http://rodtempleton.net A geek in Vancouver Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:21:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, apparently I didn't do so hot with my plan to keep posting regularly, now, did I?  As it turns out, my employer decided that with the state of the economy lately, that it was time to do some downsizing in pretty much every department, so, I'm  in the process ... http://rodtempleton.net/its-update-time/ Maybe I just don't have enough experience on moving blogs to new hosts, but at the same time, it's not something that I want to be doing every couple of months.  I want to get a site set up correctly and then leave it where it is.  ... http://rodtempleton.net/moving-to-a-new-host-sucks/ Old Orchard Park Let's get it straight that this is not to lessen the events that happened on September 11, 2001.  That was obviously a huge tragedy, but September 11 happens to be a great day for me as ... http://rodtempleton.net/thoughts-on-september-11th/ Some people will think this is a great feature of Google's Chrome browser, and others will be tripping over themselves to get it 'fixed' as quickly as possible.  But it is true - if you've asked Chrome to save a password for you, it'll be easily retrievable by you (or ... http://rodtempleton.net/chrome-stores-passwords-in-clear-text/ If you're a Wordpress user, you'll probably be interested to hear that a new version has been released, but that this update has been deemed optional, because it fixes an issue that arises in only certain circumstances. This upgrade fixes a potentially 'irritating' issue if you use open registration ... http://rodtempleton.net/latest-wordpress-update-is-optional/ Last week I posted about how a man had driven a pickup through the Halu Sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge.  Brian Irving, a resident of Maple Ridge, was arrested after the incident, rather than being taken to hospital, which would tend to indicate that he wasn't injured in the crash ... http://rodtempleton.net/brian-irving-to-miss-court-date-for-a-3rd-time/ Coquitlam River Park Okay, not really, but evidently I'm not the only one who feels that September feels more like the start of a new year as opposed to January 1st. Both Buzz and Colleen posted about this as well (okay, so Colleen mentioned it briefly, but still...) Obviously the whole ... http://rodtempleton.net/its-the-start-of-a-new-year/ Maybe I've been a little behind the last few days, but when I tried downloading Google's new Chrome browser yesterday, I'd only heard about it about 10 minutes prior to that, and was wondering if they'd be able to come up with something worth switching to from Firefox.  And ... http://rodtempleton.net/google-chrome-interesting/ It's not very often that we get a chance out for a night out by ourselves, so when the opportunity presented itself last a couple of nights ago, we weren't going to miss out. First up was heading into town to catch the sunset at English Bay. We got there ... http://rodtempleton.net/a-night-out-like-it-used-to-be/ Around dinner time last night, for some unknown reason, a man drove through the parking lot of a strip mall in Maple Ridge, and crashed through the front window of the Halu Sushi restaurant, killing two people, critically injuring three more, and sending six others to hospital with less serious ... http://rodtempleton.net/man-drives-truck-through-maple-ridge-restaurant/