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Jun 30, 2008EAT! Vancouver
Permalink | No comments | by ArnabMay 23, 2008 - I had some time available in my busy schedule before heading off to watch the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It also happened to be the opening night of EAT! Vancouver - the Everything Food + Cooking Festival. I did not pass up a chance to savour some tasty delights underneath the giant dome, and picked up a few recipes to add to my extensive repertoire at the same time. There were sculptures made of chocolate, a wine tasting area, and many nations had set up booths sponsored by ...
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Jun 10, 2008The Madman
Permalink | No comments | by ArnabAccording to the Are You a Psychopath? Test, I am not one: "You have many of the same qualities of a psychopath while also showing some delusional tendencies. This is deeply concerning, but there is a faint chance that with therapy and medication you could be a productive member of society. You're probably not a psychopath." Four variables were tracked to determine my psychopathic makeup - empathy, delusionality, sociability, and lawfulness. I was higher than 13% of the other survey takers on the empathic scale, higher than 55% on delusional, higher than 20% on sociable, and higher than 36% on law-abiding.
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May 19, 2008ARNABeckhamania
Permalink | No comments | by ArnabFor 72 minutes on November 7, 2007, Vancouver's homegrown heartthrob shared the spotlight with international soccer superstar David Beckham, as his LA Galaxy club participated in an exhibition match with the Vancouver Whitecaps. He did not play the full 90 minutes, but did stay on longer than the mandatory half a game appearance that his contract stipulated. The announced crowd of 48,172 at BC Place stadium was eagerly anticipating a chance to witness Beckham's ball bending antics and tattooed body. The game had already been postponed for a month due to injuries that Beckham had suffered that would have prevented ...
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May 05, 2008WordCamp Vancouver 2008 mini-recap — a great community event
Permalink | 2 Comments | by PeterI use WordPress not only for my friends' blogs but also for several small websites. While I have heard many sophisticated coders complain about the lack of sophistication in the WordPress code, I find it brilliantly easy to use and easy to extend. So when I found out on Tazzu that it was organizing the first ever WordCamp Vancouver, I jumped at the opportunity to attend! The event was packed with fellow bloggers and people who use WordPress for more intense, CMS needs. This was my second tech community ...
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Apr 17, 2008Canstruction
Permalink | No comments | by ArnabOne of my hobbies is creating structures using empty juice boxes as the building blocks. As a child I enjoyed playing with LEGO, but as the years passed I graduated to using more innovative materials. I discovered I was not alone when I attended Canstruction Vancouver at Canada Place. A fund raiser for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank with the motto "It starts with one can. To feed the hungry. To lift the spirit. To change the world", entry to Canstruction was via donation. Instead of juice boxes, cans were used to create a plethora of sculptures ranging from ...
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Mar 09, 2008Internet tech news before it happens at Techmeme
Permalink | No comments | by PeterOne of my sources of technology news is the feeds on the My Yahoo! page, such as "Technology news from Reuters" and "Internet Stock Index". However, why should I rely on traditional media outlets for the non-traditional media news? As time goes by, I notice more and more completely useless and uninformed tech articles put out by the big media outlets. Often, it is the blogs that provide more up-to-date, honest, accurate news. But who has the time or patience to sift through the millions of tech blogs? Enter Techmeme. The about text on Techmeme ...
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Feb 19, 2008Yahoo! Mail finally adds the “download all” attachments at once feature
Permalink | No comments | by PeterWhile Gmail has had this feature for quite a long time, Yahoo! Mail just added it in February 2008. Have you ever received a bunch of attachments (such as pictures or documents) in one e-mail message and had to download each of them one by one? When you click on the "Download all" link when viewing an e-mail, Yahoo! Mail will prompt you to download a zip file of all of the message's attachments. For those who know the pain of 10-minute e-mail ...
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Jan 21, 2008Red dye foils robbery?
Permalink | 1 comment | by PeterJanuary 21, 2008, around 2:00pm. A stack of 20-dollar bills just outside of Sinclair Centre on Granville Street, next to the big Canada Line construction hole. The stack is stained red, as is part of the sidewalk. It's a clear, sunny day so this won't wash away quickly. A few construction workers gather along with some passersby. A cop soon shows up. I hear mumblings about a robbery -- maybe at Royal Bank or Birks? Whatever the case, someone out there is also stained red. I guess this gives new meaning to the expression "caught red-handed"? Was the ...
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Dec 29, 2007Volunteer Opportunities?
Permalink | 1 comment | by ArnabDoes anyone know of any volunteer opportunities available in the coming year for a man with a sullen demeanour?
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Nov 26, 2007Singapore and its effort to shake its straight-laced image
Permalink | 1 comment | by PeterSingapore is making a concerted effort to become a fun city, after years of, well, being a "fine" city: First, there was the much debated decision to open casinos. And now, business rap videos! As I discovered on TechCrunch, the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore, whose goals are to 1) promote the growth of the Singapore media industry and 2) to manage content to protect core values and safeguard consumers' interests, has released a *ahem* creative ...
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