The BC Media Centre that I’m currently using as basecamp during the Olympic Games hosts a LOT of press conferences and Premier Gordon Campbell attends many of them:
and when he’s not at the Media Centre, he’s out and about:
I’m pretty sure by the end of this, I’ll be on a first name basis with him.
A quick detour on the way to work yielded this pre-dawn shot of Vancouver from the Cypress Mountain lookout: It was friggin’ cold though…next time I’ll plan ahead and bring a jacket (I wasn’t quite prepared for the winter temperatures since I was going to work).
Rogers caved and announced today a new ‘promotional’ iPhone 3g data plan that gives you 6gb of data for $30. That’s as close to unlimited as we’ll get on the iPhone and I’m sure things just got a whole lot more interesting for the launch on Friday. This option is only available to get until…
The other night after DemoCamp, kk+ asked me about my eeePC and how it might compare to the OLPC (aka One Laptop Per Child project). I got to play with one at SXSW earlier this year at the MAKE booth and wanted one very BADLY at the time. Of course, it wasn’t available to the…
There is a new app on Installer is called Band from Moo Cow Music that lets you annoy everyone around you by playing instruments and samples on the iPhone’s touchscreen (also works on the Touch). It’s pretty slick with a number of different instruments, samples and settings to play with. Here’s just a couple of…
Yeah, it may be a pain to have to enter your passcode every time you want to use your iPhone, but you know what’s worse than that? Having your iPhone stolen and knowing some douchebag is using it and browsing through your personal shit. One cool feature of the passcode lock is that if enabled,…
One of the many benefits of the BC Media Centre is that all sorts of cool things come through here. The other day, Lord Stanley’s Cup stopped by: The rules as told by Craig & Phil (who are Archivists for the Hockey Hall of Fame) is that anyone can touch, hug, kiss the Cup, but…