While doing research for a project on virtual identities this year, I spent a lot of time over at the Daedalus Project. Nick Yee, a research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), dedicated about five years of his life to study Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). He’s the expert in the…
Combining music and social networking is one of the many popular gimicks of today’s online world. I’ve blogged about LoudCrowd and The Sixtyone, and other websites like Last.fm follow similar formulas. But what’s wrong with a little formula when you get free stuff out of it? I recently stumbled across RCRD LBL which has partnered…
Most of the food drives I hear about tend to be pretty straightforward – you scrounge around in your cupboard for anything that’s good and then you drop it off in a box somewhere and maybe get $2 off admission to a concert. But an idea that seems to be gaining popularity around the country…
The world is just a little bit too safe. This is how the Mongol Rally opens its description. It then goes on to pose the following to prospective participants: What if you want things to go wrong? And indeed, this is the nature of the Mongol Rally, a race across the desert that is really…
Higher Ground has had great success with its three-course vegetarian meals, and now the Calgary Downtown Association is teaming up with a list of the city’s top restaurants to provide three-course meals at a set rate from March 5th-14th. Lunches will be served for either $15 or $25, and dinners for $25 or $35. Although this might…
TED is a non-profit organization known for its extraordinary conferences and professional speakers. Originally intended to bring together the brightest in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design, TED has expanded to include talks on ethics and social justice issues, as well as science and the economy at large. It’s this variety and quality of…
As Symphony Steve of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra describes, a live orchestra performance is the “closest you will ever come” to legends like Beethoven and Mozart. But orchestra tickets are normally out of the budget for students, often selling for close to $100. Thankfully, the CPO has a program in place for students called “cpossibilities“.…
Kensington is by far my favourite place to hang out in Calgary. With stores like Hot Wax and Mañana, I could spend days there without a second thought. But above all, what keeps me coming back are the coffee shops. The Higher Ground is one of my personal favourites. It boasts a 100% organic and…
When Calgarian youth get involved in their communities, we at CYFC think that it’s worth recognizing. We posted about the YMCA Calgary Peace Medals and CYFC’s own ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards, and now the City of Calgary is gearing up to recognize citizens with the Calgary Awards. For the awesome youth in Calgary, there…
“Muddy Waters rode the 61. So did Bob Dylan, Ike Turner, and B.B. King. Elvis grew up in the housing projects along it.” I have blogged previously about websites mixing music and social networking, and this week I bring you another: The Sixtyone. The site runs like YouTube – anyone can upload music that they’ve…
I’ve been a member of DeviantArt for about 5 years now, though I’ve never really used it religiously. But like any social networking site, it hasn’t failed to reward many of those who have. DA recently celebrated its 100 Millionth Deviation by listing a few Deviations that have earned their creators a great deal in…
Live from Vancouver, CBC Radio 3’s Grant Lawrence gave out the Bucky Awards last week. The full results can be found on the CBC Radio 3 site, but we’ve got a few highlights for you here. The first Bucky to be awarded was that for the Most Canadian Song. It went to Said the Whale,…
Artistic students in the Calgary Board of Education district have had the opportunity to obtain a Fine and Performing Arts Certificate since 2006, but now the CBE is recognizing the global citizens of the student population with its International Certificate. In order to obtain this certificate, students must fulfill three globally-themed modules, components of which…
We recently posted about the U of C’s Fairly Traded Market Day and a few of us were able to attend last weekend. We were able to find awesome holiday gifts for friends and family, and for surprisingly reasonable prices, too. Just because the Market is over doesn’t mean you can’t still buy fair-trade goods for…
CBC Radio 2 just wrapped up the first leg of the Great Canadian Song Quest, and CBC Radio 3 is just about to announce the winners of the Bucky Awards. Listeners were asked in October to nominate CBC Radio 3 artists, and then in November to vote for the best in categories including Reason to…