early fireworks at olympic plaza, downtown calgary, as seen from the Calgary Tower observation deck.
Monthly Archives: December 2008
real estate
a nice spot, beside the road. there will eventually be a tree immediately beside him.
drive-thru
if only it was that quick and easy.
frosted
the trees behind our house, after a dose of whore frost.
Update: yes. I know it’s “hoar”. It was supposed to be a punny commentary on what the weather’s been doing to us this season. at least I chuckled…
lazyweb: macbook or macbook pro for aperture use?
I mean, of course, if money is no object, get the most pimp-daddiest MacBook Pro with gills of RAM and stuff. But… Will the new solid aluminum case MacBooks do the trick? (and, yeah, if money truly was no object, I KNOW I’d rather get a fully maxed out Mac Pro with dual 30″ displays and terabytes of storage…)
I need to replace my antique home system, and need something that can run Aperture well (not necessarily pro speed, but well enough that I don’t want to throw the fracking thing across the room while waiting for it to catch up…). I’d initially planned on getting a 20″ iMac, but think it’ll be better to maintain mobility.
So… Will the new MacBook do the job for running Aperture (and other stuff). Just day-to-day use, and daily workouts in Aperture. Is the MacBook Pro really worth the roughly extra $1000$600 for a little more screen real estate and a real video card?
mountain
Another snowfall this morning, so we were out shoveling. The piles of snow along the driveway are now as tall as Evan. Ready for a chinook now…
george’s hibiscus
I brought his hibiscus home last night. we gave it to him on Father’s Day, and we’re really hoping we can bring it back from the edge. Ours (on the right) is doing a little better. Hopefully, this will become a nice memorial plant.
wheeee
spending some quality wii time with the boy today.
christmas joy
how I want to remember christmas day.
5000km in 2008
I didn’t really have a distance target for bike riding this year. I did 3160km in 2007, and thought I might be able to hit 3500km without much trouble. But this summer, I realized that at the pace I was keeping, there was a chance to hit 4500km or even 5000km by the end of 2008. I kept riding, and almost fanned on it due to weather and vacation. But I got back on the bike for a ride along the Bow River this morning, rolling the odometer over 5000km. It was a really great day for a ride. There was a lot of snow and ice, but the path along the river is well groomed so the ride was pretty easy. It was only about -12˚C out, and I was dressed for much colder, so it was definitely fun. I wound up riding from Edworthy Park, along the path beside Memorial Drive, and past downtown to the Zoo before turning around. Not many other bikes out, but I wasn’t the only one…
