Comments for desperate for change

Comment on Predictalot – Impressions So Far by David Pennock

David Pennock — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:46:49 +0000

Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback and fascinating analysis. Glad you enjoy the game. Your impressions will be useful as we work to improve Predictalot.

Comment on Of Mice and Friends by Win

Win — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:40:42 +0000

Hey, you’re blogging more lately!

I can totally relate to that awkward feeling of being out of touch for so long and don’t know how to get back in touch with someone. My comment is, you should try sending email to reconnect with someone, sometimes you’ll be surprised when you receive their replies! I know I was pleasantly surprised when my primary school friends from HK replied me back and we had that 10+ people gathering when I went back to HK last time.

Comment on I changed my mind – I can’t buy your car any more by PHLASH

PHLASH — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:28:29 +0000

Alfred ur THA man for doing this… definitely glad i meet u and all the hypercubist! Great gain.

Comment on Brought to you by the Nissan Cube by Alfred

Alfred — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:00:32 +0000

Thanks for the support, Wyn Oh man, I haven’t watched Heroes in ages now!

Comment on Brought to you by the Nissan Cube by wyn

wyn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:11:09 +0000

Sounds like a fun contest and, sadly, seems to self-select for extroverts (and not quirky but introverted types). I really hope you can win! The Cube appeared on the Heroes tv show, driven by the nerdy (and I say that fondly) Japanese guys. In that episode, THE CAR BROKE DOWN because a superhuman baby can control electronics with its emotions. I think it’s a cute agreement that Nissan has with Heroes.

Comment on Wanted: AlfredMobile 2 by Herwin

Herwin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:05:07 +0000

1990′s Mazda Miata – the sportiest car you can get on a budget. You should buy a sports car if you are thinking about it since there’s a good chance it will not happen in the future!

Comment on Veg-Curious by Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:58:52 +0000

Looks like even being half-way vegetarian is starting to become mainstream. It’s cool that being mostly vegetarian is performance enhancing.

Comment on Veg-Curious by Herwin

Herwin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:24:17 +0000

I’ve been a “social meat-eater” for almost two years now and I noticed that I’m a lot faster on my bike. There is definitely a increased interest in vegetarian diets these days — there’s even a new term call flexitarian for people like me who are not vegetarian but close to it! Check out this link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4541605/

Comment on Car Free – Day 50 by Alfred

Alfred — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:48:18 +0000

http://www.cooperativeauto.net/pricing/can_membership/

I’m looking at the prices for the full membership ($500 co-op share + $20 admin fee to join).

The per hour charge of $2.50; there is no hourly charge between 11pm and 7am. This is to a maximum of $30 a day.

And then the kilometre charges & admin fees:
* Higher Usage (251+ km):
o $40.00 monthly admin fee
o 18¢ for every kilometre driven.
* Moderate Usage (81 – 250 km):
o $15.00 monthly admin fee
o 28¢ for every kilometre driven.
* Lower Usage (1 – 81 km):
o $6.25 monthly admin fee
o 38¢ for every kilometre driven.
* Zero-on-Zero (0 km):
o No charge in months when you don’t drive!

And then there is the taxes, fuel surcharge (extra 3.4 cents per km for November) which depends on how crazy the gas prices get and varies month to month.

If you live walking distance from one & you’re going out partying at night, then you might just book it until 7am then return it like 3am or 4am depending. At the top of the page, they have 3 typical bookings (haha, third date) – so you can get an idea of what the costs would be like per trip.

Comment on Car Free – Day 50 by wyn

wyn — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:34:30 +0000

Hey Alfred, thank you for this post. I’ve been going back to (just) thinking about joining the co-op for years now. It should really push me over now that I know that one of the locations is across the street from me, as close as my parking garage! For an errand where I need a car, I can see it being useful. Zipcar dings you so much per hour. Does CAN charge by the hour? My other usage would be to drive myself to a social outing and just parking the car all night.