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Kilauea Volcano & Kona Coffee Farm Tour
My last day in Hawaii was a guided tour of the island with Hawaii Outdoor Guides. The day long tour started with a 9am pickup from the hotel in Waikoloa by our guide, Katie. Our first stop was at the...
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Fan Expo Vancouver 2014
It’s that time of year again when you start seeing lots of people in costume on the streets of Vancouver as they all head down to the Vancouver Convention Centre for Fan Expo Vancouver. Here’s just a...
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Flying up the Sunshine Coast
Recently I had a chance to check another item off the bucket list…fly a plane! My friend John has a 3D printer which I helped him get dialed in and he paid me back by taking me for a spin in his plane...
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Pemberton Music Festival in Photos
July has been a crazy busy month for me with lots of travel. One of the highlights was attending the Pemberton Music Festival which drew some of the biggest acts to a beautiful mountain setting, about...
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A Summer of Travel
The past few months have been a fantastic summer of travel for me where I’ve written or shot for a few other sites over the last few months but I thought I’d highlight some of those adventures here....
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LDTech 2014 with London Drugs
This time of the year is my favorite not only because my birthday is in early October, but also because it’s when I get a special invite from London Drugs. Every year, LD brings their retail staff and...
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102nd Grey Cup Festival Concert Series 2014
This past weekend was the 102nd Grey Cup Festival in Vancouver and in the days leading up to it, there were numerous events, parties and concerts around the city. Over a couple of nights, I attended...
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Getting Back to Basics at the Fraser River Lodge
This past weekend, Ford Canada invited me to the Fraser River Lodge in Agassiz (about an hour east of Vancouver) to get ‘back to basics’ when thinking about planning a road trip. We started out in...
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3D Scanning Cosplay at Fan Expo 2015
Last weekend, Fan Expo came to town bringing all kinds of geeky fun down to the Convention Centre. I was supposed to spend the weekend there but had to go to Seattle for a conference so only had a few...
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Kennedy Space Center and a SpaceX rocket launch
Last week, I was in Orlando to speak at a conference. I had planned to come in a little early to play tourist as I’d never been to Florida before and had a few things I wanted to see and do. The...
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A Trip To Shanghai
Recently, I travelled to Shanghai, China to attend the first ever Consumer Electronic Show (aka CES Asia). More on what I found at CES in future post very soon. As this was my first trip to Asia, I...
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An otherworldly visit to the Joshua Tree National Park
After spending the weekend in Palm Springs for YxYY, I stuck around for an extra week to really explore the Palm Springs area. Usually when I go to Palm Springs, I rarely leave the hotel property. One...
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Palm Springs Air Museum
When you land in Palm Springs, if you’re lucky, you’ll see something out your window on the airport grounds – a huge collection of vintage aircraft. This is the Palm Springs Air Museum which is located...
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Going on a Science Field Trip: the VanScienceSocial
Earlier this week I went on the first field trip since I was in high school. It was a chance for a bunch of local media to experience a range of science related events and activities across the city....
View ArticleUpcoming Workshops & Events
I’ve got a few upcoming talks and workshops that some of you might be interested in. I try to keep them in the sidebar of this site but thought a longer description would be useful and easier to keep...
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Going 360 with the Ricoh Theta S
A number of friends have recently been posting some pretty amazing photos and video shot with the Ricoh Theta S camera. I’d resisted it since I had played with the original version while in Shanghai...
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Pemberton Music Festival 2016
After missing last year, due to a little project I’m working on, I was super excited to head back to the Pemberton Music Festival with my camera. This year I also brought my Ricoh Theta S and got some...
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Salvation Mountain, Bombay Beach and the Salton Sea
I’ve been wanting to go to Salvation Mountain since I first visited Palm Springs but never had time or a vehicle to get out there. This year, since I was in Palm Springs with Marc a few days ahead of...
View ArticleWired Wednesday: Moodo, unlock your smartphone with your heartbeat & 360...
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson: Moodo – the smart home fragrance box (source) Forget fingerprints, soon you may be able...
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Two Months with the DJI Spark
I’ve been wanting to get back into the drone/quadcopter game for a while now. I’ve had a number of drones over the years but nothing that could take decent photos or was easy to fly. In May, DJI...
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