The Internet is amazing for the places it can take you and the things it can show you. For example, when I saw a video for “World’s Most Dangerous Ride” posted on MetaFilter, I thought it was pretty cool… But that thread led to more clips that were *way* scarier. On a bike… No safety […]
The Tesla company which produces electric cars and which Mitt Romney infamously labelled a “loser” after Barack Obama’s government invested in it, recently won MotorTrend’s “Car of the Year” award by unanimous vote which was also the first win by an electric car in the 64-year history of the award. (Now who’s laughing, Mitt?) Now I […]
A pretty heart-warming video, even if I’ve been trained to be cynical enough about videos like this that at the end I thought it was probably a viral video for Coke! (Turns out it’s a charitable foundation called Love Everybody). (via LyinRPL)
I came across this graphic last January but immediately thought how it would be a perfect post for Remembrance Day…
With Ryan Meili in New York today for the launch of “A Healthy Society” at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan at 7pm (and with him getting some pretty high profile attention via a post by Niki Ashton on Michael Moore’s web site), I thought it might be worth re-posting a link to an earlier blog post […]
Google Street View (Ocean View?) now allows you to “swim” through various underwater locations including Hanauma Bay on Oahu where I fell in love with snorkeling as a kid and Molokini Crater which was one of many highlights during our Hawaii trip last January. View Larger Map View Larger Map
I wasn’t one of the millions watching the record setting freefall by Felix Baumgartner live today. But even watching the highlights video below took my breath away. Before you watch that video, here’s some highlights from this guy’s other previous jumps around the world to whet your appetite. Now watch this one. Humans are truly amazing creatures sometimes…
Tuesday night after a long weekend in a sleepy government town isn’t the easiest sell so it was a small crowd. (“How small was it, Jason?” Well, there was a bigger crowd when I saw Roger play in a friend’s garage in Calgary ten years ago.) But I still enjoyed the show – after a […]
Shea and I attempt to re-create one of our (okay, my!) favourite snacks from our Hawaii trip. Pretty close though I think the version we ate had fresh kim-chi in it as well.
Back from an excellent week of camping in Cypress Hills so back to the grind in all manner of ways including here on the blog. A quick and easy update with one of my most played songs during the trip (which I think I’ve posted before but it’s worth posting again)…
