July 2007
240 posts
Richard: I’m aware of the irony of complaining about sharing an ad in my latest blog post (with a screenshot of said ad) so don’t bother pointing … (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: I'm Tired of Facebook Thinking...
Facebook, as many people know, is a social networking site for keeping in touch with the people you know, and for sharing things with those people. I’ve found that it strengthens the weak bonds I’ve had with people I’ve met a few times and gotten to know, and has re-united me with people from my past whom I regretted not keeping in touch with. There are still people who...
Just a Gwai Lo: There's only two types of...
Scott Karp doesn’t like NowPublic’s “crowd powered” phrase either.
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Richard: @adamrg: it’s morally correct to pay me (with an Amazon gift certificate), but is it morally correct to not let me log in via OpenID? (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: having a principle vs. money dilemma for the first time in a while (the monetary amount is in the single or double digits, but still) (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: definitely the best driver ever: he trusted that a woman had her pass in her bag, and now he’s commenting on what comes over the radio (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: B7409 135 westbound: best driver ever? greets passengers, thanks them for their fare, announces each stop, says goodbye when dropping off (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: 2010 Riots [Flickr]
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Just a Gwai Lo: Groups
Ma.gnolia is a social bookmarking website, making it easy—and pleasant—to publicly and privately submit links to interesting websites and articles, tag and rank them. They do a lot of things right, including a permanent link for each individual bookmark, so that I can link directly to it if a comment someone makes needs responding to or pointing out. (Dare they add comments? But think of the...
Richard: now I understand what Steph meant by http://tinyurl.com/2zdkkj I want that too! (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: Karen reviews Rufus Wainwright at...
“I surmised early on in the show that Rufus has broken with the past.”
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Richard: how do I tell my MacBook to *never* connect to a wireless access point called ‘linksys’, instead of always? (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: For NowPublic, citizen journalism...
GigaOM’s Liz Gannes interviews company director Leonard Brody.
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Just a Gwai Lo: NowPublic nixes takeover bids,...
Good news for a Vancouver company and citizen journalism.
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Just a Gwai Lo: 2010 Homes Please [Flickr]
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Just a Gwai Lo: Bruce Eriksen Place [Flickr]
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Just a Gwai Lo: Trolley Wires [Flickr]
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Just a Gwai Lo: Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream with...
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Just a Gwai Lo: Cipriano's On Main and 24th...
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Richard: @miss604: I sent in my donation as part of http://miss604.com/category/blogathon listening to the podcast now: http://tinyurl.com/yvzmux (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: @miss604: looking forward to the podcast, congrats on the pledges! (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: The Centre for Performing Arts is not at UBC, but rather downtown. Hooray for fireworks crowds and broken down buses! (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: 29
Today I enter the final year of my twenties, turning 29 years of age. The last few weeks I’ve been reflecting on how to get my shit together, and the prospect seems overwhelming. Money currently ain’t a thang, but I have no plan for 5, 10, 20 years from now. My hobbies revolve solely around a computer, and the only thing I know how to cook is spaghetti. I lead a disorganized life...
Richard: I’m now satisfied with the amount of Canadian hiphop on the CBC Radio 3 flagship podcast (same with the track of the day podcast) (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: starting next week I’m leaving the computer at work most weekdays. pls don’t steal it kthx. (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: I’m glad I sorted out the difference between naturalism and naturism with my girlfriend (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: Karen on hyperlocality and...
“[A]re the people of Markham willing to write their own PR in ways that engage the people that live outside Markham?”
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Just a Gwai Lo: The Morass of Such Thoughts and...
Vincent Van Gogh to Theo: “’Am I an artist or am I not?’ must not induce us not to draw or not to paint. Many things defy definition, and I consider it wrong to fritter one’s time away on them. Certainly when one’s work does not go smoothly and one is checked by difficulties, one gets bogged in the morass of such thoughts and insoluble problems. And because one feels sorely...
Just a Gwai Lo: RSS for all threads on the...
Not being able to follow comments to individual posts without visiting the HTML page was the thing that discouraged me from participating there. Now I might actually rejoin MeFi.
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Just a Gwai Lo: Automattic has 16 people...
Mostly white dudes but still, 16 people!
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Richard: I wonder if highly creative people know that people not as creative as them find them intimidating (yes, I need to get over that too) (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: @Remy: for me it’s neither the heat nor the humidity: it’s the change in temperature when I move from place to place (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: Still struggling with what to write about. Please comment at http://justagwailo.com/2007/06/04/sharing with ideas! (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: Rebecca asks "do we need more...
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Richard: how long before Tantek Çelik joins Google? (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: No Access to SkyTrain from Cordova...
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Just a Gwai Lo: Vintage Pop Machine Innards...
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Just a Gwai Lo: China Cola in the Pop Machine's...
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Just a Gwai Lo: Ice Cold Soda Pop! [Flickr]
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Richard: lesson I had to learn the hard way: buy the $30 iron once, not the $15 iron twice (via Twitter / Richard)
Richard: I’m finally passing on my Vancity bike: http://tinyurl.com/yvvfwc (via Twitter / Richard)
Just a Gwai Lo: Joey says we need more Toronto...
I’m subscribed to the comments, looking for (and finding) insight on how to grow Urban Vancouver and make it better while encouraging more people to write blogs about this city.
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Richard: having my shit together includes not leaving my keys at the office, so this is not an auspicious start to my evening :( (via Twitter / Richard)