March 2007
69 posts
Richard: so like, nobody told me that Harry Potter was into Asian chicks (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: every day is national cleavage day (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: Björk in Vancouver, tickets now on sale http://tinyurl.com/2hs2b8 (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: I won’t put “solid understanding of open source software development” on my resume until someone accuses me of it. (via Twitter / Richard)
LinkedIn Answers is getting hot →
Though it’s exactly like Ask MetaFilter: it’s successful mostly because the original site was already successful.
Anil Dash: "if your social network doesn’t work... →
+1. I’ve said “Low-threshold actions like adding someone to a contact list have the potential to give us introverts the feeling of connecting with someone but in fact risk enabling hiding behind our computer.”
I finally got around to linking to this summary of... →
I will probably print the article, which would enable me to put it aside and forget about it.
Will Pate appears on commandN with Amber MacArthur →
Sorry Jeff, but I skipped over the parts that didn’t have Will in them.
The limits of free advice: why feature requests... →
Joe Clark writes a letter to the Toronto Transit Commission, asking them to follow accessible web standards.
The most amazing—and disappointing—cultural events... →
Drupal-powered Sacamento startup community site →
I wonder if Vancouver-based startups have something similar.
Terry Frei ranks the NHL hockey teams' jerseys →
Too bad there weren’t any photos adorning the list.
"According to Sam Hamadeh [...] being an outsider... →
Hamadeh: “Minorities, immigrants, gays and lesbians are all more likely to start businesses than other people.”
Jeff Chang on Jay-Z's rise, and decrease, in... →
The article also serves as a mini-history of the Crack Rap genre.
Schedule for Northern Voice 2007 →
I’m presenting an introduction to blogging in the morning.
Some tips on dealing with procrastination,... →
I sometimes ask myself, often out loud, “what am I putting off”.
There is no such thing as a Fake DJ →
I disagree. I know two people who call themselves as such. (If I were a Fake DJ, I wouldn’t bother learning beatmatching, but just fade tracks in and out.)
Bigg Designs →
Vancouver jewelery designer (at least her jewelery is sold in Vancouver), site powered by Drupal.
pb is going off the Flickr grid →
Walkability has become the new buzzword in urban... →
“It’s hard to argue with benefits that range from health, to air quality, to quality of life, to economic value, to safety.”
It's not wise to upset a TTC streetcar →
I suggest a new stragegy, car. Let the streetcar win.
Mike from blip.tv doesn't approve of people using... →
If anything, Twitter should remove the “What are you doing?” question and let people use it for whatever they want.
Bryght's working with Warner brothers records to... →
Don't move to Vancouver →
Audio of Cory Doctorow's lecture, "The... →
I couldn’t attend because I was (and still am) under the weather.
al3x launches peeramour for testing →
It’s “a dating service for bloggers.”
2007 Ford Bukkake →
Flickr introduces machine tags →
With a Rene Magritte reference and a joke about RDF.
Preview release of Bryght's hosted Drupal 5 sites →
No install, beautiful new theme, easier to use administrator interface, CSS in a box.
Vancouver's 24 Hours is using Drupal to cover the... →
Ian King on 24 Hours' Drupal-powered Pickton trial... →
Comments are moderated, partly for legal reasons.
Authenticated distributed search with OpenSearch... →
“Both solutions require serious crypto and spec work to do properly.”
Rogers Cadenhead is searching for ways to move up... →
I’ve been quietly using the tools (Google Webmaster, Google Sitemaps, 301 redirects, fixing broken links, appropriately tagging old posts, etc.) on my site to do effectively the same thing.
A Web 2.0 Valentine from Social Signal →
Just a Gwai Lo: Fake DJ sets, Weekly Recaps of the...
After buying my second iPod, a svelte nano, I subscribed to some podcasts, unsubscribed from others, which I listen to while commuting from place to place. (And while ironing.) Here are the podcasts I’m listening to these days:
Dave Thorvald’s Canucks Outsider podcast [podcast feed]. Recaps of recent games and analysis of the local hockey squadron.
ChinesePod Intermediate...
Just a Gwai Lo: I Attended Last Night's Lily Allen...
Two security guards, one at the front and another inside, at The Commodore asked me to leave my camera at the coat check. I tried to sneak it in anyway, but got caught, by a third security guard. My quick thinking (a lie about how it slipped my mind) got me off the hook, but I still had to check it in.
I left after 6 songs. I first considered it after she came on stage wearing jeans (and not a...
Richard: No rap radio show is complete without the DJs calling out to listeners in the middle of songs. (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: “Social earmarking” is the new “social bookmarking”. (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: A Belgian chocolate a day keeps the doctor away. (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: A fine rant about TransLink's...
My photo of TransLink’s “Don’t Give It Away” campaign is featured in the article. [link] (via Richard Eriksson aggregator)
Richard: Our Friends the Saudis would make a great band name. (via Twitter / Richard)
