The Austerity Plan

So, Susie and I are on The Austerity Plan. It’s a new diet I came up with.  It’s got an interesting twist: we can eat whatever we want, but there’s a terrible price.

How To Remove a Key From Your Keyboard

My buddy Darren spilled root beer on his semicolon key, and as I started to explain to him how to fix it, I realized that this knowledge could help countless other sticky spillers.  So, here’s how to remove a key from your keyboard, as taught to me by tech support god Ron.

The Charmed Life

So, have I ever told you, dear reader, about the horse shoe shaped birthmark I have? Well, it spread some luck to my mom this weekend.  She was in town just for a few days, and was taking the Airporter bus back to the airport.

May Blogger Meetup

Thursday night, I went to the monthly blogger meetup in Vancouver. Hop Studios is official sponsoring the Vancouver Blogger Meetups for the next six months, and I was glad there was a diverse crowd.

BCIT Has a New Instructor: Me

So, I just took a short-term teaching position at BCIT. I’ll be teaching a course called “Dreamweaver MX Advanced / Database Driven Websites” as part of the New Media Design program. It was a little spooky how I got the job.

Anniversary Dinner

Susie and I had dinner out last night at Hapa Izakaya to celebrate our anniversary.  Nine years.  We’re just three years away from earning a high school diploma in marriage.

Suggest Short Story Authors

My friend is looking for a good short story author or two.  She’s not a native English speaker, but has a great vocabulary, and wants to find some interesting authors to read. I suggested…

Mike’s Motorbike

I met my friend Mike the other evening for coffee, then we were going to head to a movie.  We were on the wrong side of downtown, and he’d just bought a new helmet for his motorbike.

“So, you wanna ride?”

What is Your World View?

I so rarely do online quizzes, but this one caught my eye.  It has questions like: “Morals are socially constructed” and “Man is condemned to be free.” Agree or disagree? How much?

Local Flower Seller Uproots

Today, there was a sign on Anya’s flower selling stall: she’ll be gone in about a week, closing her colorful booth. I asked her why, and she said no reason, she just got tired of being a flower seller.

Rick Smolan: A Ton of Humility

At a conference in New York, I meet an amazingly humble person.  Paradoxically, he makes a huge impression on me.

Banding with Bloggers

I went tonight to see the band at crowded, hip and service-poor bar The Whip. The band was great—they’re managed by Kris Krug.

I, of course, forgot to get the name of the band.  But when I find it, I’ll let you know.

Goose Guest

My apartment has a pond outside the back door, and that pond has a regular guest: A Canadian Goose.

It’s quite charming, really.

More Aimee Hijinks

Yeah, the cat gets a lot of ink, but what can I say, she’s newsworthy. So, here’s a few other adventures our cat had while we were gone.

Worldwide iPod Storage Total

I was reading a Computerworld article about a dentist who uses an ipod to back up his patient data, and starting thinking… how much storage space is available on iPods right now? You’ll be amazed.

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