On Friday May 13 I had the great pleasure of attending the A Cappella Fellas’ annual concert and the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Ballroom, supporting the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta. For those of you who don’t know, “a capella” is literally a genre of music which involves singing without instruments, meaning the singers…
DetailsAlthough, this year a new version of the iPhone isn’t set to be released, Apple has come out with a new colour for the iPhone 4 – white! So if you’re in the market for a new iPhone you will have to wait another year for the iPhone 5 to be released. Some of the…
DetailsSan Francisco is one of the top destinations I have been to! The culture, the people and just the natural sights of this American city held me in wonder. A funny fact I learned about San Fran is that it doesn’t snow EVER (well, it has snowed only once since 1976… so I guess it’s…
DetailsMaybe it’s your birthday. Maybe you just won a full-ride university scholarship, and it’s time to celebrate in style. Or maybe, you just really, really like steak. Whatever your purpose, Ruth’s Chris offers a high class environment and excellent food. Located at the base of the Calgary Tower (294, 115-9th Avenue SE), Ruth’s Chris Steak…
DetailsAnother photo I took during my 2009 internship with Metro Calgary.
Drapey shorts have become my new obsession. These are shorts that sit higher on your waist with pleats along the top; and have a loose, almost baggy, effect on the shorts itself. I’ve noticed that many stores are starting to carry these types of shorts for this spring and summer season. In this outfit, I…
DetailsToday we have a small collection of shots I took with a few of my fully manual film cameras. I just love that they look like this naturally, no Hipstamatic involved.
In this video the Coca Cola seems to freeze spontaneously after the man opens the bottle. Apparently it’s a special type of Coca Cola that you can only get in certain parts of the world. [youtube j07SweYJTSM] The Coke is “supercooled” (when a liquid is brought below its freezing point without crystallizing). When a liquid…
DetailsThis was re-edited from another graph (I’m sure you can Google something like this and you’ll find the original), but isn’t it an interesting discovery? It’s not 100% accurate (note: do not take this seriously), but it gives an idea of what you want to go in if you’re super concerned about having a boyfriend…
DetailsSome of you may not know this, but Google has already developed their own operating system. Though still in beta, the concept is indeed highly appealing. The main idea behind this new OS is that normal operating systems take a long time to boot up, and a good majority of users spend most of their…
DetailsMy Physics 30 teacher made this neat puzzle game for the iPhone and iTouch, and I thought I would give it some light at Youth Are Awsome. The objective of the game is to clear lines and paths (sort of like Tetris) to get points. But if you get caught at a dead end you…
DetailsThe Advocacy award finalists, From left to right: Myself, Tori Stosky, Connor Johnson and Loraleigh Kovacik from Rogers I love the Red Cross and all the volunteer work I do for the Red Cross, because volunteering has helped me realized that “the smallest act of kindness is never wasted.” The feeling I get when someone…
DetailsI’ve received a few requests from Firefox users to compile a top 5 extensions list for Firefox as I already did with Chrome. Here are my top choices: Greasemonkey This 100 per cent must-have add-on also works for Chrome. Using Javascript, Greasemonkey allows you to customize literally everything about Firefox, enhance YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and…
DetailsOne of the key aspects of photography is timing. I took this photo back in November at 7 a.m. when I was getting ready for school… I am not usually a dedicated enough photographer to wake up this early for a picture; so you could say that it was a lucky shot!