterward I decided to walk around Frame Lake to see if I could find what I was looking for at Staples. It was a fairly long walk! And after not finding what I was looking for, I had to walk home empty handed. It was a nice walk though (about 2.02Km, one way).
On another note, I've had a strange craving for more fruit lately... not sure what to make of that one yet... but for some reason chocolate doesn't seem as appetizing as it used to be... very odd.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Hiking Frame Lake
I spent a couple of hours on Sudnay hiking around all of Frame Lake with Mom. We started on the half of the trail we had not yet tried, it's the half that doesn't really have a trail. There are posts in the ground, and you make your way (usually over rock) from one post to the next. The trail provides some amazing views of the lake and the city, but it is a long, tiring trip. We walked on rock, through snow, waded through a stream or two, climbed the side of cliffs, and finally ended the hike by walking back down the other side of the lake, which is all nicely paved. Whew. We barely made it back to the car.
Downtown Yellowknife as seen from the far side of Frame Lake.
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building, with downtown in the background.
The somewhat wonky boardwalk that made up part of the trail.
Downtown Yellowknife as seen from the far side of Frame Lake.
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building, with downtown in the background.
The somewhat wonky boardwalk that made up part of the trail.
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