Mortgage
We’re not quite there yet - but I do have a meeting at the bank to get some info and set some goals.
Anyone out there have some good advice for first time talks with a bank about mortgages; specific questions to ask; things to go in with; etc ? or resources online that they [...]

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Love this series by Japanese artist Asako Narahashi, who shoots Japan while swimming off the coast. One of the images reminds me of a certain blog header; *Ahem* (look up) …
“Turning the world upside down can be as easy as going for a swim. Asako Narahashi’s series “half awake and half asleep in the water,” [...]

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Menger and Rubik in Disco Valley, blind drunk
This just hurts my head — but I can’t stop looking.

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1,000 posts. A milestone to be noted.
Who woulda guessed I had it in me. It’s still fun and I find that the blog really has it’s own voice now. It mainly speaks to “computer and design nerds who ride planks standing sideways” and hopefully to others who can stomach 100+ photos of empty ocean and [...]

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Nice shot I took from the water on Sunday. Cross process effect and a bit of cleanup (original is here).
Download HI RES

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I’ve watched a bit of Brian Conley’s first two movies and they’re pretty fun — the format, although absolutley amazing does get a tad repetitive — but then I saw the trailer for this new flickr “My Eye Won’t Dry 3″ and forgot all about that.
“Brian Conley scores epic south swells on a recent [...]

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Following along with my friends Trevor and Rachel; They’re currently biking to the East Coast/NFLD; where Rachel will stop and Trev will then fly to the Yukon; where he starts a long haul trip biking back south and then right across Canada. Living a dream as he puts it.
Rachel worked at Plank and Trevor worked [...]

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I watched the surf doc “Zen & Zero” last night. A short(er) film by Michael Ginthor, it follows 5 austrian surfers from L.A., CA to Pavones, Costa Rica. Traveling overland in 2 Toyota trucks, they pass through Baja, Mainland Mex, whip through the smaller central american countries and arrive in Costa Rica.
I haven’t read “In [...]

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classic post-session cerveza
Love this photo of us walking back from surfing in Mexico.
Side note: The dude standing way way in the back on the bluff is the local security guard who makes sure you stay off the “private land”.
Ed took some fantastic shots.

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You can now follow along with Jenny’s ’statements’ on twitter.
“jenny holzer is famous for her short statements, formally called ‘truisms’. some are common myths while others are just phrases on random subjects in the form of slogans. ” — http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/holzer.html
http://twitter.com/jennyholzer | Jenny on Wikipedia

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Twistori pulls in 6 x “I ___”’s from the twitter-verse in stream across your screen. Visit and watch for a bit.

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Excellent and entertaining presentation from Clay Shirky (thanks Johan !).

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Last night was a beautiful Sunday night in Montreal.
We took a walk up St. Laurent, across St. Joseph and down St Denis back to Roy (map).
Peered into a 100 windows, window shopped some modern furniture and generally admired the city we live in. We took some snaps.
Full photo set

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Breakfast of Champions
My Friday guilty pleasure.

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I love our office — somehow Nancy captures the way it feels.

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