Hey there, I’m Bill Tran. My middle name is not Louis unfortunately but I do like BLTs. I’m a student at Western Canada High School. I’m not your average Asian, I’m actually a little bit taller. I enjoy laughing and making others laugh, I mean, who would complain about a free ab workout? I like seeing things in brighter perspectives, except for movies, those are always better in the dark. I’m made of what’s found in my family & friends, my music & art, my thoughts & my words.

Video of the Day: Mundo Neon

What happens when you take hundreds of glowsticks, a few blenders, and add in a dose of bass?  You get Mundo Neon.  The people at Bon Yurt incorporate lights and music into a display of art.  I’m sorry I can’t give much info on Bon Yurt, other than the fact that they’re a Colombian yogourt…

Video of the Day: I Hope This Gets to You

I present to you a wonderful music video.  The song is called “I Hope This Gets to You” by the band “Daylights“.  This trio’s music is already amazing, but to have such a beautiful video accompany the song, it makes for a truly delightful experience.  I kid you not, I started watching the video with…

The True Seven Wonders of Canada

  In 2007, Canada came together as a nation to decide on its seven wonders. The Seven Wonders of Canada was an official competition sponsored by CBC to determine what Canada had to offer. In the end, the list was finalized with public online voting followed by a judging panel of three to pick the…

29 Ways to Stay Creative

On the days where you find yourself wanting to find a burst of inspiration yet it doesn’t come, you feel like you’ve wasted an opportunity to let your creative juices flow.  Well, TO-FU, a design studio in Japan took interest in transforming a list of 29 ways to be creative into an animated motion graphic. …

Colour Theory: An Artist’s Utility Belt

Batman has a personal utility belt to fight crime.  Well artists also have their own belts, used to create art of the same calibre as Batman’s crime fighting greatness. Yeah, okay I just compared a butt-kicking hero to people with paintbrushes.  But that’s besides the point. What I’m trying to get at is that to…

Lytro: Capturing Life in Living Pictures

Introducing, potentially, the most versatile camera ever.  Lytro is the name given to the newest advancement in cameras; the light field camera.  The concept behind this camera is simple.  “Shoot first, focus after.”  This camera uses light field technology, which is a core concept in imaging science.  Light fields describe the amount of light traveling…

Seven Billion People: Crunching the Numbers

Believe it or not, you’re wrong if you say that Earth has six billion people. It’s about time you round up. The CIA has estimated that the population of the world will be 6,928,198,253 this coming July. Try reading that out loud, it’s quite shocking.  It’s just an issue that no one really pays attention…

Summer Projects: Paper a Book Wall

With summer break just around the corner, especially for those of us in high school where exam break has already been the official start of our summer, you can’t help but wonder, what are you going to do for the next two months? Most people will be partying, no doubt. But amidst the nights hanging…

Social Psychology Experiments

Recently I was browsing through YouTube, watching a few big name video bloggers when I came across vsauce.  I’ve watched their videos before, but this certain video featured under most viewed for that day utilised the playlist function on YouTube.  It literally allows you to lean-back and watch video after video set in order for…