Dot Com Pho - Day Trip Edition
I recently had a few things to take care of in the Vancouver area, and had a credit with my favourite airline Westjet that needed to be used. So hi ho, hi ho, it was off to the wet coast (or left coast, depending on how you look at it) I went on Saturday. But I couldn’t make a stop in the GVRD without meeting up with everyone for Dot Com Pho.
Using the power of Twitter, we set up a meet-up at Pho Lan in Richmond. The crew included Stephen Fung, Ed Lau, John Chow, his wife Sarah, his daughter Sally, and Jennifer Unruh from Citrus Pie. We then proceeded to poke fun at Vancouver-based hippie feel good conference Northern Voice, discuss Twitter as the newer better IM system, and point out the foibles of doing business in Richmond. Oh and the Pho was pretty good too. Check out the video below.
Local cops film meteor flight over Edmonton, were looking for doughnuts
The blogosphere and Facebook…group…here in Edmonton is all abuzz this morning with news of last nights delivery from outer space. No, aliens didn’t pick central Alberta as their locale for making first contact. I would think they would have better sense then that, and go some place warmer. Anyhow, last night a meteor entered the atmosphere over western Canada, and made for a quite a light show for residents from Alberta all the way to Manitoba. Here’s some footage of the entry from a police dash cam that I dug up from YouTube.
The cruiser was facing west bound at the time. During this I was on the highway heading north towards downtown, so all I saw was a white flash like from a lightning zap. From my understanding, NAVCAN is still unsure of where the meteor landed, or if it landed.
The Skeleton is Out of the Closet
Well it’s been a month since I last posted anything. Did anyone one of the five people who read this blog miss me? Well the wait may be well worth it, if just for this one post. I just received what is one of the more hotly anticipated cases to come out in a while. Futurelooks.com originally previewed this case this past summer at Computex 2008, and now it’s finally made it into our hands. That’s right, I have in my possession an Antec Skeleton, and I’m going to show you the unboxing right here.
I literally just received the case today, so I haven’t had a chance to set it up where I normally take my review photos. That means that for now everything is going to be spread out on my living floor, and some pictures will use the flash. Anyhow, due to the shape of the Antec Skeleton, the box is much more cubic then the average computer case box. It’s also fairly boring to look at, compared to what is inside.
Upon opening the box, I got my first look at the 250mm fan that adorns the top of the Antec Skeleton above the motherboard area. Now I’ve seen some big fans in my day. I have a couple of pictures in my archive of John Chow holding up a 170mm case fan, with that evil glint in his eye. But that is nothing compared to the size of this fan. Hopefully it should do what I would expect such a fan to do, and that is remain quiet while moving a great deal of air.
Writer’s Block Begets Linkage
Even the best of us face the what is essentially the worst enemy of people in writing based professions; writers block. Scott Ramsoomair, in his latest comic over at VG Cats, sums it up pretty succinctly.
It’s been a long running gag amongst fans of this web comic that though the site title says Updated Mondays, it rarely follows such a strict posting schedule. Now Scott has his own reasons for this, and some of those include cases of writers block. Since I’m experiencing the same thing right now, I figured I’d take a queue from Scott and look for inspiration elsewhere, amongst the blogs of people who actually managed to recently produce real content.
Our first stop is as star studded as it gets, with a look at Leo Chiang’s blog. Though mostly noticed for his background role on Battlestar Galactica, his resume does seem to be getting bigger. Well the man with the tattoos finally managed to sit down and relax after a hectic shooting schedule. He reviews the latest Starship Troopers direct to DVD release, and has a couple favourable things to say about it. That’s good, cause the last one was just terrible.
From star studded to those hoping to be studs and stars, we take a look at what’s going on with Stephen Fung. Aparently with a lack of anything to do, he decided to start slinging around some pig iron in the hopes of being sparta-ized. I can’t really make fun of him, because even though I could probably bench press him, I doubt I could pull off what he pulled off. Must be the power of the Asian Squat, which my white ass is entirely to top heavy to do.
Finally we turn to Michael Kwan, who is flexing a muscle of a different kind (his fingers…for typing…you sick buggers) while he is staying here in the great white north of Alberta. His latest post goes on about grammar, and more importantly the proper application of the colon and semicolon. I know of a few people that should read this post before being allowed to write anything else on the internet, but I guess I shouldn’t be casting stones whilst residing in a glass house.
Hopefully I will have some more stuff to post up here soon, and maybe I’ll even manage to finish some of the reviews that I have for Futurelooks. Either way, it’s going to be an interesting month.
Dot Com Pho - National Edition
I first heard about Dot Com Pho what seems like at least 100 years ago. It was in my early days with The Tech Zone, and I had heard about it only after leaving the Wet Coast for my home city of Edmonton. According to John Chow, it was this legendary meeting of Dot Com peoples from around the Lower Mainland. They got together every week for lunch and talk of tech.
It was never as serious as it sounds though. Those who have been around John, Stephen Fung, Michael Kwan, Ed Lau, and the rest know that the last things these guys can pull off is "serious." Myself and many others got to witness their serious-deficient ways in the first ever video of Dot Com Pho. Now, through the magical internet box, I get to join in on this meet up of goof offs. Luckily I bring no additional sanity to the table. Only my enjoyment of good food and…interesting conversation comes with me.
This is only my second time having Pho, so I’m still a little rusty with how to consume the wonderful soup. However, while Michael makes his home here in the land of sun and cold, I’m sure you’ll see a fair bit more of me in future videos. Perhaps a Dot Com road trip is in order for the Vancouver team. Besides our women are more beautiful (Ed I’m talking to you), and our streets are more easy to navigate.
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