Singapore and its effort to shake its straight-laced image
Singapore is making a concerted effort to become a fun city, after years of, well, being a “fine” city: First, there was the much debated decision to open casinos. And now, business rap videos! As I...
View ArticleVolunteer Opportunities?
Does anyone know of any volunteer opportunities available in the coming year for a man with a sullen demeanour?
View ArticleRed dye foils robbery?
January 21, 2008, around 2:00pm. A stack of 20-dollar bills just outside of Sinclair Centre on Granville Street, next to the big Canada Line construction hole. The stack is stained red, as is part of...
View ArticleYahoo! Mail finally adds the “download all” attachments at once feature
While Gmail has had this feature for quite a long time, Yahoo! Mail just added it in February 2008. Have you ever received a bunch of attachments (such as pictures or documents) in one e-mail message...
View ArticleInternet tech news before it happens at Techmeme
One of my sources of technology news is the feeds on the My Yahoo! page, such as “Technology news from Reuters” and “Internet Stock Index”. However, why should I rely on traditional media outlets for...
View ArticleCanstruction
One of my hobbies is creating structures using empty juice boxes as the building blocks. As a child I enjoyed playing with LEGO, but as the years passed I graduated to using more innovative materials....
View ArticleWordCamp Vancouver 2008 mini-recap — a great community event
I use WordPress not only for my friends’ blogs but also for several small websites. While I have heard many sophisticated coders complain about the lack of sophistication in the WordPress code, I find...
View ArticleARNABeckhamania
For 72 minutes on November 7, 2007, Vancouver’s homegrown heartthrob shared the spotlight with international soccer superstar David Beckham, as his LA Galaxy club participated in an exhibition match...
View ArticleThe Madman
According to the Are You a Psychopath? Test, I am not one: “You have many of the same qualities of a psychopath while also showing some delusional tendencies. This is deeply concerning, but there is a...
View ArticleEAT! Vancouver
May 23, 2008 – I had some time available in my busy schedule before heading off to watch the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It also happened to be the opening night of...
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