• WARNING: Google Buzz Has A Huge Privacy Flaw = Unbuzzed #fb http://bit.ly/9dxdcG #
• This is so cool: Tracking energy consumption of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic venues in real-time #van2010 http://icio.us/zgd2ad #
• Weather forecasts for 2010 Olympic event venues http://icio.us/lfeqn2 #
• Vancouver releases factsheet on City-Wide Composting.Food waste pickup plan absent #yvr #composting http://icio.us/hii5b5 #
• Google Maps at Vancouver 2010 Olympics #van2010 http://icio.us/nijint #
• Okay, enough linking for now. Time to to Chloe for a walk.#fb #

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• .@singingtrout I ended up buying a refurbished 8MP camera [same brand] for about $90.Feel a lot better about it too. #
• Anyone among my followers using http://alertthingy.com ? Like? Not Like? Why? #
• What is the accepted hashtag for local tweeters about Olympics – #yvr2010 ? I don’t want 2C tweets from Slovenia.:-) #
• .@gregeh Thanks. If you had to choose 1 #van2010 tweeter covering the Olympics, who would it be? #

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• A 10MPxl camera cost me $119 a yr ago and $170 to repair today. A 12MPxl camera today: $99.98. I’m buying it, but its wrong. #fb #

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• The hum of Vancouver seems louder today – like a plane taxi-ing for takeoff. #fb #

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• Planning coming weeks with a list of all scheduled entertainment events at livecityvancouver.ca: http://is.gd/7DaoG [PDF file] #fb #

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• Went to see movie Avatar. Excellent!! Person I went with hadn’t been in a movie theater since watching Titanic.Isn’t that ironic? #
• Was interviewed by CP today re: mild weather in Vancouver, flowers blooming, bees and VANOC’s need for snow @ Olympics #fb #

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Over the past four months since we started fostering Chloe, I’ve been noticing the damage to lawns caused by crows and other critters going after the grubs of the European Chafer Beetle when I take her out for a walk.

A video from City Farmer explains the problem:

Last week I decided to do something about it. I created a flyer that I am distributing only to houses that have lawn damage clearly attributable to the Chafer Beetle. It isn’t hard to figure out.

Flyer: [Click for full version]

We don’t need more lawns. Ideally, as the City Farmer says above, we need more vegetable gardens in our front yards like this one,

but if you are going have a lawn, use a grass seed that doesn’t require much mowing or watering. The product above meets that criteria.

So far, I’ve walked between Cambie and Main from 16th to 19th and plan to go all the way up to 24th. Then I’ll do the same route between Cambie and Oak. It takes me about an hour at a leisurely pace and Chloe loves it too.

100 flyers: $5.55

Exercise and improving the world: Priceless

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• @VanMarkets I know many who will want to purchase GF items at the markets.Kitchen info is a question they ask first/all the time. in reply to VanMarkets #
• @VanMarkets Enjoy the new territory exploration.:-) in reply to VanMarkets #
• @ roundhouse experiencing braxton’s sound genome project.Free.Continues ’til 8pm. #fb #

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