Yearly Archives: 2008
Greens will be seen
With all the news about the US presidential race taking up the majority of space in the media these days, it might come as a surprise that Canada’s having another federal election – our third in four years. I guess it’s a good thing then that the whole process moves at a quick jaunt. Our …
If it had been a mirror, this would all be over now
I barely remember where I was last week at this time, but like most North Americans, I can clearly remember where I was 7 years ago on this day. I was the assistant editor for a series of music/performance-based magazines. I had grabbed my extra large double double and headed in to work. I hadn’t …
What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?
The Costello hit that plays as the credits roll to “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” is pretty aptly answered in the latest doc(me)mentary by “Super Size Me” director Morgan Spurlock. As with his breakthrough film, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” follows Spurlock’s personal journey to dig around an issue …
Farrago: Water, Chrome, Money and Ass
I’ve been super busy as late – first with my usual workload, but also spending much of my free time edumacating myself on personal finance. It’s amazing I’ve passed my 31st year on this planet and know next to nothing about saving and investing. Anyway, time being tight I still wanted to jot down and …
It’s time to confess – Web 2.0 style
The other day an idea for a new site hit me, and as I was waiting for some deliverables from a client to arrive and didn’t have much to do, I figured – what the hell. The site is called Twitfessions, and essentially it tracks and displays any Twitter tweets that are tagged with #confession. …
Dead babies don’t get A.D.D.
i just finished reading this MSNBC article: “Vaccine-wary parents spark public health worry” and I’ve gotta say, man are we eager to be ignorant. Essentially the article talks about how pockets of populations in the US have had large increases in the number of parents that are getting immunization exemptions. Their argument is that there …
Tim Horton’s in China (Timmie’s secret revealed)
I drink a lot of coffee. I’m sure I’m not alone in this confession, but I thought I’d make it regardless. I drink so much in a day that I’ve set a cut-off limit of 5pm, anything later and I increase my chances of having night-terrors. Now, instead of night-time misadventures, I find myself cramming …
Love will keep us together
Today marks Maggie’s and my 18 month anniversary. I didn’t think it was a thing to be celebrated – Maggie set me straight. Though it’s a lot more just a quirk that my wife like’s to celebrate things, I found it interesting that 18 (yāobā) is considered lucky by Chinese superstitious mumbo jumbo. In addition …
They’re going to bring out their dragons…
I’ve been up to my elbows all week polishing up Lost Laowai in both design and features, and so haven’t had much chance to update on here. However, it’s officially the weekend, and I’m in the mood for some Olympic-sized funnies: The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap? Every time she says that “Oh, they’re …
Danwei.TV: My latest project
Just want to take a moment and brag about a cool new project I’ve been hard at work on: Danwei.TV. Most foreign folks living in China, or with any interest in China, are bound to know Danwei.org, possibly the most widely-read English-language blog about China, and many of you have also likely watched Danwei-produced and …
