Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Biking to Amqui

An epic trip from Waterloo, ON to Amqui, QC and back via Campbellton, NB, to referee in the judo provincial championships. Trains, bikes, planes, buses. We’ve got it all!

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, April 8, 2018

Bagotville

Getting lucky with IRROPS enroute to Bagotville.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, February 9, 2018

Yotel: A Review

Capsule Review Markets itself as “luxury”. The hard product is comparable to business class on a plane (which is much easier to provide since a Yotel doesn’t have to fly), but not comparable to 4* accommodation on land. Is fit for purpose. Comparable to a Hampton Inn with 10x less space. Beats a hostel or a, say, America’s Best Value Inn/Super8, by far. More Words A couple of days after arriving in Amsterdam, I realized that the first of my returning flights departed at 7AM.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, November 3, 2016

Two Views of Columbia Crest Crater (Mount Rainier)

Shot above (July 8, 2009): at 14,400 ft (route to summit: Emmons-Winthrop Glacier) with David Wentzlaff and Aaron Yahr; shot below (May 1, 2013): at 36,000 ft, from AC 545 flying from LAS to YVR.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Engineering failures in real life

So here I am staying in a hotel in Burnaby BC. Outside my window I can see a “Save-on-Foods”. Hmm. Let’s see. Save-on-Foods. Burnaby. Wait! I remember something from the Professional Practice Exam book! [edit 2020: This was well before the Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake.] OK, so is that the Save-on-Foods in question? Google Maps tells me that my hotel is 0.3km from the Save-on-Foods in Station Square, as described below.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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