The Conscious Consumer – Part II

  In Canada, consumers spend over $1.6 trillion each year on their purchases. In all of North America, we spend $26.4 trillion per year. That’s a pretty big economy! And to help you(th) navigate it, I’ve put together a short guide and set of resources. This is a three-part series featuring 7 areas of consumerism…

London Bridge is Falling Down

Well, OK, so London Bridge itself isn’t actually falling down, but the rest of the city, along with various others in the United Kingdom, are alight with burning buildings and cars, as the citizens of the country riot. How did this all start? On Aug. 4, London police shot Mark Duggan – an alleged crack…

TV Spotlight of Week: Curb Your Enthusiasm

This week’s TV spotlight is on a  TV sitcom called Curb Your Enthusiasm. It stars and was created by the one of the co-creators of Seinfeld. This TV show started on October 2000 and revolves around a fictionalized version of Larry David, who he portrays himself. In the sitcom and partially in real life, he…

Quash Your Internet Addiction!

To all the unfortunate youth who did not receive the gift of a fun-filled summer vacation packed with amusing activities to expend time on… I feel your pain. Sitting around the house, relaxing, and taking a refreshing break from school was great during the first few days. But when the second week came around, that’s…

The Conscious Consumer – Part I

In Canada, consumers spend over $1.6 trillion each year on their purchases. In all of North America, we spend $26.4 trillion per year. That’s a pretty big economy! And to help you(th) navigate it, I’ve put together a short guide and set of resources. This will be a three-part series featuring 7 areas of consumerism.…

Video of the Day: What Tau Sounds Like

What happens when you take a mathematical constant, in this case, tau (two times pi), and apply it musically? Musician and YouTuber Michael Blake assigned each note and chord on the major scale a number from 1-9. After doing so, he took the first 126 digits of tau, and played them using the scale he…

The little (annoying) things about Facebook

I joined Facebook to keep in touch with friends. I never realized that I would actually get “addicted.” It’s just something about me and creeping other peoples’ profiles. –Shifty eyes-. Well anyways, it is summer and people need something to occupy their time. For most of us – it’s Facebook. And when I’m on Facebook,…

Flash Mob in Calgary!!!

That’s right. On August 21, Calgarians will have their opportunity to make a fool of themselves. Organized by the Audio Mob YYC organization, you can go to Prince Edward Island Park around 2 p.m. and play an audio file on your MP3 player (note how I didn’t simply say “iPod” since there’s more out there…