You won’t generally find much in the way of political commentary on this blog, nor will you see lolcatz. However combining the two can sometimes be a beautiful thing, as evidenced Audra’s insightful analysis of the new federal budget:
I recently stumbled upon two research studies that are very relevant to my daily life, since they deal with two of my favourite things: public transit and wine! A mathematician at Harvard has done a research study which appeals to my lazier tendencies. Have you ever waited for a bus and eventually given up and [...]
Conferences are so much fun, but also oh-so-tiring! I attended my first Northern Voice this past Friday and Saturday and had a great time. While blogging and social media aren’t really related to my personal area of study in HCI (I study people collaborating in the same space, rather than online) they are definitely areas [...]
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Ever since we moved to a convenient downtown location my eating habits have been going downhill. I love that I can pop over to the grocery store when I realize at 11:00pm that I need milk for breakfast the next morning, but I hate my habit of picking up a late night snack of chips [...]
Despite being a recently-licensed driver (I passed my road test on February 5th!) I am a big proponent of alternative means of transportation. Now that I have my license people keep asking me when I’m going to buy a car and my answer is “Not anytime soon!” We live downtown, have UPasses to get to [...]
Last weekend marked our third annual trip up to Whistler with a bunch of the folks from Dan’s lab at SFU. We stayed here, which was a definite improvement on past years accommodations, and actually quite affordable when split by 11 people. I do not like skiing. I tried to learn when I lived in [...]
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According to Inside the CBC, Definitely Not the Opera is planning a special on Stanley Park. They’re asking people to call the show’s phone line and tell them the craziest things they’ve ever done in the park. While I can’t think of anything particularly crazy I’ve done, I do have two Stanley Park stories that [...]
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