Author: Kirk

Take His Tech – Please!

Ah, the spirit of simplification.  This website is set up to allow some person to give away the tech stuff he doesn’t want anymore.  Simple rules:  Leave a comment on any item you’re interested in.  Once there are 100 comments one of the commenters is randomly chosen to receive the hardware.

Simple.

Plus the guy probably makes money with all the ads he’s running on the site … but someone has to pay his bills.

I’ve signed up for that wireless network antenna – I’m looking for one and free is just about the right price.

Who’s Child Is This?

Who’s child is this?

Seriously – where did the sweet little girl go and who is this berserk Scottish animal?

Click the picture for the full-sized treat.

Marley is enjoying her stickers, as you can tell.

Stickers seem to be becoming a mean of obtaining goods and services. I was into stickers as a kid as well, but I certainly never thought of them as currency.

Sand, Water, and a Whole Lot of Dedicated Creativity

This past weekend the family took a trip up to Harrison Lake for a look at the Sand Sculptures.  I only took a few pictures (I figured there’d be lots of other people taking pictures) but maybe you’re interested in looking at the few I snapped ….  If anyone else who was there that day wants to share their own pictures, send them my way and I can add them to the collection.

Put simply: it was an astounding display of creativity and physics.

Sounds Like An Urban Legend About Plastic … But …

Alisa forwarded me this article on plastics and some of the thoughts currently available on how safe they are to use for eating – apparently they may not be as inert as some people thoguht they were. If you are interested they offer links and resources to information about the different kinds of plastics out there, how to identify them, and where to buy safe ones.

The article links to the Canadian Cancer Society page on using microwaves with plastics as well – another good quick read.

It all sounds like something you’d expect to disprove on Snopes, but there seems to be a little meat on this bone.

Marley’s Summer In Pictures

Well, that was fast – barely noticed the entire summer flashing past.  Please don’t think that flashing actually means there was any heat generated – I would not call this one a hot summer.  Almost breaking rainfall records every month wasn’t fun.

Alisa has put together a little photo collection of some of the things Marley has been up to this summer.  If you want an update on our little Highness, this is your fix.

Rollerblading Across Canada

Rich Ralph is rollerblading across Canada to raise cancer research funds.  He’s winding up the trip in the next few days and is passing through White Rock today.

He has raised almost $40,000 for research mostly through personal donations by people – he hasn’t seen many corporate donations apparently, though Boston Pizza is sponsoring his trip.

His story is inspiring, and I’m curious how I’ve only just now heard about it – when reading my local newspaper.  Then again I don’t think I watch TV or listen to the radio, so perhaps I’m no longer in touch with media enough to hear about things?  Has anyone else heard about his trek before now?

A Great Example of How To Do It Right

I just came home to a wonderfully delivered package in the mail. I recently splurged and bought a digital boxed set. What’s that? Well, Zunior.com – a music store that I think “Gets It” – offered up the entire Great lake Swimmer’s catalogue (at the time) on a USB memory stick – the GLS Digital Box Set. They included a video, band road photos, covers, 2 albums and an E.P.

This is how it should be – $40.00 delivered to my door, carried upon a 512 MB USB drive. Value, convenience, and great music.  Go support Zunior.com.

No, I am not an employee (yet – do you know if they’re hiring because I think they’re that great).