Four Things
January 31, 2006
KK didn’t start it, but he got me started on four things…
Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. Comfort and Joy
2. The Godfather
3. Jaws
4. Alien
Four places I have lived:
1. Portage La Prairie MB
2. Toronto ON
3. Calgary AB
4. Vancouver Paradise
Four television shows I love to watch (ON DVD):
1. The Office, UK
2. Six Feet Under
3. The Wire
4. Kids in the Hall
Four places I have been on vacation:
1. New Orleans
2. New Zealand
3. Newsome Creek
4. Newton Entrance
Four of my favorite dishes:
1. Kung Pao Chicken
2. Tako from Musashi on Denman
3. Crepes, made at home, just like Celina’s
4. Any Gelato from Brazza in North Vancouver
Four websites I visit daily:
1. Cypress Mountain
2. Gizmodo
3. You Send It
4. Vonage Canada
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. N48 23.728 W123 59.152
2. N48 51.259 W123 30.158
3. N49 24.251 W123 11.706
4. N49 30.297 W124 12.840
Four bloggers I am tagging:
1. Monique
2. KK
3. Roland
4. Ben
I smell saltwater
January 23, 2006
Just back from a quick weekend off the grid.
There’s nothing quite like the blues, greens and greys of British Columbia in the winter time.
There’s also something to be said for not having a phone, TV or Internet connection.
Snow for days
January 16, 2006
Just back from Cypress and the mounds of snow. Woaw.
Driving up from Vancouver in the rain into a blizzard up top. Too bad about the Audi Quatro in the ditch. My old Jeep managed just fine.
Tons of fresh snow, no lineups and the most fun I’ve had all year.
I managed a not-ready-for-the-Olympics face-plant-cartwheel-thingy off Hutch into waist deep snow, measured head first.
After digging myself out, and digging the snow out of my helmet and goggles, I couldn’t stop laughing.
My new Nitro Darkhorse is giving me all the thrills they promised over at Second Wave.
Update This
January 15, 2006
With all those updates I keep getting for IE I wonder why they never update the copyright dates?
Maybe they don’t care ?
Itunes meets Anil
January 9, 2006
I have a love-hate relationship with iTunes. I’m extremely inarticulate when it comes to WHY.
This post by Anil Dash pretty much gets it right. Here’s the preface to his itemized list of things to do better:
Lots of people in both the music/media and technology businesses are obsessed with beating Apple’s work on the iPod and iTunes. With the CES show being this week, that obsession will reach its annual peak, so I figured I’d take the time to post a list I’d made some time ago. Herewith, a list of the key dos and don’ts for beating Apple’s iPod and iTunes, in no particular order.
See the list here and check out the comments.
CKNW on Monday Jan 9
January 6, 2006
Monday Jan 9th I’ll be a guest on the Bill Good show on CKNW in Vancouver.
You can listen live on AM980 in the Vancouver area or online at CKNW.Com
I’m scheduled for the 11:30 slot, which is the last slot on Bill’s show, so I could get bumped for a big , medium , any real news story.
Why am I on the show ? Talking about the web of course - and I’ll try to work in a plug for Northern Voice while I’m there.
Who Knew ?
January 5, 2006
Who Knew ?
I’m the same age as Marc Canter. When we met at Vidfest in Vancouver last spring I could have sworn I was older. And for the record, I find I agree with 73.2 % of what he says, but only understand 19% of it.
I’m speaking at Northern Voice 2006. This is a real honour, because even though I’m the same age as Marc Canter, I’m hardly a web 2.0 guru. I do know media though and it will be real pleasure to present with respected journalist Mark Schneider. (I wonder if we’re the same age too).
A Bump Key. Go figure. Details at Lot 49 , who, like Marc Canter, links out to Om Malik’s blog.