Eric Hedekar

Come to the extensible side. Use LaTeX.

Or enjoy using Scrivener, whatever brings you joy.

I made speakers (yes, another pair) with black walnut and black ash trim. They sound good.

These have been delivered to their home, but now I want to make more.

It's actually literally NOT a highway. It stopped having that designation back in the late 90's, but we haven't changed the name. It's been ~30 years and we still treat it like a highway. We could purge the west three lanes, and redistribute the four north-bound lanes into a regular-sized road.

It's not just travel lanes that make inhuman spaces. This short block next to St Johns, 200m from Moody Centre bus loop cannot be safely used by pedestrians (note the black truck in its driveway on city property behind the construction eqpt).

In Port Moody there's also this 50km/h 7-lane stretch of road with two concrete island barriers, with a 2-lane road right next to it. At least there's a skytrain line in the picture to move people by quickly.

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd The Most Urbanist Soccer Stadiums in North America: 10 Cities That Do Association Football Right

Spoiler, BC Place is #1 youtu.be/v4Nj5WBJj6Y?...

No, I have not found such a thing. The source I linked does break down the quarterly BEV/PHEV ratio on a national level, but not a brand level. Generally it's been ~80%BEV ~20%PHEV. I'm sure certain brands (e.g. Tesla, Toyota) have vastly different ratios than the national.

Tesla's market share erosion in Canadian ZEV sales:

Chart shows top six brands' market share, so total <100%.

Q2 '25 share:
- Ford 12.6%
- Chevy 9.7%
- Kia 9.5%
- Toyota 9.3%
- Hyundai 8.7%
- Tesla 7.4%
- Mitsubishi 5.9%
- Cadillac 4.4%

top 6 total 67.8%

Source cdn.ihsmarkit.com/www/prot/pdf...

Juicy!

He scored, but because of how soccer is played, it didn't count.

Montreal won it in the 132nd minute. Making this the second longest professional hockey game in Montreal's history (longer than any Habs game ever). The series is now tied.

For those unaware, the Montreal vs. Ottawa PHWL playoff hockey game today is headed to 4th overtime (7th period).

Asking rents remained down on a 12-month comparison, but rose in both March and April according to the rentals.ca website. #cdnecon

BC Admits It Won’t Come Close to 2025 and 2030 Climate Goals | The Tyee The province’s new climate report walks back last year’s positive forecasts.

Almost two decades after B.C. committed to slash #GHG emissions, the province reported one of the largest annual increases in decades and conceded that it won’t meet its 2025 target. #bcpoli

Lapu Lapu Day mass casualty incident Support and resources following the tragic mass casualty incident at the 2025 Lapu Lapu Day event.

Posting this for whoever needs to see it. Five no-cost support options for ppl affected by the Lapu Lapu festival tragedy in #yvr 👉 vancouver.ca/home-propert... (310 Mental Health line, VictimLinkBC, two chat options, and a 24-hr assistance centre). Take care of yourself and each other. 💕

Data on polling – 45th General Election Data on advance polls ? 45th General Election

29,055 votes cast in advanced polls in my riding of Port Moody - Coquitlam. That's 32.86% of registered voters and does not include any special ballots.

elections.ca/content.aspx...

Metro Vancouver Walkability Map Doesn't Make Sense A blog on transportation, urban planning, environment, and other issues that affect the livability in the South of Fraser.

Have you read Nathan Pachal's take on how this map may not be rooted in or validated by lived walkable experience but rather merely KPI theory sfb.nathanpachal.com/2024/10/metr...

PWHL website accidentally confirms Vancouver will have a pro women's hockey team The hockey league's shop included Vancouver and Seattle for a spell on Monday, but those teams have not yet been announced.

VANCOUVER GET READY www.timescolonist.com/entertainmen...

This is such a positive visual from that presentation. The maturity of our metro really is flourishing.

Live cabaret music this Saturday in Port Moody. Come support live music mimosa-inletmusicseries.eventbrite.ca

A line graph titled "Confirmed cases of influenza B Yamagata" shows weekly confirmed cases of B Yamagata influenza worldwide from various types of influenza surveillance. The vertical axis represents the number of cases, ranging from zero to 5,000, while the horizontal axis covers the years from 2013 to 2025. The graph indicates significant fluctuations in case numbers over the years, with a noticeable peak just below 5,000 cases around 2019, followed by a steep decline. A data source note mentions that only a fraction of potential influenza cases is tested by labs for confirmation and strain identification. The data comes from FluNet, World Health Organization, and is dated 2023. The graph is licensed under CC BY.

A flu strain has likely gone extinct since 2020

It's progressing.

Yes, but how does it score on the pupperauto scale? (Ratio of dogs to cars that are viewed while sitting at the patio)

A semi-finished woodworking bench is pictured in my garage.

Making a workbench. This thing won't wobble like my old one. Also it's reeeally heavy.

It's time for our governments to leave that platform. There are not many people in my life that still support that corporation, and it's important that our governments also reflect that.

Trivia night FUNdraiser by the elementary school PAC last night was a blast. Teams went all-out on themes to try for best costume prizes.

They might actually be better than they were in 2017/2018

I don't know why I felt the need to ask for a personal ping. I'll just watch for the Fall offering. Thanks for the info.

This course really intrigues me but I'm unable to make two of the four evenings. Can you ping me if it gets offered again in the future?

A fun little Civ 7 nod to the ever-present NIMBY voices in all communities throughout history.