December 2007
75 posts
I’m on a bus so new that TransLink hasn’t put ads inside it yet.
@adamrg: d’oh to your car troubles. Think you’ll make a trip in the new year?
“I’ll give you snuggles,” he said. “But I need hardware,” she replied.
improvident lackwit: Well, They Sure Sucked the... →
Darren Barefoot posted to Jaiku and Twitter a line from the John Keats poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. Just yesterday I learned about TruthBeauty, an exhibition of Pictorialist photography at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Both reminded me of when the Simpsons family got a tour of the military school Bart was to attend, and they passed by a classroom.
Cadet: Truth is beauty, beauty truth,...
@anildash: please report your findings re: Mac Mini, since Twitter makes it hard to follow replies to people I follow from people I don’t
Just a Gwai Lo: "the * is going to make the * look... →
A search inspired by Huey Walker’s quote from Flashback: “The 90’s are going to make the 60’s look like the 50’s.” Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: None assigned
Internet, will you please leak the new Cut Copy record already?
@al3x: great minds Scrabble alike: I beat my smarter-than-me girlfriend and my smarter-than me father by using all my tiles.
How social is a social bookmarking service without comments?
Just a Gwai Lo: An interview with "cyclist" Trevor... →
The interviewer, Amy Smolens, namedrops a guy I went to high school and played on the basketball team with, Geoff Kabush. Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: via:gordonr, Trevor Linden, Vancouver Canucks
I figured it out: Santa’s a Cylon!
Three racks of New York Yankees hats at Spinners in Campbell River. Three!
One of the reasons we’re late getting into Courtenay is that the train we’re on hit a van.
On Vancouver Island, it’s Nanaimo all the way down.
What’s the deal with the Confederate flag in Courtenay? I saw two today.
Just a Gwai Lo: What Michael J. Fox learned... →
Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Michael J. Fox
@vasta: this one’s for you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sillygwailo/2122985965/
Instead of listening to tonight’s game (I only have 4 TV channels), I’m listening to http://thecrazycanucks.com/
The best writers also do something interesting other than just write.
Every time I think of an idea for a web project, I get as far as setting things up, then fatigue sets in.
Just a Gwai Lo: Canada Line photos [ma.gnolia] →
Wish they were posted to Flickr, though, so people could comment on them and better link to them (and so they could add them to the Vancouver Flickr group). Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Canada Line, Vancouver, SkyTrain
Just a Gwai Lo: Vancouver Transit Camp Recap →
The Saturday before last, I attended Vancouver’s first Transit Camp, the following sessions I spent the most time at:
Ask the Gurus, attended by Stephen Rees and others, where we discussed what we liked about transit systems around the world (emphasis on places we’ve visited or lived) and how they might apply to Vancouver.
Transit connecting neighbourhoods, attended by the Safe...
It’s tough to make art while fighting spam. Akismet does all it can, but I’m still closing comments to posts older than a year old.
On this day in 2004, I wrote about the institution of gay marriage. http://tinyurl.com/3xwevt
It’s better for people to think you’re doing something cool than to actually do something cool.
Just a Gwai Lo: Chris LaVigne on Young and Sexy's... →
The song is bookended with a sample of Vancouver’s SkyTrain leaving and one arriving. Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Young and Sexy, Vancouver, SkyTrain, TransLink
Just a Gwai Lo: China names two successors to Hu... →
“In a political system that abhors uncertainty and extols stability, this is a significant development.” Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Xi Jinping, China, Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang
Just a Gwai Lo: Worst Hu Jintao pun headlines... →
His name “offers too ripe a target for unrestrained wordsmiths.” Saved By: Richard Eriksson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Hu Jintao, China, via:msittig
Happy Festivus!
12 hours of Twitter downtime this Saturday? I have 6 Jaiku invites left.
@al3x: I once dreamt that I was Twittering, and that by cracking my ankle (a bad habit I have while sleeping) I was clicking ‘update’.
On this day in 2004 I wrote about the documentary I, Curmudgeon and how it changed the 2nd act of my life. http://tinyurl.com/ynn6ae
Burial on KEXP’s Music That Matters Podcast Vol. 75 - Larry’s Loungecast Vol. 1. Why not?
Social media/citizen journalism triumphalism is just as annoying as mainstream media triumphalism.
Leaning towards dropping Google AdSense from all my sites (not worth the effort) and reducing the amount of stats I keep (ditto).
I’m saddened to learn, via MetaTalk of all places, that Anita Rowland died today http://tinyurl.com/2hryl9 :(
On this day in 2003 I wrote about the UBC goalie who almost played for the Canucks the night previous. http://tinyurl.com/2jp4sv
Just a Gwai Lo: Weird Segues Into Stanley Kubrick... →
Today I celebrate the 7th anniversary of my starting blogging, first with Blogger, then with Movable Type, then with WordPress, and now with Drupal. This year I’ve struggled more than any year to write something compelling, and today is no different. Today is also the 7th of the month, meaning it’s time to update you on my podcast listening habits.
I unsubscribed from The Talk Show...
@kexp: @adamrg already built you at @kexp_playlist
@al3x: blog house is the new baile funk