A co-worker today told me that Vancouver Island is three times larger than England. I said you've got to be kidding. Knowing me to be a bit of an internet propellerhead, she challenged me to "find out on the net."
The Wikkipeida puts England at 130,395 square km (51,191 square miles). A B.C. tourism site puts Vancouver Island at 32,261 square km (19,356 square miles).
It seems like she had the ratio reversed.
Did she mean England excluding Wales and Scotland? More than that, I'm wondering is how widespread this idea is? She said it was very common but she's much older than I am. No one I know has ever mentioned this comparison before. Then again maybe this is just one of those nutbar nationalist things.
My move to Mac has been very happy except for two issues - gaming and blogging. For websurfing and multimedia, a Mac is of course a terrific machine. Games on the Mac platform are often ports of games made for the larger PC market and that means a Mac gamer will have to wait for the port. I'm not a heavy gamer by any means but I am very happy that the Mac port of Civilization 4 is finally here. Well, my copy isn't here quite yet - but it has been ordered and ought to be here soon. The blogging issue is more complicated. I'm not fond of writing my posts in a browser window. This goes back to when I was first blogging and I lost one or two large posts into the ether. After that I moved to w.bloggar - a great little app that let me compose on my desktop and then click send when all was said and done. I have not been able to recreate that experience on my Mac, and not for a lack of trying! I looked at Marsedit , but that forces you to compse while staring at a bunch of HMT...
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