We all know that Canada is a magnificent nation. It’s just that Canadians don’t show enough patriotism for their country. We just aren’t that type of people. Especially, that we have that neighbour down stairs that always seems to overshadow us. Yes, I’m talking about Americans. They constantly say how much better America is than…
Internet 60 times faster than the average Canadians! OneGigabit is a start-up company in Vancouver, making it possible by laying fiber cable 20 centimeters under the road without having to remove or damage it. This is extremely useful because as a start up company, it would be much harder to get started if they had…
In case you missed it on the Herald, here’s a timelapse from EarthCam atop the National Music Centre showing how the raging waters progressed to flood the intersection of 9th Avenue and 4th Street SE. With the footage captured from June 20th to 24th, this video documented the impact the floods have had on East Village and how…
Ready for GlobalFest? I’m volunteering there this year! Have a quick listen to Danny Lutz’s “Chanson Thème”, this year’s “compulsory piece” that all of the firework presentations at GlobalFest in August are going to feature: Maybe this can be your background music while you browse YAA! 🙂 To freshen up your mind and kindle some…
This photo is anything but conventional. Yes that is a robin, yes he is indeed sitting on a horse and yes, I took this picture. The title of this blog post however, seems not at all fitting for the scene and may have raised some eyebrows so let me clear a few things up. This…
Summer in Cowtown is the prime “festival season” as it is a “construction season”; the vibrancy is meant to be taken in through participation, not realizing you have missed out on the fun after hearing about it through post-festival media coverage! Here is a set of festival listings that I have found to be useful…
The physical impact of the flooding in Calgary remains yet to be fully seen, but the awareness for the bond we have to our city is an aspect growing more prominent day by day. Let this video be a source of hope that’s needed to carry out the recovery – All credits go to Robert…
Just thought, since all of the terrible events that unfolded on Calgary. It would be nice just to see some happy and uplifting weather news. In Vancouver, Global News: BC 1 meteorologist, Kristi Gordon, was doing the Noon News Hour segment until something frightened her. A spider had found his way onto the live news…
What do you think is better Mac or PC? Before we get too far in, I will be using the term PC as a replacement for Windows even though the term personal computer does apply to both. We will go through a few differences and you can decide for yourself which is better First…
Urban planning here in Calgary need to account for the parking crunch; in Japan, bike storage is gobbling up prime real estate that is hard to come by in such an urbanized country. Engineers created underground parkades to solve the car crunch, so now they have devised a method to park all those bicycles and…
(A friendly note – please enjoy all of our blogger’s contributions on the 2013 Alberta Floods that can found HERE) It started with a flood, and it will end with a flood. The surging water was able to lash out a flood of physical damage; this disaster has been declared by Premier Redford as the largest flood…
Looking for a massively multiplayer online game to play all day in the year of 2013? Look no further: I’ve narrowed the list to three very promising games which are scheduled to release soon. 1. Phantasy Star Online 2 This one just looks fantastic. It is a sci-fi, third person, dungeon crawling, fighting focused MMORPG…
My first post into this blog will be a surprising one. Since I’ve been hard at work with exams, I haven’t been able to post a full fledged post. So…before I talk about all the politics and current issues that I like to talk about, here’s a video of red pandas playing in the snow~.…
E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is an event held once a year in Los Angeles where all the major gaming companies present their newest games and their plans for the coming year. This year’s E3 conference is one of the most important, with both Microsoft and Sony releasing details on their new consoles, the…
Spring in Calgary means an awakening for all of us to start enjoying the street life that we have. Taken a look at this display of vibrancy from GlobeTrotterAlpha on Youtube with footage taken last year! Update (6/5/13) – There is also a Stempede edition from last year too: These tours are super long, but super…