Author Archive for Richard



I play sports occasionally in a league that bills itself as “Recess for Adults”, and that’s exactly what it’s like. For a nominal fee, you get to run around at night in a school gym playing rec league sports. It’s like re-living gym class.
I was thinking the other night that they should also let you [...]

Points

A love story based on frequent flyer points? I’m in love already.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/upintheair/large.html

Promo Ideas

I came up with two great promo ideas for my bbq company. I don’t think either are really worth doing, so I present them to you here on the internet for your review and opinion.
Meats I’ve Eaten (Facebook App)
This is a facebook application like the popular Places I’ve Been, except instead of places you’ve been [...]

This is Really Hard

I’ve been having a tough time sticking to my daily 2009 requirement to do a good deed everyday and take a picture of it.
Doing the good deeds is not a problem, sometimes I do two a day. Like yesterday, I told my neighbour that he left his keys in his door and last night [...]

BBQ Island Goes Public

In case you didn’t know, I run a bbq business with some friends. We sell outdoor kitchens that can be customized with all kinds of goodies like ice makers, warming drawers, smokers, pizza ovens, and of course absolutely massive bbqs.
In the past I was hesitant to post anything about this publicly because of the effect [...]

Animated New Years

Things to note, missing cup in the first photo and Simon’s awesome guitar hands in the second photo.

Requirements 2009

This is a follow-up to my seminal 2008 list of requirements for the new year. This is a new list for 2009.

Learn the Names of 10 Neighbours – Right now I don’t even know the names of the people I live right next door to and share a wall with. I’d like to develop a [...]