A few months ago, we needed more desks for our office, so I figured I’d order them from the Ikea website. Easy to do, except that the Ikea.ca store doesn’t work with US credit cards, and our corporate card is a US card. So I bite my tongue about the craziness of e-commerce [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Emily and I were treated to an impressive meal yesterday — a 9-course tasting menu at La Quercia.
The full sequence:
Cocktail: La Bicicletta
Parmesan Sformato, Aged Balsamico
Frisee, Hazelnut & Apple Cider vinaigrette
Roast Quail
Vitello tonnato
Strudel ai Funghi
wild mushroom and ricotta strudel
Risotto with wild mushrooms
Agnolotti di Guido
Stuffed pasta, veal, chard, ricotta, parmigiano
Spaghetti al’amatriciana
Smoked pork cheek, chillies, san marzano tomatoes
Ruby [...]
Exciting Vancouver news! Mayor Robertson has put forth a motion for city council to vote on next week which is chock full of amazing words, and which passed, will direct the city to have a bias towards openness — open source software, open standards, and open data.
That’s pretty impressive! If the motion passes (which it [...]
We’ve recently moved the Mozilla Messaging offices, for a variety of reasons, to our cool new digs. Partially so I have something to look back in a few months, I thought I’d write down my thoughts about the new space and neighborhood.
The office itself is pretty much what I was hoping it would be. [...]