YouTube kicking BBC Butt

June 24, 2007

via Macworld UK:

According to research from Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence service, YouTube is set replace the BBC as most visited general entertainment site for UK web surfers, if current trends continue.

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Barter for Beer

June 14, 2007

Since we bought the sailboat I’ve been cruising Craigslist to pick up a few things - mostly extra PFD’s for guests and the odd bit gear.

It’s been my newest fun read - some of the ads are hilarious and some are downright brilliant.  Like this one in the barter section:

Date: 2007-06-14, 5:23PM PDT

I have 18 ice cold Molson Canadians that have been given to me because i gave them a dog crate. Now I’m a huge Canadian fan and i’m perfectly willing to sit down and drink them but my buddy(starting to wonder) wants to know what i can trade them for. So, any offers. Of course you must be of legal drinking age.

Once again, the power of the internet put to some good use.  I hope Molson guy posts an update to let us all know how he makes out.

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Smooching Cats

June 13, 2007

Dragon (on the right) lives across the street, but with impeccable timing, finds his way here just as the food bowl is being filled.

Apparently Ozzie doesn’t mind a bit.

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Now if we only got along this well with all our neighbours…

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Can Man’s Best Friend Iron Your Shirt ?

June 13, 2007

Yet another example of Ozzie’s many skills. Today he’s ironing my shirts.

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Working Lunch

June 9, 2007

Now this is what I call a working lunch. One of the great benefits of having a home office (and a Starbucks nearby).

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Reaching

June 4, 2007

Beam Reach

Matthew’s doing hand jokes for Garnet who’s in the cabin having a bit of a rest after hard work grinding in the foresail.

EB’s looking pretty intent on keeping Madsu going on a nice flat reach about 5 minutes out of our slip at Thunderbird Marina.

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Cleveland and the Lions

June 2, 2007

Cleveland Reservoir in North Vancouver.

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