Not to Get Too Mystical About It - New York Times
A really good profile of Victoria, British Columbia's Steve Nash, who was the NBA's MVP two years in a row with the Phoenix Suns. This article follows Steve Nash on his tour of Beijing, China with Yao Ming, and a host of other NBA players.
Today's Link source: Kottke
With a heavy snowfall in the mountains last winter and a warm spring, parts of British Columbia are starting to experience rivers that are flooding over their banks.
This is a good opportunity to give you a few resources to prepare yourself, your family and your home for emergencies. Today's links are different ways that you can be ready in advance of an emergency, such as: floods, earthquakes, power outages, storms, terrorist attacks, nuclear accidents or landslides.
Government of Canada - Emergency Preparedness Guide (pdf)
American Red Cross - Disaster Supplies Kit
US Homeland Security / Ready America - "Get a Kit"
72hours.org- Are you prepared?
Hopefully, you'll never need to use it, but it's better to keep safe.
Expo 86 (tribute site)
May 2, 2007 marked the 21st anniversary of Expo 86 in Vancouver. If you're interested in this historic event in Vancouver's past (or wondering about that Death Cab for Cutie song), this is the best Expo 86 site.
The site is lovingly put together with an Expo map, descriptions of the pavillions, trivia (Expo ended up attracting over 50 million people, but losing CDN$311 million!) , and so much more. It's obvious that so much love and hard work has gone into creating this very deep site.
Of course, people are drawing comparisons between Expo 86 and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. If you have fond memories of Expo, or are even curious, it's well worth a visit. Something's happening here!
There are additional Expo 86 pictures on Flickr.
Today's Link source: Brian Walks and the Google
