Man, it’s been quite a while since I posted a blog entry.. My apologies to the three people who read this on a regular basis — I won’t let you down again. The truth is, I haven’t had much time to do much of anything recently. I spent most of the weekend at work, or at least on my couch with my laptop working — there’s still a lot to do for VON, but it’s starting to shape up… It’s only the start of September, but I already know it’s going to be one of those crazy busy months that I’ll be glad is behind me when it’s all over..
I’ve slowly been working myself back into the ...
Margo sent me this article about her brother Chad.? I guess him and his girlfriend were hanging out by the Vedder river in Chilliwack when Chad spotted a body floating in the river.? Chad pulled him out and performed CPR on him.
Here’s the article in the Chilliwack Times.
Wow to go Chad! ...
So if you hadn’t noticed, my blog has been really flaky for the last week or so. For some reason, all the hard drive space on my machine keeps disappearing, and it’s causing mysql and apache to occasionally crash. I spent a few hours this morning trying to figure it out, so hopefully it will be a bit more stable soon. As for today, I’ll probably hang out by the water for an hour or so, and then maybe do some grocery shopping. I’m going to get a membership tomorrow at the Bentall Fitness Center I think (gotta look good for Mexico right?). Looking forward to the long weekend coming up. I’d ...
I got my flight confirmation today, so I’m officially heading to Boston in a few weeks for fall VON.? The only crimp in a otherwise fun trip is having to fly on September 11th.? For a guy who hates flying to begin with, it’s not really an exciting thought.
On Friday night we completed our move into Bentall One.? Adrian was nice enough to blow his whole weekend setting up the network, so today was a fully productive day. ? Other than that, not much else is new — I hung out with my dad and step-mom on Saturday down in Steveston (mmm fish and chips).? My dad took some good photos, so maybe ...
Well, I’m sad to say that I finished my last episode of season one today.? ? Lots of plot twists, lots of great action.? If I ever go missing, call Jack Bauer and tell him to come find me. ...
Someone told me last week that 24 was a good TV show. I had heard of it, but never watched any of the TV shows. So that night I went to the Yaletown video place and picked up a few episodes.
Let me just say, this show rocks. Right after seeing a few episodes, I went down to Future Shop and bought the entire first season. I’m on episode 10 I think, which means I still have 14 left.? The best part is that every show essentially ends up a cliffhanger, so you’re so excited to put the next episode on and keep going.? I really don’t know if I could handle a real season of this, where you can only ...
Amanda called me last night and asked if I wanted to go to the Vancouver Aquarium with her, Andie and the kids. She had a free ticket, so I thought it would be fun. Traffic was a bitch getting to and from the Aquarium, but we all had fun while we were there. I’m thinking about maybe playing tennis tomorrow, and finally getting around to cleaning up my apartment.
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When I was back in Chilliwack last weekend, I had this strange urge to play tennis. I used to play like ten years ago with Jeff, Landy and Michele, but I had no idea where my old raquet was. So, I went down to Cottonwood Mall and picked up a new raquet and some tennis balls. After hitting the ball against the wall for about 20 minutes, I realized that it wasn’t as fun as I had hoped it would be.
The funny thing is that right after I got back into Vancouver, I talked to Jason and he was asking me if I played tennis. So, today Jason and I went down to David Lam Park and played some tennis (my ...
When I was driving back from the Rocky Mountains, I was thinking about where I would go for my next trip. New York was awesome, and so was Banff and Lake Louise, but I spent so much time travelling that it wasn’t really very relaxing (still very rewarding, but they are different things). So, I decided my next vacation should probably involve less travelling, and more relaxing.
Thankfully, my roommate and friend from first year university, Robert May, is getting married in November in Mexico. So, tomorrow I’m going to put my deposit down, and commit myself to a week of fun in the sun in late ...
Man, I gotta save some money to get a new digital body next year.. These things are getting pretty awesome. Here are some specs:
2700 shots, on a single battery charge!
powers on in 0.18 seconds
3 frames per second for up to 100 consecutive shots
10.2 megapixels
Here’s a link to some news on it –news ...
Well, I don’t know how I pulled it off, but somehow my cell phone got away from me the other day and plummetted 15 stories. Surprisingly, I managed to put most of it back together. It can still make calls, but the LCD is hooped, so I can’t use the contact list or get text messages or anything. I’m pretty amazed actually that it managed to survive at all. I calculated a few properties of the fall:
height fallen: 40 meters
speed at impact (assuming no air resistance): 28 m/s (101 km/h)
total time taken to fall: 2.8 seconds
g-force sustained during impact: 285 G’s
I was thinking about having ...
There’s a little place in New Westminster called The Thirsty Duck (affectionately known to the locals as “The Duck”) which has some of the worst tasting beer known to man. Derek and I went there a few years ago, and I distinctly remember putting my second drink down, knowing I wouldn’t be able to finish it due to the horrid taste. So yesterday, Chris (aka The Kid) strolls up and starts bragging (a common occurrence in the office) about how he was going to go to the Duck and not leave until he had demolished ten beers. I told him it was a feat comparable to flying faster than a speeding ...
So, a few years ago, Des got me an iPod for my birthday. And while I really love having a MP3 player for when I want to listen to music, the novelty has worn off, and I find myself more frustrated with it with each passing day.
The first thing I hate is that the battery is always dead. It doesn’t matter how often I charge it, or how much care I take in shutting it off when I’m not using it, it always seems to be almost dead whenever I pick it up to do anything. Part of my morning routine involves me plugging in my iPod before taking a shower so that there’s a hope it will make it to work ...
Well, I walked in the door about an hour and a half ago, and man oh man, am I beat. Today was a pretty rough day. I woke up in a hotel in Invermere, BC, at around 9am, seriously hungover and in a hurry to get back to Vancouver. I really wasn’t looking forward to the nearly ten hour drive to get back, especially considering that I have to work again in the morning.
I had a really cool time in the Rockies. I left Wednesday and made it as far as Golden BC the first night. Camping there wasn’t very restful since there was a train track right beside where my tent was pitched. In the morning, I ...
So on day 3, I had decided that I just needed to do something fairly relaxing to unwind. What better place for that than Central Park I thought. So, I grabbed a coffee, and made my way North a few blocks to Columbus Circle, which is at the south-east corner of Central Park.
I can honestly say that Central Park was the one part of New York I wasn’t prepared to see. Here in Vancouver, we talk about Stanley Park like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. And don’t get me wrong, it is beautiful. But I think in Vancouver we take a lot of things for granted because they exist in nature. ...
Day four was a pretty short day, mainly because I had to head to the airport around 3pm to get ready for my flight. I spent most of the day shopping for souveneirs. While I didn’t spend too much money, I really wanted to shop somewhere on 5th avenue, just so I can say that I did. I really wasn’t prepared for how much money stuff is in these stores. When I walked into Sak’s on 5th Avenue, I figured I might be able to buy something for a hundred bucks or so. The first thing I passed was a table full of purses that had been marked down over 50% off. The cheapest of these was $1000 — that’s ...
Well, I just finished packing, and I’m heading out the door for the rockies. I’ll probably stop in Lake Louise tonight, maybe for two nights, and then do the Columbia Icefields highway to Jasper for another night. I should be back Sat night to see the fireworks. Apparently I’m heading to North Carolina next week with work, so my travelling isn’t over yet. ...