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KEXP Music Explorer is a fan-created community site for listeners of the Seattle-based radio station

Richard — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:29:58 +0000

Members can tag and rate songs and get charts rankings in order of song plays of what albums your favourite DJ is spinning tracks from. [link]

Karen on Bruce Sterling and getting rid of stuff

Richard — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:30:13 +0000

After I moved in with her, I challenged myself to get rid of half my stuff. So much paper, so many books, so many keepsakes that could all fit on a single DVD if digitized. [link]

Keith Higgins’s obsession with the Vancouver Special

Richard — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:44:52 +0000

Granville Online collects some links and video of a (fairly dismissive) CTV report on the Vancouver Special documenter. [link]

Tylor Sherman and crew build an RFID-based library scanner

Richard — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:07:33 +0000

The front-end database is powered by Drupal. Includes a video demonstration. [link]

Vancity Bike Share to daily commuter: Roland's evolution as a bicyclist

Richard — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:31:40 +0000

He gives me some credit for his starting to commute. Vancity Bike Share also got me commuting by bike, if less so. [link]

Lighthearted guide for employees dealing with their managers

Richard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:27:26 +0000

The manager's job is to make the employee's job easier and more productive. [link]

Vancouver Art Gallery exhibits Jeff Wall's photos

Richard — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:59 +0000

[link]

0506HK by Quentin Lee on YouTube

Richard — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:03:31 +0000

The official website for the documentary about Hong Kong that Karen and I saw last year links to the film in 8 parts. [link]

Tina's letter to the Vancouver International Film Festival

Richard — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:13:23 +0000

Maybe you can forgive me, and one day I'll come creeping furtively back into your arms, when my children are grown and I need a way of filling my empty days. [link]

TransLink's Buzzer blog

Richard — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:41:17 +0000

They're promising at least one update every weekday. [link]

SkyTrain Security Unconference

Richard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:02:26 +0000

Karen Fung, of Vancouver Transit Camp fame, is coordinating the online community conversation. [link]

Ursula K. Le Guin's notes on the alleged decline of reading

Richard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:42:57 +0000

[link]

Jeff Rosenberg lists the best songs about Portland, Oregon for the Willamette Week

Richard — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:56:59 +0000

Just in time for the 2004 Rose Festival. [link]

TriMetiquette, a blog about Portland's TriMet and transit in PDX

Richard — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:51:09 +0000

[link]

Rannie Turingan's iPhone wallpapers

Richard — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:51:34 +0000

My phone's currently rocking the bottles wallpaper. [link]

David Ravensbergen critiques Richard Florida's concept of the creative class

Richard — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:30:35 +0000

'Staying put' is only for those who can't afford to move, or those who still hold the outmoded belief that living near friends and family is a central component of basic happiness. This begs the question of how to create healthy communities when everyone is constantly on the move in pursuit of greener pastures. [link]

New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn profiles Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:19:51 +0000

[link]

Laidback Geek, Mark Yuasa's blog for people who like games and gadgets but aren't obsessed with them

Richard — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:24:32 +0000

I like video games (and only ever sports games and race car games, not FPS or role-playing games), only play them in streaks, not all the time, and don't always have to have the latest shiniest new toy. [link]

Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead

Richard — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:08:54 +0000

Proof that you can have entire conversations quoting The Simpsons. [link]

Evan Osnos spends time with Tang Jie and China's "angry youth"

Richard — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:27:25 +0000

More courteous than angry-sounding, "pro-China youth" still sounds like a better phrase to describe them than "angry youth". [link]

From the erotic domain, pole dancing as exercise increases popularity in China

Richard — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:13:17 +0000

Little mention that it's already a fitness trend in North America. With video. [link]

William Deresiewicz on the disadvantages of an elite university education

Richard — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:07:33 +0000

It makes you incapable of talking to people unlike you; inculcates a false sense of self-worth; offers too much security; and trains leaders, not thinkers, argues Deresiewicz. Also, he discusses the importance of solitude. [link]

Joe Clark takes over editorship of the Tea Makers blog

Richard — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:08 +0000

I was never particularly interested in the criticism-by-pseudonymous-insider blog about the Ceeb. This changes everything. [link]

ShoZu on the iPhone 3G has missing GPS information

Richard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:31:02 +0000

Not ShoZu's fault, evidently. I'm going to assume that ShoZu will release a fix just as I get my phone delivered. [link]

Discussing the iPhone 3G geotagging bug when syncing with iPhoto

Richard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:27:44 +0000

iPhoto strips out the "minus" in longitudes, making photos taken in California appear as if they were taken in China. Good thing I don't use iPhoto. [link]