Kurt hails from a family of excellent skiers. No mean feat considering they resided in one of the flattest provinces in Canada. And I, living next door to Whistler, can only vaguely attest to having fallen up a bunny hill during a sixth grade field trip. This Christmas, we decided that it was high time [...]

Yes, it’s true. It’s goodbye PC; hello iMac. Our toy came home yesterday evening while I was out on my harrowing skiing adventure–more on that in a separate post. Within 10 minutes of opening the box, what’s-a-computer Kurtis had created his profile, created an avatar using the built-in webcam, and reacquainted himself with PokerStars.net (now [...]

While doing some light reading this lunch hour from Camera RAW with Adobe Photoshop CS, I came across this bit of techie humour: There are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary math and those who don’t. Admit it, you laughed. You know who you are.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not immortalize your John Hancock by autographing the roof of the new Olympic Skating Oval in Richmond? Read this article for the details.

Kurt encouraged me to go out on our usual Saturday “date night”, as he wanted some quality time at home with Mr. HDTV and Mr. Plethora of Football Championships. Having brought home my figure skates that the in-laws gave me a few years back, I called up the usual weekend folk to see who was [...]

Hear, hear…for the most part. Like Ching-Yin, I fall victim to the pitfalls of being short and slender. Inaccessible shelves. The world of Nine West forever barred to me. Dangling feet syndrome on all manner of chairs. Jars that mock my freakishly small and weak hands. The absence of curves (sigh). Try getting all your [...]