Boris Mann’s Personal Blog

Boris Mann’s Personal Blog

Dec 2010

Yuuki bathing in tea cups
Dec 2010

Tea while I wait for take out (Miyako Sushi)
Dec 2010

Color Splash'd Rachael with fuzzy hat

Dec 2010

First post! (from new iPhone)
Dec 2010

Check your physics books /cc @dshanahan

What they should tell you is to check your physics books. Balance is not rest. It is not quietude. It is what happens w...
Dec 2010

The lining is orange

When your car looks like a car but the doors are gullwing, we notice them. When your suit looks like a suit but the lini...
Dec 2010

Just One Word /via @dshan

Balance via dshan.me My man @dshan is someone that I haven't spent nearly enough time with. He's an excellent writer, so...
Oct 2010

Turtles all the way down

The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts: A well-known...
Oct 2010

Super Meat Boy

via supermeatboy.com Hooked Gamers review of Super Meat Boy. I had stumbled on this a while back, and Lauren reminded me...
Oct 2010

Why we need email training

via theoatmeal.com I should probably remove the Feedburner rotating image bling from my Gmail. I tested it with the new...
Oct 2010

Delve Deeper

via gamersgate.com I have been sink for 48 hours+. I wandered out of my sickie cave this afternoon to visit Rachael's sh...
Sep 2010

Why Johnny Can't Program /via @rushkoff

Amazingly, America - the birthplace of the Internet - is the only developed nation that does not teach programming in it...
Sep 2010

China is investing in multiple "moon shots" - modern airports, high speed rail, bioscience & electric cars

Kevin Czinger, Coda’s C.E.O., who drove me around Manhattan in his company’s soon-to-be-in-production electric car last ...
Sep 2010

Quick Veal Stock and Remouillage

Another thing about stock generally: don't think that stock making must be a huge undertaking.  I got an email the ...
Sep 2010

Stuffed Squash Blossom Recipe

See the full gallery on Posterous These were bought too soon and languished in the fridge for some time, hence the...
Sep 2010

My crab picture used in Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings

The Stormlight Archive PortalBook ListThe Way of KingsBook One of the Stormlight ArchivePurchase From Amazon From B&amp...
Aug 2010

Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Ingredients 4 cups all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons white sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 t...
Aug 2010

Rouladen

I have watched my mom prepare rouladen many times, and I'm sure I've even helped in the past. But, this is the first tim...
Aug 2010

Toward a steady-state economy /via @sebpaquet

I think it is. My view on the matter is that the era of economic growth is over, kaput, finished. If you stop for a minu...
Aug 2010

Rendering plant in East Van

Through the wonders of Google Maps, I learned that there is a rendering plant a couple of blocks from my house - West ...
Aug 2010

A long time ago, before psychiatry and rum /via @kevinmarks

A long time ago, before psychiatry and rum, I seriously considered a job in intelligence. Among other things I had some ...
Aug 2010

We've propped up zombie companies that create McJobs

We've overinvested in yesterday's industries to the point that they're now the walking dead - but the cost, of course, h...
Jul 2010

Betty Baguette - fresh sandwiches delivered by bike in Vancouver

via bettybaguette.com Seen via @nickmolnar and others. Clicking through to the web page, there is only a phone number. ...
Jul 2010

Strathgartney Provincial Park - Disc Golf in PEI

via dgcoursereview.com I'm hoping that I'll have time during my trip to play some disc golf. I brought a couple of my golf discs just in case.
Jul 2010

European Shopping Tour of Vancouver

I posted this originally on Urban Vancouver, way back in December 2004. I thought I'd move a copy here to make sure I co...