Wanted: A twitter/comment plugin combo
When I post an entry (such as this one), I have a wordpress plugin (called Twitter Tools) that sends out a tweet (meta-linking update: like this) telling...
Fear of Random Public Death at the Olympics
I have many Gen X friends, those friends who are just a little older than me who became teenagers during the 1980's. One of the defining characteristics...
Thoughts on the iPad
Like a huge number of people, I was highly anticipating the release of the Apple iPad. After watching the announcement, my initial response was...
Translink (Canada Line) & the Olympics
Quite rightly, VANOC is suggesting that people use transit during the Olympics to get around. This is a good & Noble goal. However, I have some...
Snowy england by train
I wrote this yesterday while on the train from Paddington to Cardiff Central. Written on my iPhone, and now, posted from my iPhone. I feel like I'm...
Last Night's Dream (too much media!)
So last night, in my dream, I was talking with Jason Fried (of 37 Signals, whom I do not know, but just read an article about) about BSG. He was...
15 years of web development! (Bloor & Bedford)
I was reading Mark Pilgrim's Post on the history of the <img> tag & realized that yesterday (November 1st) marks the 15th anniversary of the...
VanCity, I'm so tired of you
I've been a loyal VanCity customer since I moved to Vancouver in the mid-90's. I wanted a local bank whose values seemed to match my own politics. I was...
City-owned fibre: new revenue stream?
I was reading this article on Ars Technica about the town of Monticello, MN, who had tried to build its own 50Mbs fibre network after TDS (the local cable...
BCHydro Power Outage Alerts: A suggestion
Today, when the power went out at work, the first thing I did (after getting my laptop tethered to my phone) was to go to the BC Hydro Power Outages page,...