December 2007
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X-treme Luge
So not only did three geeks take their kids sledding, but when we got home we pulled out the beers and the mac book and put together this little video. iMovie was sweet but what about Microsoft Movie Maker? Well for one thing, it can’t read video files from a Blackberry (3GP format, which Quick Time reads natively - Firefox on a PC uses the QT plugin to play them). So this is what I came...
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More public than transport
Another one of my letters got published in Montreal Gazette today!
Here’s what the Gazette published:
The problem with public transport in Montreal is that there is more public than transport.
Last Wednesday I waited 45 minutes in the cold and blowing snow for the 168 bus that is supposed to run every 30 minutes (I should have waited 10 minutes). This morning, after a 20-minute wait...
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Snow removal will slow down with rain ahead
This is hilarious - they’re asking us to take public transit so they can remove the snow, but public transit in Montreal is a crap-shoot a best. In the morning you can expect buses to drive-by without stopping because they’re already full of passengers. In the evening you wait for close to an hour because the buses are stuck in traffic. This happens every day, they never learn. No...
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Snow day 2007
This was awesome, I love winter when it’s really winter and not sort of late-fall or early-spring. If it’s winter let it snow!!! Full photos available in the online album.
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Friends over for three fondue dinner
Tonight we had a couple of our neighbours over for dinner. The menu was three fondues - a Swiss cheese fondue, a “chinese” or broth meat fondue, and for dinner a chocolate fondue. Of course several bottles of wine were also on the menu.
Barry tried to bogart the beef. And Maureen got the wine.
And we all had a good time.
This is why we love our neighbours!