36 hours of Kinect - initial thoughts
On Saturday, I bought a Kinect for my Xbox. I loved the idea of the tech, and thought, that like the Wii before it, could provide better gameplay for...
Getting the Yaris Serviced
I own a Toyota Yaris that I bought from Downtown Toyota four years ago. It used to almost never be driven, but we've driven it more since moving to south...
9 years ago today
Having recently been to New York for the first time since the mid-1990's, and all the furor over the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque", this 9th anniversary...
Cambie Bus Route suggestion
Now that the Canada Line exists, I don't take the Cambie bus very often. Generally, it's only if I want to shop in the Cambie village, as there's no...
seven years!
Today is Leah's & my seventh anniversary. These, without any...
Blogs, Contests & Comments
The Vancouver Blogger scene is incredibly well tied-in with the Vancouver PR Community. I generally think this is a good thing - they scratch each other's...
Parenting & the ephemerality of possession
I struggle mightily with materialism. On one hand, I am an inveterate early-adopter gadget-hound. I want the latest, greatest, shiniest toy. On the other...
The Single-Serving Internet of the Future
Thinking about the internet - at least the internet since the invention of the web - it strikes me as a long journey from general-purpose to highly...
Thinking in Circles about things I don't understand (economics)
Yesterday, I wondered aloud on Twitter: Wondering: why isn't minimum wage tied to inflation so it predictably auto-adjusts yr-to-yr? How would that affect...
If I don't say "hi", it's not because I don't like you
Last night I was standing in line behind a woman whom I know quite well - she's a design partner, I speak with her almost weekly on the phone, etc. I've...