Muskblog: Homesteading the Internet since 1995

This post becomes popular right around CFA exam results day. I did not enjoy writing the CFA exam, I enjoyed my MBA program less. Some people just refuse to believe I’m telling the truth. Here is photographic proof, or at least I hope it is, that I passed the exam: At first I wasn’t even [...]

I’ve actually already written more than one thousand blog postings, but some have been removed and some were posted elsewhere. There isn’t a prize for spending this much time online, but there is probably a badge for it over on Foursquare. As I noticed this somewhat dubious milestone approaching I figured I should mark the [...]

I’ve been unemployed for too long. As a result of this, I’ve written more cover letters than I ever wanted to have had to write. Now-a-days I rarely write a completely new cover letter, generally I look through the directory of cover letters I’ve written recently and I modify and personalize one which seems similar [...]

I’m currently reading “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. I haven’t quite finished the book but the following excerpt seemed relevant to my posts of late and my current predicament: Hire great writers If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position, hire the [...]

But only technically. So why am I writing this blog post, well why do I write any blog posts? I’ve had a homepage on the Internet since 1995 something even a lot of big corporations can’t say.  I’ve only owned Muschamp.ca for a decade or so, before that my homepage was at the URL www.engr.uvic.ca/~amckay [...]