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Motivational speech
I wanted to break this point out from the last post, because it doesn’t really have anything to do with my own personal history. Well, it sort of does, in the sense that my mother worked for the CPR for … Continue reading
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Low speed, high drag
It only took 4.5 years, but I’ve finally put some of my favorite pictures from Japan online. Turns out that going to Flickr is a lot easier than writing a bunch of HTML. What can I say? I’m weak. Going … Continue reading
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Outcome measures
Atul Gawande has a tremendously important article in the 1 June 2009 issue of The New Yorker, which should be read by everyone, regardless of ideological bent, who cares about health care reform in both the United States and Canada. … Continue reading
Quick hits
A collection of things I’ve been reading: Fascinating thread on cryptography (which hilariously few people read) on the street price of illicitly obtained digital goods, by analogy with the price of heroin as a measure of the success of the … Continue reading
The hummingbirds
Herewith, a collection of nine hummingbird photos, some of them more successful at capturing the feel of these really cool birds than others. This was mostly an experiment from start to finish — how well does my beloved 100/2.0 marry … Continue reading
gg!
Mariners 7, Athletics 3 And so we head into the All-Star Break and baseball takes a three-day holiday. For reasons I can’t really articulate, it feels like the whole world is going on holidays for the next little while; I … Continue reading
But that never happens!
<ring ring!> Who the hell could that be? I know, like, four people and they’re all busy tonight. C-F A X RADIO 1 250-386-1070 Bwuh? “Hello?” “Hi, this is Adam Stirling from CFAX radio. I have a jackpot here if … Continue reading
Things You Can No Longer Do
As of sometime in the intermediate future, you will no longer be able to: Idle your car in Victoria, Buy or use fireworks in Victoria, Dance in Beacon Hill Park, Water your lawn in the Capital Regional District, Smoke anywhere … Continue reading
Siddown and shuddup
I came home early Monday morning after an eventful night that never seemed to end, only to fall into a fitful sleep punctuated by frequent phone calls from Scheduling. In between, I had my first baseball dream of the season. … Continue reading
Will you be my friend?
I have decided that if you look at this series of cartoons (1, 2, 3) and declare them hilarious, we can be bestest friends in the whole wide world. Otherwise, bring cash. (This offer does not apply to existing friends … Continue reading