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Planet Writing Open Source »

Planet Writing Open Source
Feeds in the blogs from attendees of the open source documentation writers conference held in Owen Sound, Ontario.

tags: Writing Open Source, documentation, open source | # | comment Jun. 14th, 2009

bikewise is a place to learn about and report bike crashes, hazards, and thefts »

bikewise is a place to learn about and report bike crashes, hazards, and thefts
Integrates with Google Maps and defaults to your current location. I reported the theft of my bike last month to the site (I filed a police report the night of).

tags: bicycle, cycling | # | comment Jun. 9th, 2009

How Bob Graham's detailed notebooks vindicated Nancy Pelosi  »

How Bob Graham's detailed notebooks vindicated Nancy Pelosi
Graham logs everything, and went back to the archives to prove the CIA wrong.

tags: Bob Graham, Nancy Pelosi, log everything | # | comment May. 19th, 2009

Confessions of an Introverted Traveler »

Confessions of an Introverted Traveler
Sophia Dembling has a different style of traveling, and she's tired of hiding it.

tags: introverts, travel | # | comment May. 16th, 2009

Why are TransLink busses so fucking expensive? »

Why are TransLink busses so fucking expensive?
For a bunch of good reasons, Stephanie argues.

tags: TransLink, Vancouver, transit | # | comment May. 13th, 2009

Vancouver Magazine interviews SFU's Anthony Perl »

Vancouver Magazine interviews SFU's Anthony Perl
Ideas for the airport, transportation to the North Shore, and proposes a University of Vancouver as a fully-qualified post-secondary institution located downtown.

tags: Anthony Perl, SFU, SeaBus, SkyTrain, TransLink, Vancouver, rail | # | comment May. 1st, 2009

Video of transit police arresting a black man at a SkyTrain station »

Video of transit police arresting a black man at a SkyTrain station
Every search or arrest should be observed and, if safe and possible, recorded by citizens. They work for us.

tags: SkyTrain, TransLink, Vancouver, police | # | comment Apr. 23rd, 2009

Discorder covers the dubstep scene in Vancouver »

Discorder covers the dubstep scene in Vancouver
The music is most recognized by rumbling, guttural, often off-beat, low-end, bass frequencies. Tracks juxtapose half-time echoing dub drum patterns with the dark, haunting melodies of sweeping synths. No mention of aerosol flamethrowers, however.

tags: Dubforms, Vancouver, dubstep | # | comment Apr. 8th, 2009

Steven Heller talks with Stefan Sagmeister about taking year-long sabbaticals every 7 years [PDF] »

Steven Heller talks with Stefan Sagmeister about taking year-long sabbaticals every 7 years [PDF]
Sounds like something designers with rich clients can do more feasibly than small company employees. Still, we need not reserve "retirement" for the retired.

tags: sabbatical, work | # | comment Mar. 22nd, 2009

Photos and a wrapup of the 2009 United States Barista Championships held in Portland »

Photos and a wrapup of the 2009 United States Barista Championships held in Portland

tags: PDX, Portland, United States Barista Championships, barista, coffee | # | comment Mar. 15th, 2009

William Deresiewicz on solitude »

William Deresiewicz on solitude
The two emotions, loneliness and boredom, are closely allied.

tags: boredom, loneliness, solitude | # | comment Mar. 15th, 2009

Jonathan Raban reviews Wendy and Lucy, a film by Kelly Reichardt, and Livability: Stories by Jon Raymond »

Jonathan Raban reviews Wendy and Lucy, a film by Kelly Reichardt, and Livability: Stories by Jon Raymond
Reichardt's film is based on Raymond's story, included in the book of short stories about Pacific Northwest life, particularly set in Portland Oregon.

tags: Jon Raymond, Kelly Reichardt, PDX, Pacific Northwest, Portland, metronatural | # | comment Mar. 15th, 2009

Michael Lewis covers the Icelandic economic crisis for Vanity Fair »

Michael Lewis covers the Icelandic economic crisis for Vanity Fair
Monoculture, overconfidence, gender, and history led "bankers" from the Land of Fire and Ice to switch a nation from something they knew (fishing) to something they didn't (international finance).

tags: Iceland, Icelandic economic crisis, Michael Lewis | # | comment Mar. 9th, 2009

David Byrne visits Vancouver »

David Byrne visits Vancouver
From Haida Gwaii to Gregor Robertson to North Vancouver, he experienced a lot of what this city had to offer in just one day.

tags: Bill Reid, David Byrne, Gregor Robertson, Haida Gwaii, Vij's Rangoli | # | comment Mar. 5th, 2009

"Unconsumption is a word used to describe everything that happens after an act of acquisition." »

"Unconsumption is a word used to describe everything that happens after an act of acquisition."

tag: consumerism | # | comment Mar. 4th, 2009

The Reykjavik Grapevine publishes photos of the economic crisis protests in Iceland »

The Reykjavik Grapevine publishes photos of the economic crisis protests in Iceland
"Some brought along leftover fireworks from New Year's Eve."

tags: Iceland, Icelandic economic crisis, Reykjavík, protest | # | comment Jan. 26th, 2009

Leszek Apouchtine reviews Exploring Vancouverism: The Political Culture of Lotus Land by Howard Rotberg »

Leszek Apouchtine reviews Exploring Vancouverism: The Political Culture of Lotus Land by Howard Rotberg
"He points out that more of our efforts go towards density for the sake of density itself, as if that is enough to solve problems such as affordability."

tags: Howard Rotberg, Vancouver, Vancouverism, via:gordonr | # | comment Jan. 17th, 2009

How the city hurts your brain »

How the city hurts your brain
Jonah Lehrer notes research that nature heals the psychological damage caused by urban areas.

tags: cities, psychology | # | 1 comment Jan. 15th, 2009

John Goldsmith reflects on Jeff Wall's "Pine" and Wall's exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery »

John Goldsmith reflects on Jeff Wall's "Pine" and Wall's exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery
The links inside the two Flickr photos he links to are worth checking out as well.

tags: Jeff Wall, Vancouver | # | comment Jan. 11th, 2009

The Recently Deflowered Girl by Hyacinthe Phypps, illustrated by Edward Gorey »

The Recently Deflowered Girl by Hyacinthe Phypps, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Blithe advice for a girl after her first time.

tags: Edward Gorey, Hyacinthe Phypps, sex, virginity | # | 1 comment Jan. 8th, 2009

Monique reviews The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs »

Monique reviews The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs
"Her approach is to use imaginary characters and didactic dialogue so readers understand complex arguments as they develop between the characters. In this way, we, the readers, are part of the process, perhaps even part of the ecology of the text."

tags: Jane Jacobs, cities, ecology, economics, via:jagreant | # | 1 comment Jan. 8th, 2009

What will happen when you move to Dubai »

What will happen when you move to Dubai
Forget about living single but attached and talking about anything other than the rent you pay.

tag: Dubai | # | comment Jan. 8th, 2009

Short Turns, a blog about driving the bus by a newly minted operator »

Short Turns, a blog about driving the bus by a newly minted operator
Lot of inside tidbits, as well as a short note at the very beginning about the difference between a "driver" and "operator".

tags: Coast Mountain Bus Company, TransLink, Vancouver, bus driver | # | 22 comments Dec. 31st, 2008

Unofficial TransLink API »

Unofficial TransLink API
It was open, but undocumented until now.

tags: API, TransLink, Vancouver | # | comment Dec. 21st, 2008

YouMap Vancouver »

YouMap Vancouver
I missed the events in October, so I hope there are more to come.

tags: Vancouver, mapping | # | comment Dec. 9th, 2008

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