Hotwired Back in the Day
April 29, 2006
My closet harbours the occasional flashback.
After speaking with writer James Glave the other day, I dug into my closet to pull out this black, circa 1995 T-Shirt.
I doubt many of you remember the this logo.
It was an early version used by HotWired.com, when Wired (the magazine) first launched its online version.
James was one of those guys who saw the potential of the web and who launched Vancouver Magazine’s web site, as far as I know, the first print publication in Canada to go online.
James then headed out to San Francisco to write for HotWired as their senior technology writer.
To give you an idea of how new online was at the time, URLs were always give in their complete form, including that all important /
Print was on thing, but we were having to give the URLs out on the air, and I can remember on-air people like Leora Kornfeld and Garnet Harry having to slowly say:
“aych-tee-tee-pee colon forward slash forward slash…double-you double-you double-you dot cee bee cee stereo dot com forward slash realtime forward slash”
I scored the T-Shirt when Hotwired did a feature story on the RealTime web site that we had launched for CBC in 1994.
James by the way, later went on to Outside Magazine and now is back in Canada. Yay.
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April 28, 2006
There’s a reason we get all this rain in British Columbia.
We’ve got flowers to feed.
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April 26, 2006
From High Gas to No Gas
April 25, 2006
The BBC had not one but two major gas stories today.
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Petrol prices in the UK could soon top 1 pound a litre if oil costs keep rising, the head of BP has told the BBC. |
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and Story #2
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A method of creating super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans has been developed by scientists. | |
No wonder the world always turns to the BBC.
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April 25, 2006
I’m doing some work on the blog and you may find some odd behavior.
Progress always has a price.
It should be cleared up in the next day or so.
Done. Loc’s a star for making it all work.
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April 25, 2006
I like the look of dandelions but I’m not too fussy about what they do to my lawn.
And since our lawn is a chemical free zone, the dandelions love it.
After seeing a water powered weeding tool at Lee Valley Tools, but choking on the price, I thought I’d try a little something.
It’s a bit like using a canoe to shovel gravel, but what the heck. I fired up the power washer, and after a little experimentation I found that if I planted the wand (pun intended) right at the heart of the dandelion, then rotated the handle in a circular motion (while keeping the wand tip planted)…
I could pretty much float that weed right out of its steely grip !
You will have to actually bend over to pull out the weed, but other than that, it’s virtually work free.
The irony of course is that I’m burning gasoline to fuel the power washer, so it’s not exactly environmentally perfect.
Maybe I’ll have to spring the dough for that Lee Valley tool after all…? No way.
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April 19, 2006
Walking around the neighbourhood yesterday I was reminded why it’s so great living here.
Even on a dull grey day, catching a glimpse of the North Shore mountains makes those super high house prices seem, well, still super high, but at least you’ve got something to look out at.
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