22April2008
Posted by Jeremy under: BC; Business; Canada; Entertainment; Personal; Politics; Sports; World News.
Happy Earth Day!
I was doing a little reading on Wikipedia about Earth Day and it mentions there are two different Earth Days - April 22 and on March equinox - who knew? Learn more about ourEarth Days at Wikipedia.
As I mentioned on twitter this morning…last night I discovered a cool TV show on National Geographic’s HD channel: Big Ideas for a Small Planet. They were having a marathon of all the episodes to date, I think.
I’m not sure, but it looks like Big Ideas for a Small Planet was originally aired on Sundance Channel. It was really inspiring to see so many people working to make the world a better, more sustainable place.
Last summer I posted about William McDonough and his Cradle to Cradle Design ideas, which I think are exactly what we need. If you’ve never heard of McDonough follow the links from this article to a good video about Cradle to Cradle design.
11April2008
Posted by Jeremy under: BC; Langley; Personal; Sports; Vancouver.
Not quite Palm Springs weather…
All week CBC Radio’s been telling me that we’re going to have a 21 degree sunny Saturday (tomorrow). I can’t wait to feel the sunshine, as it’s been a really LONG winter this year.
I booked a tee time for tomorrow morning for Bridget and I. I hope to pick up a BBQ tonight so we can have one full summer day in the middle of April.
Don’t let me down weatherman!
30March2008
Posted by Jeremy under: BC; Computers; Personal; Vancouver.
It’s been a busy week. I’m getting into the spring cleaning mode - it may be directly related to the Canucks’ poor showing last night… or it may be that I’m hedging my bets with the sun gods so we can have a warm summer.
I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.5. What a beautiful new interface - so clean! The upgrade process was painless. The same as usual.
I also installed a new theme today (links at the bottom of page), as I was bored of the old Kubrick theme and I thought I’d shake things up. Hopefully I’ll get a few hours soon to customize the blog once again.
This post is being written on my new computer too (I bought the parts at NCIX in Langley). I put it together on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Here are the specs:
- 2.40GHZ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP
- 4GB RAM 8GB - Crucial Ballistix
- GeForce 8800GT XT 512MB
- 1 x 150GB WD Raptor 10,000 RPM HDD
- 2 x Western Digital SE16 500GB SATA2 7200RPM HDDs
- 20″ Apple Cinema Display
- 19″ Sharp LCD UltraSharp 2009W 20” Widescreen LCD
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
I’m loving the new machine - it’s so fast!
So check out Wordpress 2.5 - the new media uploading feature is really slick.
4February2008
Posted by Jeremy under: BC; Langley; Personal; Vancouver.
Today’s accumulation of snow in the backyard of our townhouse.
Just when I thought I could start getting my golf gear ready for some early season golf - here comes the snow again. I’m not really complaining. I like the snow and snowboarding.
Last Saturday we took advantage of this lovely winter weather by heading up to Cypress Mountain for a day of snowboarding. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. The sun was out, the snow was soft, and the lineups were surprisingly short. It was my first day of riding this season and it felt great to be back on a board again. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but Flickr user “louder” posted some pics from the following day that looked pretty much the same as what we saw. We’re planning a Sun Peaks adventure sometime in the coming weeks.
So I guess I’ll leave the golf clubs packed away in the garage for another week…
22January2008
Posted by Jeremy under: BC; Computers; Personal; Vancouver.
Wow! We’ve had two days of sunshine - and hasn’t it felt nice.
I had a dentist appointment this morning on the Westside. Most people don’t like going to the dentist, but I really like to visit my dentist’s office. The views from the office are amazing, he’s a great dentist, and the staff always treat me really well. It almost feels like “Cheers” without the beer. I always get a “Jer!” whenever I walk in the door.
View a LARGE version of this image.
As I mentioned, the view from the chair is really good. I only visit the dentist once every six months, which means I always forget to bring my camera along. Today, with the weather being so good, I remembered.
The photo above is a panorama composed of five photos. I stitched them together using Adobe Photoshop CS3’s -> Photomerge command.
Enjoy the view!
Al on 
