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electronics rant

why does it have to be so hard? i’m talking about connecting modern consumer electronics. i’ve had several friends and family acquire new tv’s, dvd players and other assorted consumer electronics recently and each and every one of them has contacted me for help in setting up their new gear. they’re all intelligent people. they’re not techno-newbies. yet somehow, the electronics industry has made it impossible for normal people to use the equipment they’ve spent thousands of dollars on. it doesn’t have to be this way!

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Published on May 28, 2007 1:42 pm.
Filed under: babble, geek

po-po

the police were in full effect at the richmond night market this past weekend. busting vendors left and right for counterfeit goods. however, the question is…how do they decide which vendors to bust? most of the vendors have some counterfeit/knock off wares available yet only one or two get busted. the particular instance i witnessed was for some fake coach handbags with their distinctive c pattern. yet no more than two stalls away were knock off billabong hats or puma bags. there wasn’t the copious amounts of LV, Fendi and Prada bags this past weekend due to the presence of the 5-O but i’m sure that the busts were just part of an early show of force and in a few weeks everything will be back to normal.

Published on May 28, 2007 12:57 pm.
Filed under: shopping

omfg

best two hours of television ever. that would be the season finale of lost. i mean hurley in the vw bus, sayid and his legs of death, indestructable cyclops man, flash-forwards, locke back from the dead, walt, “that’s your mother”, rousseau’s expression after knocking out ben!!! whose in the casket?

Published on May 23, 2007 11:16 pm.
Filed under: tv

wishful thinking

we’ve been spending the past few days checking out condos around town trying to find something for next year. its been a blur of smarmy salespeople, interior design slight of hand and number crunching. i was pretty stoked on the South Granville Lofts development but today we got a chance to visit the Bowman Lofts on Beatty street. and they’re pretty dope. beautiful brick, concrete and exposed timbers. unfortunately the units we were after are just out of reach. boo-erns.

Published on May 20, 2007 7:05 pm.
Filed under: shopping

seuss cat

just like the dr. seuss song, the cat came back the very next day. this is Leon the allergy furball.

Published on May 15, 2007 9:00 pm.
Filed under: babble

hobo shower

are you familiar with the term “french shower” where a liberal dousing of perfume takes the place of a real water and soap shower?

well i’m about to introduce you to a new term that i’ve just created. this term is based on a real life observation that i just saw in the alley outside my house.

a “hobo shower” is when your neighbourhood dumpster diver takes an almost empty bottle of laundry detergent and liberally applies the dregs all over his clothing, inside his shoes and ballcap. squeaky clean and summer fresh.

Published on May 15, 2007 8:53 pm.
Filed under: ridiculous

word of the day

today’s patois word of the day:
half eediat – half an idiot. really stupid person

Published on May 14, 2007 11:13 pm.
Filed under: vocabulary

king of the castle

that would not be me. recently that title would fall upon Leon. the orange cat that belongs to a neighbour. Leon likes to walk into our house either through the front door or an open window and poke his way into every corner of the house. a few days ago, i was in a strata meeting next door and he came waltzing in the window to say hello. today he decided to plop on the couch and watch Heroes with me. i’m very allergic to cats. he knows this. bastard.

Published on May 14, 2007 11:06 pm.
Filed under: babble

back to our regularly scheduled programming

the geek shit is all done now and it was a lot less painful than i thought. go me.

oh and my girlfriend called me “Martin” the other day as in the geek Martin Prince on the simpsons…i’m not sure how i feel about that…

Published on May 14, 2007 11:30 am.
Filed under: geek

heads up

doing some geeky stuff with the site in the next week that may or may not affect your ability to see it. hopefully you won’t notice any downtime but…

i’m changing the domain name registrar and also changing my webhost. if you understand that then i feel bad for you.

Published on May 10, 2007 6:45 pm.
Filed under: geek