Archive for January, 2005
Sunday, January 16th, 2005
Do not stare directly into the cat.Posted using scary magic-like technologies
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Sunday, January 16th, 2005
This is a shot of the Fraser river, taken from the Albion ferry. The river was filled with ice chunks as far as the eye could see. What was I doing crossing the Fraser so far from home, on a day when the temperature never got above freezing? I was in the middle of a […]
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Sunday, January 16th, 2005
This is the sister ship to the ferry I was riding. As you can see, more ice. The day was dry enough, and I did enjoy the ride after a fashion, though it was the kind of day wehre you really had to be interested in riding as its own reward.Posted using scary magic-like technologies
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
Best. News. Ever.
Bungie has released the wondrous Marathon Trilogy as a free download. Life is good. I’m going to go home, download this, and play through the whole thing at maximum difficulty! So, who’s up for a LAN party? Update: I went home, got Marathon, set the difficulty to “Total Carnage,” and died, repeatedly, about 10 feet […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
A New Velodrome in Ontario?
There’s a few crazies trying to build another indoor velodrome in Canada, this time in London, Ontario, something I found out thanks to Gord’s blog. The killer part? They’re proposing a 142m track with 50-degree banking! The Burnaby ‘drome is already one of the tightest, steepest tracks in the world, but it’s a comparatively roomy […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
The Aviator: a brief review
You know when the exact moment that Martin Scorsese lost me in The Aviator? As Hughes throttles up for his record speed run, the tachometer goes up to eleven (4500, I think), and then the needle falls off. You see that sort of thing, and the credibili-meter drops near zero. I know that anyone with […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
Mac mini, iPod shuffle
A lot of the time, I find myself looking at new Mac products and going “that’s nice, but a bit too much, and I hardly need it.” After the introduction of the Mac mini, I have started calculating when I will buy one, and which monitor I will use with it. It’s just enough computer […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
NPR : Armstrong Mulls Next Year’s Tour de France
NPR : Armstrong Mulls Next Year’s Tour de France. Excellent interview. Highlights: Lance will be doing the Spring Classics this year. Lance wants to do the Hour Record. Danger: WMA format.
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
Wired Cola Mug!
Well, after a wonderful stint in Vancouver for the holidays, am back in Calgary, spreading the Wired Cola message! I finally got my mug from our security officer, and it is now sitting on my desk at home. Soon, it will be sitting on my desk in the lab, collecting dust here since I am […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
Skytrain and Bicycles
I’ll take these subjects in the reverse order. It feels really darned good to be back on the bike. I finally decided to risk the roads, and there was virtually no risk. Very clear today. The bike felt really good, almost soothing. I also almost but not quite bought a really sweet mountain bike frame […]