links, random thoughts, various opinions
Are Dot Coms Making A Comeback?
“But I don’t mean this to be about the Internet’s return exactly, but about the emotional complexities of its second coming. To be among the people who enjoyed the most heady and transforming experience of the age but who failed categorically and miserably, who were cast out utterly (or felt […]
One nice thing about flying so much is I actually get time to catch up on reading, particularly the stack of magazines I get at the airport (or borrow from the lounge). Wired has great article about Phillip K. Dick, the author Blade Runner and Minority Report (amongst many others).
Favourite quote -
“We live […]
Where is my elephant? (warning: flash/music)
Safely in Hong Kong and heading to sleep (instead of facing my inbox). I promise I’ll email again soon (sorry to those who are waiting). But not today.
Scripting News has a post today about the new Canadian government RSS feeds. Very cool. From the page -
“Benefits of RSS
Receive news headlines and summaries in real time, as the news items are published on the Newsroom Web site, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
News is delivered to your desktop’s […]
I’m in Houston for the week. The weather is apparently ‘quite chilly’, at least according to our hosts. Frankly it’s downright balmy for me.
Ryan’s blog is now officially offline (or blank). It’s not for me to understand why, but I do miss it. Grant has captured it best here in this post -
“Ryan?“
Damn you’re good Grant. Explanation of obscure reference here.
The text says -
IN THIS TEMPLE
AS IN THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER
I’m leaving Washington, DC (it’s Sunday afternoon). I’m at the United Airlines lounge using the T-Mobile Hot Spot service. It is slick, and the prepaid minutes is not such a bad deal either.
On top of some meetings I did squeeze in a rapid fire tour of the major sites in DC […]
As part of this conference in Washington, DC our hosts took us to a group dinner (which was quite good) at the International Spy Museum. After dinner we were able to tour the museum privately. It’s very well done and in fact takes more than the hour we had to go through and […]
Why do hotel firewalls do the things they do? To spite me personally I’m sure.
Just had a great late night driving tour of Washington, D.C. The cab driver on the way home from dinner took us by every major building, all of which I feel I’d seen in person before from all the movies. It’s an impressive town. I’m going to play full tourist on Friday. […]
Bush’s Really Good Idea
“Sometimes I think that President Bush’s critics need to put up a sign somewhere in their rooms that reads: “Some things are true even if George W. Bush believes them.” A visceral dislike for the president is boxing many otherwise sensible people into a corner because they cannot bring themselves to agree […]
Since I got back from London the weather in Vancouver has been great. I’m off on another round of travel tomorrow (4 cities, 3 continents). I doubt the sunny weather will follow.
Speaking of sunny…there’s no pictures online of our office (have to fix that), but Derek snapped this sunny day photo of Noel’s […]
I saw the new Matrix movie with a fever and I still loved it. Not sure if the critics were looking for all the questions to be answered, but like life (and most religions) it doesn’t get spelled out so easily. It’s a great action movie and a practical (and sobering) resolution. […]
Bill has a link to a North Korean child xylophone prodigy. It is definitely really cute…but the smile…
I sat on my glasses.
In order to rest at home when one is sick…properly…one needs a proper couch. I don’t have one. Ugh.
Fables of the Reconstruction, interesting read.
“A new report by the Center for Public Integrity attempts to prove something that many people simply assume to be true: that the Bush administration has strongly favored cronies and campaign contributors in awarding reconstruction contracts for Iraq and Afghanistan. The CPI devoted six months to research and filed more […]