Archive for August, 2009
at the East Hastings racetrack
Jim just asked me about what I used to do a quick Wikipedia search in Safari – I just hit a key combo and a text entry window pops up, where I entered “w trans lux” and got to the wikipedia page for the company behind the awesome Mighty Hercules cartoon.
I’m using Shortwave to search all kinds of crap – it’s like the Firefox search shortcut dealie, except that you don’t have to inflict Firefox on yourself in order to use it. It’s just a javascript bookmarklet that is configured to search a bunch of services, and you can extend it with your own services by editing a text file. I have it set to search my own flickr account for stuff, search my blog, my delicious.com account, etc… Very cool.
And if I put the bookmarklet on my bookmarks bar, it can be triggered by a keyboard shortcut – on mine, it’s the 9th bookmark in the bookmarks bar, so ⌘+9 brings up the box, and I’m off and running.
Easy. Free. Extensible. Shiny. Now you know, and knowing’s half the battle.
the alley beside India Gate – where I ate both lunch and dinner today, and am convinced I’d be able to eat every meal for at least a week.
sunset at Second Beach at Stanley Park
david wiley and stephen downes, discussing a wide range of topics at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
the construction zone on Tuscany Boulevard, at Stoney Trail. This is the scariest stretch of road I’ve ridden on – it closes down to a single narrow, wavy lane. The bike path, to the left/south of Tuscany Boulevard, is currently torn apart for construction of the interchange. No signs. No detours. Deal with it. Get a car.
We went for a ride around the community, starting along the pathways running down 12 Mile Coulee. We had to cut the ride a little short, as we found a stray/lost dog. I booked it home fast to get the car, and we hopefully helped the little guy get back to his family.
Evan and I went for a nice bike ride around the neighbourhood. He is doing SO much better on the bike, and tackled some hills that had him freaked out before. Reward? More branding exposure at the local caffeine monopolist’s outlet…
ducks, either looking for bits of breakfast, or hiding from the fog.