Unfortunately this year’s Edmonton Fringe overlapped with the arrival of our new baby so I didn’t get a chance to check out any of the ticketed shows. However, since we live in the neighbourhood, we took the opportunity to walk over and visit the festival grounds on the last day of Fringe. Robert slept in [...]
I don’t usually participate in memes that make the rounds on facebook and blogs, but a couple people have tagged me for this album cover meme and I couldn’t resist the chance to practice some random creativity. Here’s the deal: Create your own RANDOM Band and Album cover! 1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” [...]
I’m not usually big on funny internet video memes, but a couple month ago I discovered the excellent series of Target: Women videos by Sarah Haskins and I have become a huge fan! Her videos shed a hilarious light on the ridiculous methods televisino advertisers use to target female viewers. The latest video about chocolate [...]
I occasionally order items from the US and have them sent to TSB Shipping in Point Roberts. When my items arrive I usually bus and/or bike down to Point Roberts to pick them up, and I always declare them on my way back into Canada. Customarily, once you declare an item you’re supposed to go [...]
Rebecca just announced a new series on her blog called Fitness Friday, where she’ll talk about her own fitness progress and experiences at Fitness World (and perhaps elsewhere?). Anyhow, it got me thinking about my own fitness activities here in Vancouver. One of the things I love about this city is that it’s just so [...]
Much of my Canada Day long weekend was spent competing in fun sporting activities that gave me the opportunity to enjoy some wonderful Vancouver area lakes. I did a triathlon at Whonnock Lake on Sunday that included an 800m swim. I’d never been to the area before and was pleasantly surprised with the lovely lake [...]
As a user interface designer, I get a kick out of seeing some of the cool (or ridiculous!) interfaces that filmmakers dream up. Interactions, an HCI journal, had a neat article about this phenomenon a couple years back: Can you remember the first science fiction movie you ever saw? What about the first science fiction [...]
I’m shamelessly stealing Tony’s conversation posting style on this one… But that’s okay because he was the other half of the conversation. K: So I decided to register for a blogging conference that’s happening in the forestry building at UBC next month. T: Really?! K: Yeah, i figure it’s good to see what’s going on [...]
Dan’s dad is visiting next weekend and he’s a big football fan so we’ve bought tickets to the BC Lions playoff game on Sunday. I haven’t been to a CFL game since I was a kid. Growing up in Hamilton I saw my fair share of Tiger Cats games, and when I was just 8 [...]
Found via a friend’s FaceBook posting, delusionalcalgaria.ca has me in stitches this afternoon. It’s a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign put out by the Government of Nova Scotia to encourage Nova Scotians to seek out opportunities in their home province rather than moving west in search of fortune. (De-luge-unul Cal-gu-ree-uh) Acronym: DC An affliction that affects 4 [...]