This month, we ended up at the Laurier Lounge. I would recommend this place for anyone looking for a romantic place to take their other half. You may be asking yourself, “Why the eff would 4 guys go there then??” – the answer is, I don’t know.

Looking back at it now though, I would go back there ANY TIME. They had the most amazing and self proclaimed “Best Burger in Calgary”. Put that with a side of Poutine and you’ve got yourself a man’s definition of indulgence – served by a waitress with a French accent of course!

After our top-shelf dinner, we went across the street to Sean Rabey’s office to play some X-Box.

Patrick playing X-Box using the HeadPlay unit and being cheered on by Sean

After our tour of Sean’s office, we decided to head over to the “Mile One Urban Tavern” for a drink. I must say that, when you first walk in, this place looks pretty nice. HOWEVER, it’s one of these places that have a lot of space inside and everyone is overly friendly in a creepy type of way. I would recommend finding a table away from most people, having your drink, and not talking to any people that might be asking you to buy them coke. What? Our question exactly.

Tech topics of discussion this time were: iPod Touch pricing, Nortel, where to place your code – in the database or in the application?, jobs, how much they suck, blogs, the Mac, and then more about jobs.

And that’s it for January’s Tech Talk – oh, and Giffy, if you end up reading this, please send me a link to the Oracle package you were talking about!

~Rabee