In August of this year, some pressure from an unknown source cracked my LCD screen, and since then I have been using it without an LCD screen (quite difficult, but still usable). A week ago, I ordered a replacement LCD from Foto Geeks and I received it today (coincidentally the day I was home). Following Andy’s LCD replacement tutorial I successfully replaced the cracked LCD screen I have had almost for half a year. Wondering what the cracked LCD looks like? The replacement was without problem except I made two scratches on the backlight, and nearly damaged the backlight ribbon Continue Reading
Transportation
Thoughts about public transportation and the like.
LRT and Subways: The future of Vancouver?
Ivan Chan, a friend of mine, recently showed me one of his animation projects, “Environment Modeling of Street and Subway.” Looks like Vancouver doesn’t it, considering the street “furniture” and signs? Except Vancouver doesn’t have a street-level LRT nor a subway,… yet.
The wheels on the bus go round and round…
On September 2, 2006, a crowd of people watched as the buses whose home had been the Oakridge Transit Centre for the past years made their way to the new multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art garage called Vancouver Transit Centre. Many of the buses leading the parade were retired buses restored by The Transit Museum Society (TRAMS). I also took 3 video clips: 2102 pulling out of Oakridge V1109 The bus parade going down Oak Street
New Trolley Bus
During the teachers’ strike I caught a look at the new pilot trolley on route 3 Main/Downtown 😀 (Photos taken on October 11, 2005) Now back to sorting out photos for my EE.