Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
This has to be good news
The Beeb is reporting that a group of old-guard commies in China are speaking out against censorship. This is one of those key “China factors” in my opinion: if China has a free press, and its wild capitalist-ish (it’s a big “ish” in some ways…) economy continues, and corruption is limited (hello, Russia…), then the […]
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Friday, February 10th, 2006
Oh yeah…
Two links worth posting here: The RAAM is a weird event. Jure Robic, repeat winner, is even weirder. Also, it’s official. The CBC’s Quirks and Quarks says that if you don’t get any stronger after you exercise, it’s not your fault. Some people just don’t respond as effectively to exercise, and it seems to be […]
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Friday, February 10th, 2006
All systems nominal
There’s precious little to report, but I feel guilty when I go a week without updating this space. Rest assured that I am dumping my brains all over the Vancouver metblog. On the weekend, I get to meet my new niece, Olivia. This week I went to watch the Pickton voir dire hearings, but I […]
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
I may be getting a bit punchy
Today, at work, I answered an emailed support request from a client. The issue she was facing had gone on through several emails to that point, and each time the client had given her response in doggerel verse. I sent her back an unsophisticated 18-line poem, which included specific troubleshooting guidance for her problem. An […]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
Wider is better
Turner Classic Movies once again justifies the existence of television, this time with a great little interstitial documentary. The topic? Widescreen movie presentation versus pan and scan. The documentary is a gloriously visual thing, using clever graphics and comparisons to show exactly what is lost in the cropped versions of classic widescreen films (the touchstone […]