Archive for October, 2004
Monday, October 25th, 2004
Supafamous: Trying to make me look stupid
So Eric is going on vacation and recommended you check this out. Just as I went on one of my longest non-posting spells in months. The reason for the lack of blogging was lots of real, and quite amusing, real life. So if you can wait it out for a few hours, I promise good […]
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2004
Needling the Cat
Strange medicine in the fridge, needles everywhere, and twice-daily injections. It’s the tawdry tale of all too many endurance athletes, right? Well, not me. I’m blaming my extremely suspicious-looking collection of stuff on the cat, as it has been diagnosed with diabetes. This means twice-daily insulin injections (which The Lovely One and I practiced on […]
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2004
Tafelmusik!
Maybe the best baroque orchestra in the world, Tafelmusik, is coming to the Champagne Concert series this weekend, in Port Coquitlam. I’m touting this one because I sit on the board of this excellent organization. If you have any love for baroque or classical music, this is the live-concert deal of the year. Tickets are […]
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Monday, October 18th, 2004
The Escape Artist
It’s a book by Matt Seaton. It’s a brief, but superb book. I think it’s the best look inside the mind of an amateur cyclist I’m ever likely to read. Insights like the author’s description of the failure of his will to win are dead-on. His discussion of how his bike racing meshes (rather badly) […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2004
Tri-Cities Transit Follies
In news closer to home, the Tri-Cites (the one consisting of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, and Belcarra) are to be subjected to a light rail system. I think this is the wrong choice, a sentiment reinforced by a conversation with my dad, who works for SkyTrain. This makes him both something of an […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2004
Welcome to Vancouver, A Ward-Free Zone
Despite Global’s overenthusiastic headline, Vancouver gave a tepid no (link permanence not guaranteed) to wards in a vote on Saturday. Turnout was 22.6%, less than half the Olympic plebiscite voting rate, and much less than the last civic election. Final score was 54-46 for No. Let me make a few guesses about the reasons for […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2004
Fixed Gear
I couldn’t do the club ride today due to a scheduling conflict, but I did manage to run a few other errands, and kept pretty busy. I spent a few hours doing a major reconstruction of the fixed gear, one of my less-ridden bikes. The reason I wasn’t riding it so much is that in […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2004
Dark Rides
Today is one of those days I use to mark the seasons: the first day I absolutely, positively had to have lights on for my commute. I depart from the house, ideally, at 0715, with and expected arrival at 0745. Official sunrise was at 0734 today. Sunset is not until 1823 local time, and I […]
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
A Michael Moore movie I can really get behind
Hey, what can I say? You’ll never think about Middle Earth the same way again. (Þ: Darren Barefoot.)
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
Interesting Thing of the Day: The Evolution of Scrolling
Obviously, I’m not reading Joe Kissel’s Interesting Thing of the Day often enough. He recently did an article on The Evolution of Scrolling which I appreciate for a few reasons. I briefly worked as a hardware and software tester for Kensington (their Gravis facility in Burnaby, actually) in 2000, and Joe was the guy in […]