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The very fact that articles like this one exist, and are getting published in major computer magazines should give Microsoft some insight to the problem that is Windows Vista.
What does it take to get a PC with XP?
For what it's worth, I've used Vista and find it generally OK, but dramatically different from XP which I also found generally OK. The differences were inconsequential to me, so I never switched full time.
Say it ain't so, Steven. Say it ain't so. Not that I'm a fan, but these guys have always maintained a pretty good image.
Barenaked Ladies singer faces drug charge in N.Y.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 8:00 PM ET
CBC NewsThe lead singer of the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies has been charged with drug possession in upstate New York.
Steven Page, lead singer of Barenaked Ladies, has reportedly been arrested on drug charges in New York. (CBC)
Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville, N.Y., apartment, according to a Syracuse-area radio station's website, 9WSYR.com.
The North Cascades Highway is a spectacular, hilly, twisty route through the mountains that I live riding on a motorcycle, and would one day like to cycle.
Winthrop is a strange little town that's been made over in a complete western theme, complete with saloons instead of restaurants and pumping stations that look like old style general stores. It's a bit weird, but not without it's charm.
The New York Times has an article about Winthrop today but they left out some details about its sister city Concrete.
Google maps gets it's map data from NAVTEQ. At some point a while ago the name on the road in this map was changed from Bubar Road to Babar Road (as in, I presume, the Elephant.)
I contacted Navteq a while ago and submitted a correction. Today I received this email reply:
For the NAVTEQ tracking number: 0058ETVKIJ2TZEIN
Submitted on : 9, May 2008 09:41:42
Problem Description: The road you have listed as Babar Road is incorrect. It should be Bubar Road. It was named for the Bubar Family, whose farm occupied the area to the south.There is a family graveyard along the road as well. Photos are here (I am a relative.) Photos are online here, and I've attached one showing the corrected spelling.
http://personal.penguinstorm.com/galleries/family/bubar_graveyard/Our Resolution Outcome is: Database Updated - Naming
Details: The road name Babar Rd in Midway, BC, has been corrected to Bubar Rd in the database.
So, in theory, Google Maps should be corrected soon.
I've eaten at Moderne Burger three times since it reopened--my first opportunity was on July 2nd. Sometimes, it's just nice to feel at home again. The burger's haven't changed, and are still the best on the coast. The staff is friendly, and busy, and Peter and Kathy are still there. The old chef isn't, which is a shame.
On Friday's I cycle to work then swim at the outdoor Kitsilano Pool which, at 137 metres long, is the longest pool in North America. Moderne Burger is two blocks east on Broadway once I've climbed the hill after my swim, and last night I couldn't resist.
Sometimes, it's not hard to remember why living in Vancouver is so special.
Given the history of Vancouver politics, I'm completely unsurprised by yet another delay. Paul Martin could make a decision faster than our civic government.
I'm expecting a Royal Commission followed by a judicial inquiry into it's findings. After that, no doubt, the First Nations will launch a protest.
Stanley Park's hollow tree gets reprieve
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 1:35 AM ET CBC NewsThe Vancouver Park Board has decided to study options to keep Stanley Park's famous hollow tree instead of axing it this week as planned.
Board commissioners voted in a regular meeting Monday night to give a 150-day reprieve to one of Vancouver's oldest treasures. Park board engineers will study options to possibly keep the dead cedar.
I bet this doesn't last four months
TTC workers vote 99.2% to reject offer
AARON HARRIS/TORONTO STAR
Transit union chief had urged members to reject company's bid for concessions on benefits
Mar 13, 2008 04:30 AMToronto Transit Commission workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reject a contract offer, less than three weeks before reaching a legal strike position.
In my town, polar fleece is considered a fashion statement (although I'm shifting to natural fabrics personally, both wool and organic cotton.)
Armani says italy is 'too slovenly'
Vancouver Sun
Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2008ROME -- Giorgio Armani, the godfather of Italian style, has excoriated his home country for slipping into "slovenliness." As he unveiled a collection of trim blazers and sharply cut suits in Milan, Armani said Italians had let themselves go. "It is time to straighten ourselves out, we are too slovenly,"
In May of 1998 the Atlantic Monthy print an article called A Special Moment in History
It beings with a caution to:
BEWARE of people preaching that we live in special times. People have preached that message before, and those who listened sold their furniture and climbed up on rooftops to await ascension
and then goes on:
And yet, for all that, we may live in a special time.
The rest of the article goes on to make several points with society, in general, has yet to fully aware of. The article's well worth reading, and should lead to some careful reflection on the values of our world.
"...William Catton, who was a sociologist at Washington State University before his retirement, once tried to calculate the amount of energy human beings use each day. In hunter-gatherer times is was about 2,500 calories, all of it food. That is the daily energy intake of a common dolphin. A modern human being uses 31,000 calories a day, most of it in the form of fossil fuel. That is the intake of a pilot whale. And the average American uses six times that--as much as a sperm whale."
The emphasis is mine.
