Microsoft, .NET and Life in General
An interesting story from EW where they found some guy who has apparently living in a hole and who had never seen any of the Star Wars movies. Ever. Anyway, he sits down and watches the Star Wars saga for the first time. The interesting thing is that he watches the movies in the order in which George Lucas says they should be watched, that is, chronologically. I've thought about this before, and I believe that this is the wrong way to watch the movies. In my opinion they should be viewed in the order ......
It's been snowing for almost two days here in Vancouver, it's really starting to feel like Montreal. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold too, so that should bring back lots of memories. Anyway, there's a bunch of photos on the flickr feed if you're interested ......
Project blackbox is a cool idea from Sun; it's a very easy way to get a whole bunch of computing power at your fingertips in a really short period of time. The whole concept of fitting everything into a standard cargo container is ingenious. That way you can leverage the existing shipping and transportation infrastructure to move a blackbox around for you. No special trucks needed, neither are there a ton of boxes to be delivered, unpacked, wired up, tested etc. All you need on the ground is water, ......
Here are some of my favourite TED Talks that I listened to recently. I thought I'd get them out there if you're looking for something interesting to listen to on teh intartubes on a rainy weekend. Aubrey de Grey talks about extending human lives.Dan Gilbert on What makes humans happy.Barry Schwartz on why choices do not always make us happy. Thanks to John from The Rad Blog for the happiness expert Link ......
Thank you to all the men and women who have gone through the horrors of war to protect our lives and freedoms.
The Body Worlds 3 exhibit is here in Vancouver until January 2007 at Science World or World Of Science or big silver golf ball or whatever they're calling it nowadays. I remember seeing exhibits by Dr. Gunther von Hagens on TV a long time ago, probably on one of those "Believe it or Not" type shows. I thought it was really cool, if a little creepy then, I guess I'm going to find out. We really want to go see this exhibit, it should be awesome. I'm not so sure however about what this volunteers link ......
We're definitely going to make a trip down the coast to Seattle this year to see the Dead Sea Scrolls before they get packed up and shipped back to Israel. For anyone in the area, it's probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. Where: Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WAWhen: Sept 23 2006 - January 7, 2007 And speaking of once in a lifetime museum exhibits, the King Tut exhibit is currently in Chicago and will be in Philadelphia in 2007 and London in 2008 before probably returning to Egypt. Hmmm. ......
This clip is just too awesome. I hate having to move from the keyboard to the mouse and back again, usually when dealing with programs with poor UI and no keyboard shortcuts. Although the mouse is more intuitive than the keyboard for most people and allows us to not have to remember all of those hotkeys. With systems like this, you can easily have mouse-like functionality without the mouse, and hardly have to move your hands away from the keyboard at all. Very Minority Report. Check out the full ......
A cool podcast on some of the system sounds in Windows Vista. Check it out here: Vista sounds
Speaking of upcoming stuff in Vancouver, this Sunday is the Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver event. Meet great people and learn about how we can change our world to make it sustainable and a better place for all. November 5th: VANCOUVERat Workspace6:00-8:30pm400 – 21 Water St.Vancouver BC, V6B 1A1 More details and RSVP information here ......
I have been fairly busy for the past week, spending most of the time playing tourist and showing my parents around the city. Always fun and we got to see some new places and restaurants we never went to before. So, I'm a bit late posting this but the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is still on until Sunday. We were thinking of attending this event, provided we're not too tired to get out of bed on time. It sounds like a fun time, check it out if you're so inclined. Bruce Eriksen Heritage ......
If you're into .NET and looking for something to do tonight may I suggest the following: Application Development With Visual Web Developer Express Edition by Michael Liu and Sergio Aquino Date and Time: November 1, 2006 - 7:00 PMWelcome Time - 6:30 PM Location: BCIT - Building SE-6 Room 233 - Telus Theatre3700 Willingdon AvenueBurnaby, BC Always a good time and there's usually free pizza and soda too ......