links for 2007-09-20
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For Vancouver cyclists: Two phone numbers to call and register your complaint (if you can get a license plate #) next time a driver runs you off the road or otherwise behaves dangerously and unlawfully.
links for 2007-09-11
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A handy dandy list of upcoming season premieres. I’m tuning my tivo in preparation!
It’s funny because it’s true
I always enjoy PhD comic strips but today’s strip is especially funny (and hits rather close to home for me!)
HDR Photos of Vancouver
I found local Vancouver photographer Duane Storey through a recent Metroblogging post. He has some amazing high dynamic range photographs of the city.
My favourite is this one of the Inukshuk near my apartment:
You can buy Duane’s work here, and view even more on his Flickr account.
And in the interest of full disclosure, I should also mention I am writing this blog post in the hopes of getting a beautiful free 8×10 from Duane. He’s got an offer out to bloggers right now – the details of which are here.
Only 13 years late…
At 29 I’ve finally decided to get my driver’s license. I live downtown and can walk or take transit most places so I don’t plan on buying a car anytime soon, but I’ll admit I sometimes wish I could take advantage of one of Vancouver’s Car Co-ops for a trip to Ikea. It would also be nice to be able to rent a car for a fun road trip. This sudden urge to learn to drive is also partially spurred by the fact that I got my learner’s 1.5 years ago, and it expires in another 6 months!
I’m signing up for driver’s ed. I’m going with Young Drivers, so unfortunately I’ll have to suffer through three weeks of classroom lessons with a bunch of 16-year-olds. Bleah. But YD is the only place that offers a large enough number of driving lessons (in a car they provide!) that I might conceivably pass my driver’s test without having my own car to practice on. They’ll even pay for me to take the test again if I fail it the first time.
And once I pass my test, it’s only two more years until I actually have my full license! Graduated licensing sucks.