Before you read what I write. Read who I am.

I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. Burnaby really. Renting a small house with tons of space for my family of four and a great outdoor space where we garden and play. I am a down home nerd, I like the simple life peppered with lots of high tech gadgets. My 1970's Era wooden cabinet record player that soothes our dinners with Ella Fitzgerald or Tom Jones is hiding the Airport connecting iTunes to it. In my opinion a perfect match.

I work with Acer computers providing solutions for hardware related and other technical issues to the Vancouver Organizing committee for the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver. I've had all sorts of comments on my work from the 'Wow so cool to be a part of that!" to the "You should pull your head out of your ass, see where you work and then shoot your self in the face." Well I like this work and I like where I am. Where I will be in April of 2010 I don't know yet. Maybe here, maybe in London for 2012.

We shall see where the road leads....
8:42 AM 0 comments

If I can blog 12 times in 25 Days

I can hit 200 posts before 2010!!

So let's get it on.

On the first post before christmas my true work brought to me a Technical Rehearsal and a headache!!

I am currently on shift in the operations centre for the 2010 games waiting for some sort of mysterious disaster to strike on one of the venues. Will it be a computer needing reimage? Or a VTM trying to do something they shouldn't? Only the overseers know.... any they ain't telling.

I have finished hiring for my work (for now) and although I have had a %10 drop off in staff over the last year due to them leaving, us letting them go or not accepting contracts we are still 91 people strong and have a grat team together. The guys from London 2012 for Acer are here right now as are a number 'big wig' guys from the Acer corporate. I'm doing my best to just do my job and make myself known as the guy who gets it done but secretly I just want to beg all of them for the chance to go to London.

We are interested in this idea, Kate the kids and I. We want to try out living in Europe even if it does mean singing 'The Final Countdown' everytime I think of it. The cost of living is huge, the transportation situation is dire and the air quality is second to most but! It's not Canada and it's not the USA so right away it's gotmajor brownie points. We will see what comes, when it comes. Who knows? We may be here for the next 5 years instead.

Sebastian needs Surgery on his eye to correct the muscles that are causing his one eye to turn in. We patched him and have gone through a few different pairs of glasses however the Doc says it's time to go in now. Sebastian informed me that all surgeons are horrible people because they cut you and put you to sleep and give you needles. This was said prior to bed last night.

I'm not going to argue. At least... not here.
9:37 PM 0 comments

A whole bunch of cy's

Uh huh....what ever that means.

I built a log hutch today. It's nice, about 6 foot tall by 5 foot wide. Means now I have to go on a chopping spree to get the logs in there and drying from all the rain we've had. I also replaced the step that got smashed from one of our friends slipping and falling down the stairs. He slipped and bailed and his butt totally took out the step.I felt bad but apparently he got some wicked air and he got over it about 3 days later. Then I put cut shingles up the staircase to improve the grip and kill the slippyness.

Now I just got to shingle the wood shed and it be done.
1:18 PM 0 comments

The other Half of Tofino

On the family side we ....



Had a lot of fun... untill we went home :)




But then we had food!!!


12:16 PM 0 comments

The beach wedding

We drove out to Tofino this weekend to attend and participate in our good friends Brian and Shannons wedding. It was a great weekend! The beach was lovely, the resort was pleasant and everyone was in great spirits. The whole day went wonderfully and the weather participated perfectly.


Kate and I after the wedding.

The Rehearsal.

Kyle; The Musician (and brother of the bride)

The Groom, 2 Groomsmen (I was 3rd) and Grandfather of the Bride


The Happy Couple.

10:05 PM 0 comments

A day in the life of + Greenhouse update

So the last couple of days I have been working teh hardcore. I was in on Sunday till 4, Monday till 1:30 and then today till 11:30... all of those days I started about 8am.

So crummy work lately as I have not seen the family now in like 48hrs but tomorrow I have off!

I'm adding in some news of the greenhouse. We have built in some shelving now made from old doors and more old lumber. I don't have a pic of it fully loaded yet as I haven't been home but this is the interior with 3 (count em) 3 Sebastians!
also the lettuce garden box I built...
We also hinged a new window to get more airflow...
Soooooo all in all this came together well and is already making an impact to our plants. A few that went in looking a little rough have already started to perk up and get some new flowers. Bees are getting in and it seems we have a nice little eco system going on.
9:08 AM 0 comments

#noimpactgreenhouse

It became #lowimpactgreenhosue with the $69 bill for chicken wire but we almost made it there spending virtually nothing!!

Made from recycled:

Wood
Doors
Windows
Hinges
Caulking (recycled in the fact that it came to me free :))
Plastic wrap

Thanks for all the help folks! I'll post some more once the inside is built out and we add in the plants. The faint interior glow in the last pic is the solar power lights that were added in.
6:44 AM 1 comments

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You've one 1 Million pounds but we have no idea who you are. Also as a corporate giant we use a gmail address for our 'British 2009 Program'.

Does this mean I won 1 Million Pounds because I am the most British person?! Wow!
8:02 AM 0 comments

Well....

At least I cried while watchin it - last one removed - added a new copy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNaadVOQEM