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Google Pedometer (no good in Safari, but it works in Firefox on a Mac). The default location is Hoboken, NY so you’ll need to zoom out of the map, drag it to your location then zoom in. nb. This map takes distances as the crow flies, so you’ll need to follow road routes to get an accurate reading.
This came from Derek Miller at Penmachine.
From Signal vs. Noise
“Some Viagra users reporting blindness, or, if you’re in the PR industry, “We are in discussions with the FDA to update our language to reflect these rare ocular events that have occurred” (Pfizer spokesman Daniel Watts).”
A blog comment from his story:
“My favorite example of this comes from truly terrible CRM software I was charged with installing and managing years ago (I’ve blocked the name). Whenever the system would choke and generate an error (many times a day), the title bar on the error box read “Application Enhancement Opportunity!”
(Eventually we gave the vendor the “opportunity” to avoid a lawsuit by refunding our money.)”
some tasty places to breakfast, lunch and dine around the new office at East 2nd Ave and Quebec Street in Vancouver - listed by proximity to the office; Lindsay’s comments in brackets.
THE FLOWERSHOP (downstairs)
++$7.75 for a latte and deli sandwich
SWISS BAKERY
on East 3rd between Quebec and Main
map
MARIOS GELATI
1st at Quebec
++ overpriced but the gelato is worth it
map
SHELL GAS station
main and 2nd
++ junkfood and mr. noodles
SWEET BASIL CAFE
on 4th btw. Quebec and Ontario
++ ok value, cheap breakfast sandwiches, locals
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THAI AWAY (HOME) EXPRESS
on 5th btw. Quebec and Ontario
++ $6 for a huge meal!
LA FOURCHETTE
on Manitoba at 6th
++ excellent…salads, soups, sammies, baked goods
map
THE CLUBHOUSE
2nd and ? (255 2nd Avenue West)
++ sushi, good for watching sports
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DEHLI DARBAR
Main between 5th and 6th (east side of the street beside the jazz bar)
++ cheap indian food
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THE WHIP
6th and main
++ open after 4 p.m. good for after work drinks
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FOUNDATION
main and 7th
++ inexpensive and tasty veggie food (eat in)
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NIRVANA
main and 7th
++ indian food
Lindsay, Sean, Isabelle and I bought a house - a duplex.
It’s at the corner of Graveley and Victoria…
Graveley Street
It looks like…
Graveley Street Photo Set
(forget the “slideshow” option - the pictures appear fuzzy)
Vectorworks floor plans (a special bonus for our architect friends)
MainFloor.pdf
Upstairs.pdf
BsmtGrid.pdf
Possession isn’t until Sept 30th. I’m saving like a madman so I can model my bathroom after a Wallpaper magazine photoshoot.
“You have a mat, and it’s got some conclusions written on it, and you back up next to the mat, and think about a question, and then you jump to a conclusion. Right there on the mat, you jump to a conclusion…†- Tom Smykowski
the issue of expansion of Highway #1 in Vancouver was below my radar until I saw a poster about it on a telephone poll on Commerical Drive. From the tone of most articles it sounds like the Government of BC is not forthcoming with much information - even the city of Vancouver is asking the Gov’t questions.
food for thought if you plan to buy property adjacent major routes through East Van: East 1st Ave, East 12th Ave and Hastings Street.
links:
the search
one side
2. Government of BC’s Gateway Plan
the other side
3. Citizens Concerned with Highway Expansion
4. David Suzuki
news
5. CBC - Freeway widening causes…
7. Courier
at last! a useable, fast, and almost-totally-stable news aggregator for Linux — liferea (li[nux] fe[ed] rea[der]). it supports RSS/RDF, CDF, Atom, OCS, and OPML; as well as import/export of OPML 1.0. why not stable? it crashed when i tried to use HTTP Authentication. ah, c’est la vie linux.
snappy three-pane layout –
- Richard : Nice site design.
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