This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Ubuntu based smartphones are coming: Later this year, a new smartphone platform is expected to debut. Smartphones running on the Linux based Ubuntu operating system will be available. Basically a desktop computer in a handheld form factor, you’ll be able to dock…
I’ve been to a lot of concerts in my time but can’t remember the last time I was on my feet for 6 hours and it felt like 10 minutes. I guess it helps that I enjoyed every act that performed at the Get Together show at the Pacific Coliseum on February 10th. Blueprint Events…
Just got back from spending a few amazing days in Tofino to celebrate my girlfriend’s birthday. We also brought our friend’s dog who loves to run around the beaches. We had a few stormy days followed by some sunshine the day we left. We visited Middle, Chesterman, Mackenzie and Long Beaches. Shot with my Nikon…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: DNA Gun will tag felons for weeks: The UK based Selectamark has created a DNA gun that is being used by law enforcement and the military to tag felons using non-lethal pellets that are similar to paintball rounds. These pellets will leave specifically…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Neptune Pine Smart Watch: Smartwatches have been around for awhile now but have always been used as an extention to your smartphone. The Neptune Pine wants to be the watch that replaces your smartphone with it’s integrated Android operating system, wifi, built in…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: 3D printed building: Coming in 2014, 3d printing goes to a whole new level as Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars plans to make the worlds first 3d printed home using the Italian designed DShape printer. This is the same printer that made the Rygo…
App Wednesdays on Dottotech are one of my favorite shows to be on since we’ve made it somewhat of a game as we try to outdo each other with the cool apps that we’ve found each month. Head over to Steve’s site to get the full run down of all the apps Paul Demera, David…
Earlier this week I was invited to the first public scrimmage game of 2013 for the Vancouver Canucks. Rogers Arena was packed with fans who have been waiting for hockey to return after the lengthy labour dispute.
This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Leap Motion controller: Gathering a huge wave of interest lately is the Leap motion controller which is little bigger than a flashdrive and set to ship early this year. Not unlike the Kinect for your Xbox except the $70 Leap allows you to…
Yesterday I completed another in a string of successful trades facilitated by Craigslist. I’ve been having great luck lately dealing with some great people on there and not the usual lowballing trolls that I encountered previously. This time, I traded a bunch of old videogame consoles, controllers and game carts that I’ve been hording in…