It’s that special time of year again.
Colorful lights and decorations are plentiful.? Malls are packed with no parking.
With everyone in a rush to pick up last minute gifts, please remember to drive carefully.? Speaking of giving, remember to support your favorite charities.? There’s no better time to give than now.? When you have more donation [...]

The general consensus is that Vista substantially decreases battery life on notebooks.? That is, with the new Aero Glass interface enabled.
From independent testing, some notebook users have concluded that Vista draws 20% more power with the Aero Glass interface disabled. With Aero Glass enabled, expect your notebook to run for much less than the quoted [...]

As I was pulling into our parking lot at work this morning, I noticed a hint of something poking out of the snow-covered ground near my parking spot.
I stopped short of the snow-covered object, got out of the car and retrieved it. It was a little dirty and damp, but no one had driven or [...]

To answer my own question from yesterday, I saw one (1) snow plow today! However, it didn’t appear near our workplace until 5:15 PM. The good thing is that it did two rounds. I don’t think it helped much, as there was plenty of black ice forming after it left (they forgot to spray sand!).
I [...]

I decided to drive a FWD car to work today.
It didn’t help much.
Roads were still slippery today, especially intersections. Black ice was plentiful. The smell of burnt rubber was in the air.
I didn’t see a single snow plow during my commute this morning and this evening. The local paper reported that the city [...]

It all started at 7:57 this morning.
I took a peek outside. No cars. Over a foot of snow (44 cm to be exact).
Tentative probability of work today: 0%.
I walked downstairs to text message a few of my buddies from work. The response was expected: ‘No, I’m not going in.’
I debated and then decided to [...]

On Wednesday afternoon, western BC was hit with a powerful storm that knocked out power to over 100,000 households and businesses.
We were one of them.
Thankfully, our utility power was restored almost 21 hours after it was cut on Wednesday afternoon (12:20 PM in my system logs), but that left us with no heat for a [...]