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Sunday, June 5th, 2005
It’s so evil, it just might work!
Robert Cringely, in his latest column, proposes an idea for countering phishing, the type of fraud that sends those fake PayPal, eBay, credit card, and bank requests to “update” your account data so the bad guys can steal it. His proposal? Poison the incoming data. If everyone responds, but responds with fake data, the few […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2005
A picture of The Whip
thewhip.JPG Originally uploaded by rcousine. At long last, a shot of The Whip. In its latest iteration, it has a bottle cage and I have flipped the stem.
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
Be at Fatburger
I’ll actually be there a little early tonight, probably around 6. All the cool kids are going, you should too. Heather, Karl?
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Monday, May 30th, 2005
Food
First off, don’t forget: Fatburger, 1101 Denman, 1830h on Wednesday, June 1. Second, I got into a rant that started after some foodie got annoyed that Rob Feenie appeared in an ad for White Spot. The rant was not that interesting (to wit: White Spot is old school), but I started thinking about the ephemeral […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2005
My Life is Better Than Yours
Eliding out the boring or unpleasant bits, here was my afternoon: -Test-drove a Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible with The Lovely One as the afternoon turned hot and sunny. It was TLO’s first ride in a convertible.-Returned home, made a G&T for myself, which I then used to lubricate the grilling process. Looked up the proper grilling […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Am I suck or not?
The construction of The Whip (among other excuses) has left me not training as hard as I should have been. On the other hand, I have done 3 training races in two weeks. Let’s look at the outcomes. Race 1: Tuesday nighter, May 17: attacked too much, got spat out the back of the pack […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Fatburger Rendezvous
Not much to say. The Whip still cracks, Dog is still here, and everything is copacetic. So I guess that means it’s time to try Fatburger. The Place: Fatburger, 1101 Denman St., Vancouver. That’s downtown. The Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 6:30 pm. Dinner, followed by unspecified shenanigans. Probably dessert or a walking tour of […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
Notes and ruminations on the BC election
A few idle thoughts: -The BC Liberals got the usual benefit of our electoral system, a comfy legislative majority from 46% of the vote. The NDP’s 41% of the vote tracked their seat take uncannily. STV looks like it went down to defeat, which makes me sad. Oh well. Of Belinda Stronach, I don’t have […]
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Sunday, May 15th, 2005
Oh dear!
Adam found this: Sorry about the large size. See his blog entry here: Adam’s Livejournal
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
The Bike Nut’s Dilemma
So I’m having trouble with some of my bike wheels: the tubes keep leaking and I can’t fix them, and for some reason I don’t have enough extra tubes around to keep things going. That disabled the commuter bike. The race bike’s wheels are now firmly transferred onto The Whip, and with the new 9-speed […]