Shiny new wheels! My grandpa (aged 4 in backseat) with his parents circa 1912 Through a connection to a friend I was asked by someone if I would volunteer to speak to a small group of immigrants in a MOSAIC program – who now reside in Vancouver – about one of my favourite topics: Vancouver. […]
"Crap, I lost my wireless connection. Paddle harder!" Jonathon Narvey has thrown down the Google gauntlet. He ranks in the Top Five for the search term "Vancouver Blogger." Okay, Jonny Boy. Game on! Right now my blog has slipped onto the first page of Google results. It feels so close. Duane Story and stories of […]
You have to hand it to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Few political figures in this country have sparked more emotion and debate. Local political commentator and long time Liberal Gordon Gibson has really stirred things up at the Globe and Mail's website. Literally hundreds of comments have come in during the few days since […]
So some poor sap thought he had an unlimited data plan from Bell Mobility. He plugs his laptop into his phone to use it as a wireless modem, and begins downloading like mad. Then the bill arrives. SURPRISE! It’s $85,000. In what Bell Mobility calls a “goodwill” gesture, it offered to reduce the charges to […]
I wonder what all the fuss is about. A family in Sweden wants to name their daughter Metallica. Some good friends of ours let their 4-year old name her new little brother, and she chose "Hot Wheels" for his middle name and now it's on his birth certificate. If we had a boy there was […]
With 10,000 songs shuffling all the time (thank you, Airtunes) its hard to pick out the standout tracks for me right now, but there are a few records I must give a big shout-out to. Run, don't walk to get these on your iPod. #1 Money Mark – Brand New Tomorrow Money Mark, a Beastie […]
The very interesting and committed blogger Paul Kedrovsky has been writing a lot lately on the subject of stock spam. I’ve written recently on the staggering increase in online spam, driven, in part, by Russian bot-nets doing micro-cap stock flogging, but seeing the numbers directly is stark stuff. According to Postini, unwanted email is now […]
Took last Thursday afternoon off, a rare indulgence, knowing that our amazing Indian Summer was nearing an end. I took one of my favourite hikes, to the top of nearby Mount Seymour on Vancouver’s North Shore. Here’s a short video taken at the peak.
Walk of Fame hardly a fitting tribute to these greats Canada has produced more than its fair share of pop culture relics. There are too many to mention in a single blog posting. But today there are 2 Canucks that seem to be at the top of their game after 40 years as entertainers! For […]