Feb 25 2006
CBC’s Definitely Not The Opera had a ignorant-about-pop-culture theme today, with pieces about how people don’t know stuff the masses are talking about. I’m proud of my stubborn ignorance about some things, including:
I’ve never watched South Park or Survivor.
I know little about the entertainment industry nor do I have an interest in it. [...]
Feb 23 2006
Another cool bookshelf, this one made from an old ladder:
Other things made for or with books I’ve posted about:
Interesting Bookshelves
Book Furniture
A Bar Made Of Books
A Bedroom For A Bibliophile
Building A Bookcase
(via MAKE Magazine)
Feb 23 2006
This morning after shovelling our walkway, I went in the backyard and took the dog for a walk in the woods behind our house. The powdery snow was up to my waist. The dog had trouble walking through it. Normally he walks well ahead of me, tearing through the trees, zig-zagging all over the place. [...]
Feb 20 2006
www.bloglines.com:
The owners of the domain name bloglines.com are accepting offers from interested parties willing to obtain ownership rights over the domain name. You may learn more about how to place your offer by clicking HERE.
WHAT THE?! Someone forget to mail the cheque?
I backed up my blogline feeds about six months ago. Did you [...]
Feb 18 2006
Vegetable Oil as Vehicle Fuel:
Using vegetable oil as fuel in diesel engines isn’t a new idea. Rudolf Diesel’s first engines were built to run on peanut oil for the developing world, which had no petrochemicals industry. Running your modern diesel car or van on veg is just going back to what the designer intended.
An ordinary [...]
Feb 15 2006
Dawn and I went to Boston Pizza today alone; that is, NO KIDS! We haven’t done that in a long time. It was nice. We then went to Costco where I bought too many books:
Roving Mars: Spirit; Opportunity; and the Exploration of the Red Planet by Steve Squyres, who’s a principal scientist [...]
Feb 14 2006
A few years ago I had a vivid dream about learning to play the cello. It’s been on my mind ever since, so today I finally looked into getting one. Costco.ca has a Marquis one for sale for $469 Canadian, which is cheap, but I suspect too cheap; Before You Buy A Cello [...]
