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Winter at Waterfall
Vancouver received, well, alot of snow for Vancouver. People always say we get alot of rain. Think of that rain in a “snow-like form” and you get a sense of the volume/intensity.
So, needless to say it was a gong-show out there. Those coming to work from further afield naturally called to say [...]
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Holidays, making an impact and creative capitalism
Over the past year we’ve been involved with several projects and initiatives that will have a global impact on aid transparency and effectiveness. They revolve around high level flows of funds from donor to recipient countries, even to the specific projects that are happening. It’s pretty heady stuff. With the holidays we [...]
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Another day in the office
We try to get out of the office every month or so for a bit of R&R - kayaking, climbing, boarding. Geoff put this video together:
nice production work Geoff!
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Latte art
Check out the art from the “2007 World Latte Art Champion, Jack Hanna”
Link
We can aspire to greatness
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Vanjug!
We’ve been working with Darren Gibbons (Openroad) and Cameron MacDonald (HSBC) to kick off vanjug again. The first meeting we’ve planned out will be a lightening session:
* Nick Grabovac’s discussion on Tequila, a revolutionary new Java framework from 2Paths
* Mik Lernout on real world experiences using [...]
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A typical day around the 2Paths Coffee Machine
Coffee, as for all development shops, is a religious institution. Early morning around the expresso machine can get a little dicey especially for those of us working a little close to Vancouver’s downtown eastside. We’re battle hardened. Tough. We like a double shot with a little latte art.
We haven’t got it [...]
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My “hot” new phone - Nokia N95
After the subtle washing and drying of my previous phone, a Motorola SLVR, it was time to pony up for the next generation. For me at least. Welcome an unlocked N95 from MobilePlanet. UK plugs but I can live with that.
Summary of the first 12 hours:
-wifi connection to our WPA2 Personal network, [...]
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In the cooking mood
So as mentioned in our weekly meeting, I’ve been watching a number of food blogs and starting to try a few. Here are two that were quite tasty yet easy:
labaniyya - chicken in yogurt sauce - this was a simple but nice flavour, on wild rice.
and
chorizo, lentils and chickpea soup - super tasty, filling.
No [...]
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Jira client
Jira desktop client
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Del.icio.us link roll
Instead of spamming our company emailing list I’ve been tagging links in del.icio.us using the for tag to share links for:2paths. I added this into our default theme so they’ll show up on this blog in the sidebar. And of course you can subscribe to the rss feed.
Once del.icio.us fixes the private rss [...]
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