Month: January 2009

Categories
It Happened to Me

Fogcouver!

I’m flying out of Vancouver this morning to my next stop – Montreal, where I will be speaking at CUSEC, the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference. There, I’ll deliver my presentation, titled Squeezeboxes, Start-Ups and Selling Out: A Tech Evangelist’s Story.

Vancouver has been covered in fog for the past couple of weeks. They’re close to the record number of days of the pea-soup-thick variety of fog, as shown in the photo below:

Photo of Vancouver skyline mostly obscured by fog
Photo by Adrian Eden.Click the photo to see it on its Flickr page.

I think that this photo needs a teensy bit of editing:

The same photo, but with the Millennium Falcon photshopped in
Click the photo to see it at full size.

Categories
Uncategorized

Diversity of Species in the Rainforest

I found this poster amusing – click it to see a larger version:

"Diversity of Species in the Rainforest" poster, featuring all the different makes and models of forest-harvesting equipment

Categories
It Happened to Me

Meetup Tonight at The End Cafe

the_end_cafe

I’m in Vancouver for one more night before flying off to Montreal to speak at CUSEC.

I’m meeting up with Boris Mann and the Vancouver Bloggers tonight at 6:00 p.m. at The End Cafe (2360 Commercial Drive). See you there!

Categories
It Happened to Me

Vangroovy Scenery

Hello from Vangroovy! I’m at the Vancouver Convention Center to speak at the Microsoft Techdays Canada conference.

Here’s the Centre, as shown on the web site and postcards. It does look like this in the summer:

Fog-free picture of the Vancouver Convention Center

Here are the photos I took looking out onto the ocean from the Centre this morning:

Vancouver fog

Vancouver fog

Vancouver fog

My hotel is across the street from the Centre, so I didn’t wear a coat today. The doorman looked a bit worried when I passed him, but I said “Don’t worry. Next to last week’s weather in Toronto, this is tropical.”

Categories
In the News

Congratulations, America!

Here’s a greeting card for my American friends to commemorate the inauguration of President Obama:

Greeting card: "We can finally stop pretending we're Canadian."

Yes, you can!

Categories
Life

In Transit

Vancouver Convention Centre

Flying to Vancouver today to speak at TechDays Vancouver tomorrow. If you’re in the ‘hood and want to catch up and talk tech, accordions or whatnot, drop me a line!

Categories
Music

The “Heavy Metal Band Names” Chart

If you’re looking for a name for your heavy metal band, you might find the chart below helpful:

Heavy Metal band name chart
Click the chart to see it at full size.
Found via The Triumph of Bullshit.