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I’d love to tell you that things have been quiet here due to seasonal festivities. However, I moved.
I know, I know..who moves a week before Christmas? Well, me.

If you live in an area with a tight rental market, you look early, look hard, and apply for everthing. We got lucky. The first place we looked at was the right size, right price, and in a good area. I am 2 blocks from the community centre and 10 minutes from groceries & booze, and 20 minutes from the pub. All things considered, not bad.

On my way home I stopped at the produce place, and while perusing the selection of bananas (mostly green and bruised .meh…) I hear a bold, brassy ‘clang’. Once more whileweaving throught huddled masses at the citrus bins ‘clang clang.’

Standing in line to pay for the 3 suitable bananas I found, I see the source of the ‘clang.’  At both tills, there is a shiny brass bell mounted about 5 feet up the wall. THe cashiers ring it for reasons I don’t fully understand. I thought perhaps the customer at the till won a prize of some sort. A security measure perhaps? “Management  (clang)- we have a shifty caucasion in a cheap toque on till 3!!

This is my favourite thing in the neighbourhood. My goal? Find out why they ring that bell no matter how many green bananas and un-needed green onions I have to buy.Encyclopedia Brown, eat your heart out.

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Tags: Moving, Kin’s Farm Market, Groceries, East Vancouver

..and I feel fine. Actually, I feel GREAT!!

I had this theory that I would cut my hair, play nice and bring the system down from the inside. Seems like my efforts won’t be all that necessary, as the system is collapsing under it’s own weight. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - the 20th century is over. Your business models don’t work here.

: Douglas Rushkoff - Weblog ::

Michael Giest

CBC Coverage

The creative class are more than just serfs to the MBA empire. The Cold War is over - this generation won’t be duped by selective math, big words, and a firm handshake. This video, via Underwire suitably sarcasticizes the issue:

Google Launches iPhone App - Is Google Phone Far Away? | Mactropolis.com - The Global Mac Community

I would be a happy camper if/when this happens.

Talking on the phone - meh. Maybe 10% of what I would use it for. Killing time on the commute surfing Wikipedia 90%. Now, let’s talk bandwidth charges before I sign anything….

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So, after 11 intense weeks of class, I hang up the coding goggles for a bit, and check out my old haunts on the web. Lo and behold, there’s buzz about Flock again/still. I checked it out last year, but wasn’t quite sold. This time around, it makes sense

Visually and functionally, it reminds me of  Konqueror, which I like. What Konqueror does for files, Flock does for WEb 2.whatever content. FYI, Konqueror could be described as the Swiss Army knife of Linux apps. It’s not for for everybody, and it’s not what I’m raving about  at the moment, so I’ll shut up about it.

I’m thinking of Flock as a social web management application, rather than a generic browser. I’ve set up my fave feeds, enabled blogging, Facebooking, and Flickring.

So far, I like what I see.

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Tags: Flock, Facebook, Flickr, Konqueror, Web Tools, Blogging, Web Browser