Recently a friend steered me on a very dark path to replace something I was not consciously aware was problematic until he pointed it out to me. After much research I finally decided to visit Workplace Resource Vancouver down in 1035 West Pender Street. They sell Herman Miller products, in specific, the Embody chair I was after.

So off I went to their showroom, where I was greeted by a vibrant young lady named Joanna Dobson. She took more than an hour to show me the various options I have, let me try out the chair, explained its operation etc. I was so impressed I placed an order for the chair right then and there. I was told I would be updated with the status of my order.

Two days later I received an email from her colleague that a project manager would be in touch with me shortly when they hear back from the factory regarding shipping dates. That is where the trouble started - it was the last I heard from them. I knew my order could take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month, but after 14 days of not hearing anything from them - I decided to email and follow up. I was told someone else would get back to me. Two days later and I have not yet had a response back from the person who was CC-ed. Only after I again mailed this person directly, was I told the date of delivery. In the week of delivery I again mailed to check up on the status as by now I was kind of agitated. I was told a day later the chair has arrived and that they will let me know when it will be delivered shortly. Another two days later and the chair was delivered.

These two sunsets were taken recently by me from within 1km of my home. Quite awesome views...

My Barnacle Cirri image was selected for AmateurMicrography.net's front page for March 2016.

Do not get me wrong - I think in general the MythBusters TV series was fantastic for raising awareness of the utility (and fun) science holds. But sometimes they get something so wrong that it upsets me. I have complained about some of these errors before. This time however, the mistake was not with a specific myth as much as with the scientific approach in general.

MythBusters repeatedly refers to the scientific process they are following in their show. In specific, when performing tests they usually point out that they need a larger sample size to ensure a meaningful result, as a single test will hardly yield useful information, as they said: "If it is not repeatable, it is not science". So how is it then, in the episode Unfinished Business where one of the myths they tested whether a computer game simulating a real life skill can improve your real life skill, they fail completely in this regard? Specifically:

1. They did not account for the fact that Adam might be a quick learner and have more natural talent for physical sports than Jamie (which is in fact the case) - hence using Adam for the real life training and Jamie for the video game was actually the wrong way round.
2. They did not account for the fact that there are multiple different type of games out there - not all games transfer skill from the virtual world to the real world equally.
3. They did not account for the fact that Wii is just one way of interacting with a virtual game - not necessarily the best way.

A simple thing such as reading a product label and understanding what it says is beyond my cognitive abilities apparently. Is the below juice 70% juice, 100% juice or what? My head is melting.