Posts
All the articles I've posted.
Chicago
I'm back from Chicago. Had a good time there, I like the city. I did alright with my first taste of cold in quite a few years. Living with the wind in my face for years in Alberta meant that Chicago w…
DIY Projector
Tom's Hardware has an interesting guide up; Build Your Own XGA Projector . For around 300 bucks you can get a 15" LCD, tear it apart, and put it on a used overhead projector. Tempting, but I worry abo…
Artifacts
Wow. This is really eerie. This picture is the last of a set pulled off a memory card of some people that died in the tsunami wave. Click here to read the story, click on the gallery link at the botto…
Francois Lake
Looking at my visited countries map: It would seem I need to get my ass off this continent for my next travels. However with Chicago, NYC, and Williams Lake lined up, I don't see that happening soon. …
Rain, jazz, and LCDs
Anna, Pete, Paul, and I splurged and went to Brockton Villa for breakfast on Sunday. Coast toast is damned good (imagine French toast souffle). It was funny, I had never seen the cliffs of the cove lo…
Crashes
Another rain storm last night and this morning. I saw a ford explorer slam into the center concrete barrier near old town on the 5 south. It crashed into the wall right beside me and sprayed my car wi…
I can't get enough hot sweaty Firefox
Ah, firefox has hit the big time. Why? It has a bug that IE doesn't. It has to do with IDN names mimicking real domains, IE hasn't implemented this yet. They use the international characters to make i…
Copyridiculous
Chicago's new Millennium Park has a giant reflective bean-like sculpture. It reflects the city skyline and people around the structure. What would I love to do? Take photos of it. Apparently, that mig…
Food & Oil
Remember how the US was outraged over the oil for food scandal with the UN and Iraq? Well.. Turns out the US and UN condoned Iraq oil smuggling to Turkey and Jordan . "How is it that you stand on a mo…
Eyes on housing
Coming to you live from 32.717625,-117.143281 I brought my eyes in yesterday for their 3-month-post-zap-checkup. Everything seems OK so far. Right eye is around 20, left is closer to 15. Would be nice…