Category Archives: Random

I was on King5 news

It’s like the old Fairtunes days. This Sunday I was on King5 Upfront News, talking, briefly, about the condo craze. More on UrbnLivn.

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Lost: 1 Devil Duck Bathmat

Lost Stolen: 1 Devil Duck Bathmat. Last seen outside the door of 305 Bellevue Ave E Apt 204. Please return it ASAP. No questions will be asked.

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Green Car Co

After telling my friend about how the Neon broke down yesterday on I-90 (investigation into the cause is still pending but appears to be a problem with the cooling system) he pointed me to the Green Car Co in Kirkland … Continue reading

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Off to Banff

First I’m driving home, then getting in Ming’s car and we’re driving to Abottsford, British Columbia. From there we’re flying to Calgary, Alberta where we’ll catch a shuttle to Banff so that we can spend five days skiing at Sunshine. … Continue reading

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Yikes

Seattle Times, Police kill armed man in shooting on Capitol Hill: Seattle police fatally shot a man near a busy intersection on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night after, they said, he pointed a gun at them. Crazy.

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They hacked UWaterloo’s library

This is too funny, Dana Porter all lit up for Exams: What a nice low tech hack.

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Innovation

NY Times has an interesting article on one company’s method of determining which projects to pursue, Here’s an idea: Let everyone have ideas: they focus on an internal market where any employee can propose that the company acquire a new … Continue reading

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Seattle rocks

Two news articles: Seattle tops list of best educated cities Seattle in top ten list of rising home prices

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Maple Music Should Not Have Ads

Maple Music, a Canadian music etailer, has ads on their site and it bugs me.

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Purchased

Today I was browsing an online music service that I’m trying out and noticed that The Tragically Hip had a new album out. After further investigation it turns out it wasn’t just an album, it was a whole box set … Continue reading

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