- For old media, iPad is not The Answer? Posted for irony as I am reading it on an iPod - http://bit.ly/bLHH1F #
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
A week of Twitter updates: 2010-01-31
A week of Twitter updates: 2010-01-31
- For old media, iPad is not The Answer? Posted for irony as I am reading it on an iPod - http://bit.ly/bLHH1F #
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
Adam Savage rides his electric unicycle thingee
Via Bikes and the City. This is a video of a motorized unicycle called an SBU, by Focus Designs, with Adam Savage behind, or on, the wheel. These are cool! I had never heard of them.
I can never personally justify electric bikes and light EV's. I can ride faster, all day, with my own power. So it stays at "neato" for me, not a must have.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
A week of Twitter updates: 2009-11-29
- http://twitpic.com/r913y Test! #
- Testing openbeak from my new Blackberry 9700 Bold #
- How Greens could take office - http://bit.ly/5MqqRM #
- Harper heads for Copenhagen after all - http://bit.ly/4Zr5Pn #
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
A week of Twitter updates: 2009-11-22
- I just got Voice Candy for Mac for free from tap tap tap. They're celebrating the release of Voices on the iPhone http://bit.ly/i56Un #
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
A week of Twitter updates: 2009-11-15
- RT @rossrader: yay! public bicycling in toronto is almost here! http://rossrader.com/torontobixi #
- Et tu, Toronto? Traffic a problem Caesar couldn't solve - http://bit.ly/17owKW #
- Read George Smitherman's statement - http://bit.ly/1gFWZr #toronto #
- The Social Ideology of the Motorcar http://bit.ly/3T3Zz0 #
- Complete Streets Update Public Meeting http://bit.ly/2Hvk5p #
- Empty MySpace office blow for News Corp. - http://bit.ly/3vdstq #
- Grits caving on climate - http://bit.ly/40Ptp #
- Copenhagen already a success - http://bit.ly/1F0ssU #
- Smitherman resigns, will run for mayor of #Toronto - http://bit.ly/3QLQb5 #
- Big Oil makes case for carbon-capture subsidies - http://bit.ly/1PXrgN #
- RT @SteveCase: Why Doesn’t Exercise Lead to Weight Loss? (NYTimes) http://bit.ly/4sFdh3 #
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
How we anonymize you
Cute video via Core77 that animates how Google Street View attempts to shield your privacy.
Of course, as anyone who has had their license plate displayed in plain view in Google Street View can tell you (ahem..), it's not a perfect system.
Of course, as anyone who has had their license plate displayed in plain view in Google Street View can tell you (ahem..), it's not a perfect system.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bicycle Licensing in #Toronto: Why revisit this idea, Councillor Michael Walker?
Update 07/16/2009: Via Ross, Copenhagenize has a posting on this subject also and they've included a PDF of his motion. You can also follow this discussion at the BikingToronto Forums.
Also I noted that I'm wrong below when I say that 5,907 tickets were issued to cyclists during the Toronto Police 'Safe Cycling' campaign, it was actually 1,373 tickets directly to cyclists. 5,907 is the total over all!
Update 07/07/2009: City Caucus also has a posting about this issue.
Also I noted that I'm wrong below when I say that 5,907 tickets were issued to cyclists during the Toronto Police 'Safe Cycling' campaign, it was actually 1,373 tickets directly to cyclists. 5,907 is the total over all!
Update 07/07/2009: City Caucus also has a posting about this issue.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
@torontostar seems to be stoking the flames of some Bike vs. Car action. #toronto
It's summer! So it is of course time for another "Bike Vs. Car" debate circuit. These debates rage on in any major urban center, but it's starting to look like The Toronto Star is kicking it up a notch with their current "MEAN STREETS" 4-part article series
So far I like the exposure the series is giving to the issues at hand, but I do have trouble with it. Tess seems to be positioning commuters against each other, and it is presenting the urban engineering questions Toronto faces as a "war".
That's a little heavy handed! I've never felt at war with people who are going in the same direction that I am going during my commute. I have as many troubles with other people on bikes (road salmon!) and pedestrians as I do with people in cars and trucks.
Of course when a motor vehicle makes a mistake, or if I make a mistake that puts me up against a motor vehicle, the "law of tonnage" cited in Part-1 comes into play.
Also part-1 includes a cycling safety video that has some good tips, but the cyclist demonstrating, Yvonne Bambrick, isn't wearing a helmet (dun dun DUN!) As we know, helmets are the bizomb. Wear one if you value thinking with your brain.
Part of my view that bicycle advocacy shouldn't be a "war" stems from experience. Cyclists can be highly unpredictable when viewed from a car which adds to tensions. Nobody in their right mind actually wants to hit a cyclist, outside the realm of fantasy, so the cars that pass a cyclist are often just as nervous about creaming me as I am about getting pizza'd.
I can stem a lot of these tensions and interactions myself, and you can too. Here's what I usually do to make vehicles, pedestrians, and other cyclists more comfortable with my presence on the road.
So far I like the exposure the series is giving to the issues at hand, but I do have trouble with it. Tess seems to be positioning commuters against each other, and it is presenting the urban engineering questions Toronto faces as a "war".
That's a little heavy handed! I've never felt at war with people who are going in the same direction that I am going during my commute. I have as many troubles with other people on bikes (road salmon!) and pedestrians as I do with people in cars and trucks.
Of course when a motor vehicle makes a mistake, or if I make a mistake that puts me up against a motor vehicle, the "law of tonnage" cited in Part-1 comes into play.
Also part-1 includes a cycling safety video that has some good tips, but the cyclist demonstrating, Yvonne Bambrick, isn't wearing a helmet (dun dun DUN!) As we know, helmets are the bizomb. Wear one if you value thinking with your brain.
Part of my view that bicycle advocacy shouldn't be a "war" stems from experience. Cyclists can be highly unpredictable when viewed from a car which adds to tensions. Nobody in their right mind actually wants to hit a cyclist, outside the realm of fantasy, so the cars that pass a cyclist are often just as nervous about creaming me as I am about getting pizza'd.
I can stem a lot of these tensions and interactions myself, and you can too. Here's what I usually do to make vehicles, pedestrians, and other cyclists more comfortable with my presence on the road.
- I signal my intentions
Not with those goofy "official" hand signals you're taught during most bike safety courses. In my opinion the practicality of those signals is of little use, and can cause more confusion than help. If you're wondering why, just look at them and imagine their use in busy traffic. Instead I just point, directly, and a little down, and aggressively, where I'm going. It always works. - I wave, at everybody
Not like some smiling idiot, mind you. But if a taxi waits for me to pass before entering traffic, he gets a hand up and a head-nod. If a pedestrian sees me and doesn't bolt across the street in front of me, they get a hand up and a head-nod. Basically everyone who doesn't kill me gets a nod. It's about acknowledgement. I've found that this will defuse almost any driver. All they want to know is that you know that they made room for you. It increases fellowship and good will. It's so easy. I haven't had a confrontation with a driver since adopting this policy and it feels great to do. - Let it slide
Yeah, so... someone wasn't looking, and they revved out into traffic in front of you, or they got too close. Are you still alive? Still on your bike? Ok, move on. Having it out with someone who wasn't paying attention (or worse, was paying attention) accomplishes nothing positive. At best it makes them feel foolish and messes up their day over something minor, at worst it verifies every dumb stereotype about cyclists they may harbor and we get more Toronto Star trend-pieces to chew on in the summer ;) So just move on. Same goes for Honky McHonk that can't wait for you to get out of "the way". Hell, I even wave and nod at those people as they pass, without smirking. - I don't assume shoulds
Yeah, the car at the 4-way stop should give you right of way. The truck passing you should give you lots of room when suddenly turning right. Lots of shoulds. A "should" often doesn't work out in practice even if it's the law. So unless you are certain a vehicle or pedestrian sees you and intends to let you by, don't assume your legal right will protect you from what they'll actually do. - Finally, you're not at war
Everybody is going in the same direction.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Watchmen - Journal
Watchmen - Journal:
 | Watchmen - Journal A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen? Directed by: Zack Snyder Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley |
Monday, December 22, 2008
iBook Nostalgia: (and The Top 8 Stevenote Moments)
Via Guy Kawasaki's Twitter,
The Top 8 Stevenote Moments. ..which is a cool article,
But I want to take a moment to highlight the 1999 keynote where the Clamshell iBook is unveiled.
Usually there is some (*snicker*) amount of hyperbole in these keynotes, but during this segment I can't help but mostly agree with Steve Jobs on what made the Clamshell iBook so exciting at the time. It really was an amazing portable for someone who did a lot of rough traveling and the specs aren't exaggerated as exciting. Michelle, the author of the article linked above, may disagree. But as a long, long time owner of a blue and white Clamshell (that matched my Perl Cookbook, oh lord I'm a geek) I can safely say that I wasn't let down.
In fact I'd say the iBook and the Mac OS X Public Beta were two big helpers in my career path. It's possible one of the factors in my hire at Tucows was that I had the audacity to sport the "iPurse" at my interview.
Early chatter about OS X drove me to experiment with FreeBSD from a Linux user's perspective, which increased my knowledge of both exponentially, and having the iBook itself let me do it anywhere... which, you know, when you're in your early 20's is important because you're never home.
Time goes by of course and 9 years later you can't help but chuckle at the specs that were pretty hot upon release. I have an iPod Touch sitting on my desk that has a 400MHz Arm processor and 128MB of RAM, and it's smaller than a deck of cards.
Current laptops and notebooks are obviously much "better" at the present moment, but none of them have inspired me as much as the first generation iBook had. The missing element is charisma.
The Top 8 Stevenote Moments. ..which is a cool article,
But I want to take a moment to highlight the 1999 keynote where the Clamshell iBook is unveiled.
Usually there is some (*snicker*) amount of hyperbole in these keynotes, but during this segment I can't help but mostly agree with Steve Jobs on what made the Clamshell iBook so exciting at the time. It really was an amazing portable for someone who did a lot of rough traveling and the specs aren't exaggerated as exciting. Michelle, the author of the article linked above, may disagree. But as a long, long time owner of a blue and white Clamshell (that matched my Perl Cookbook, oh lord I'm a geek) I can safely say that I wasn't let down.
In fact I'd say the iBook and the Mac OS X Public Beta were two big helpers in my career path. It's possible one of the factors in my hire at Tucows was that I had the audacity to sport the "iPurse" at my interview.
Early chatter about OS X drove me to experiment with FreeBSD from a Linux user's perspective, which increased my knowledge of both exponentially, and having the iBook itself let me do it anywhere... which, you know, when you're in your early 20's is important because you're never home.
Time goes by of course and 9 years later you can't help but chuckle at the specs that were pretty hot upon release. I have an iPod Touch sitting on my desk that has a 400MHz Arm processor and 128MB of RAM, and it's smaller than a deck of cards.
Current laptops and notebooks are obviously much "better" at the present moment, but none of them have inspired me as much as the first generation iBook had. The missing element is charisma.
woodgrainz macbook
Just saw this on Flickr. As you may know I am a fan of laptop stickers, so I think this is awesome.
woodgrainz macbook:
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woodgrainz macbook:
pennycakes posted a photo:
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