http://aaronpettigrew.com excellent is just another word for really good. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:36:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been thinking a lot about dreading my blog lately. I think it's the date-stamps. They're oppressing me. I heard Anil Dash talk at Northern Voice last weekend, and he explained the date-stamp as a kind of social-contract that says to people 'I promise to post more here soon.' That ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2007/03/01/hey-look-i-posted-something/ I wish all life was like Second Life... (and I haven't even logged on yet). Check out their inspired (and well-writ) Community Standards. I wish the rules for RL were this simple and straightforward! In fact, it's really fun to read these standards and substitute 'Real Life' or 'Vancouver' for every ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/23/touching-the-big-six-from-secondlife/ In the wake of this morning's news about the Northstar Squat, I wanted to point out this fantastic post from Sean Orr of Beyond Robson. The post links to an excellent variety of resources and campaigns about Vancouver's epidemic of homelessness. Check it out! http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/23/issue-of-homelessness-in-vancouver-gains-critical-mass/ From Vancouver Indymedia: Sunday October 22, 2006 -- At 4:30 (PST) one hundred and fifty housing activists turned out to open a squatted building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside at 5 West Hastings Street. The North Star Hotel had been sitting empty since 1999 since it was ordered shut down by Vancouver ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/23/northstar-squatted/ Hey, I won a bool! Yippee! Monique from SoMisguided held a bool recently, and I was the lucky winner. Not only was it fun, but it was super-fun. Not only was it super-fun, but I also won a prize! Not only did I win a prize, but I actually won ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/22/i-won-a-bool-hoorah/ You know, when people ask me "Hey Aaron, how come you can walk through the world with such confidence and grace, always smiling, never ever ever sad?" or "Hey Aaron, I'm afraid all the time, but I notice that you aren't ever scared of anything ever ever ever. What's the secret to your ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/20/setting-up-simple-sorta-daily-backups-on-mac-os-x/ There's a great conversation happening on darrenbarefoot.com and robcottingham.ca about whether one can 'support our troops' without 'supporting the war'. I really encourage y'all to check it out - it's very interesting. http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/18/supporting-out-troops/ I mean, I think that's what's happening, anyway... According to Dave Watson (of Dot Comment fame), the GVRD has passed legislation that will soon require e-waste to be diverted from the regular waste stream (yeck - a garbage stream) to soon-to-be-created official drop-off facilities. I did a little research (and ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/10/15/gvrd-legislates-recycling-of-e-waste/ So, it turns out I hadn't quite fully given up on running Ubuntu after all. I found this thread on the Ubuntu support forums that discusses how to get the broadcom chipset (the brains behind Airport Extreme) to speak friendly-like with linux. Here's what's happening, according to the thread: The reason ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/09/30/maybe-there-is-hope-for-wireless-linux-on-my-pb/ Yerg again. At least this time I didn't get very far into my fantasy before I had to give up. One of the first articles I found about installing Ubuntu warned me that Airport Extreme (built into my powerbook) wouldn't work, so I'd have no wireless access. Still, that article was ... http://aaronpettigrew.com/2006/09/30/ubuntu-update-no-wireless-for-my-powerbook/