The view from my room.

posted by Mark Allerton at 11:50 AM

Last day in the Ipswich office today, partied last night. Hung over... ouch.
posted by Mark Allerton at 5:57 AM

I fly to Vancouver on February 9th. Panic!!! Sold the Audi, the TV, VCR, heaps of other stuff. The house is on the market. Gave away a pile of stuff in exchange for donations to the Red Cross.

Meanwhile I am getting severely fucked off by the guy who's supposedly doing my tax return taking things right to the wire. Never again.
posted by Mark Allerton at 1:56 PM

Enough about where I'm going. Here's where I'm from. Got to admit it never seemed like much of a tourist destination when I lived there, but it's been a while.

A little searching reveals what the council won't tell you. I'd sort of heard about these things from friends still in touch with the area, but even so it's scary to read about. I almost wish I hadn't looked, and that the council blurb was the whole truth.
posted by Mark Allerton at 9:09 AM

Finally got the draft job offer for my move to Vancouver, so now I can start arranging to move. Oh, and I get to call myself an "Architect" instead of a "Team Lead". Cool :-)
posted by Mark Allerton at 4:42 PM

Hitchhiker's have a good summary on Vancouver.
Edwin Leong has taken some great photos of the city.
posted by Mark Allerton at 3:57 PM

Another sad reflection on the state of the internet economy here in Ipswich right now. IP-City my arse!
posted by Mark Allerton at 5:27 AM

Got bored. Busted collarbone (thanks Rob!) which put me out of action for a while. Decided to move to Vancouver. Like anyone's reading this :-)

Some Vancouver links:
Virtual Vancouver - a great QTVR walkaround of downtown Van, where I'm likely to end up living.
MyBC - local portal
RealtyLink - search BC property listings
Vancouver Car Net - search Van s/h car listings

Estimated move date - early february.
posted by Mark Allerton at 5:17 AM

I live in a place that's trying to style itself as a high-tech boomtown. A trawl through the local websites shows just how much chance this has of succeeding. I posted this rant to one of the less bad examples to see if I could stir things up. Over a week later, not one response. In fact only one other post, period. It's dead, Jim.
posted by Mark Allerton at 4:53 PM