Vancouver Canucks Scrimmage Game
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.
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Tech Tuesday: Leap Motion controller & Pebble Smartwatch
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…
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New toy: Tabletop Arcade cabinet
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…
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Tech Tuesday: GameStick & Belkin WeMo Light switch
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: GameStick: A new Kickstarter campaign that hopes to bring the Android gaming experience to your tv this April with the most portable game console ever. About the size of a USB stick, it has already doubled it’s funding goal. It plugs into the…
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Media | Technology | Wrapup
A look back at the tech of 2012
I wasn’t planning on doing a year end post but thankfully, Steve Dotto asked me to join a couple of the smartest guys I know (Mike Vardy & Tris Hussey) to share my thoughts with them as we looked back at the tech of 2012 as we saw it. We only chatted for an hour…
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Contact Winter Music Festival 2012 featuring Deadmau5
Last night I had the opportunity to shoot the Contact Winter Music Festival at BC Place for Miss604. Some of my favorite artists in one giant venue including Deadmau5 (just Joel and his machines), Alesso, Nero, Chris Lake and Lazy Rich.
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Hardware | Photography | Reviews | Technology
Lytro light field camera: first impressions
Recently I picked up a Lytro Light Field Camera. I’ve only ever seen one ‘in the wild’ and that was at SXSW earlier this year. So what is it? A light field camera is basically a new(ish) form of photography that allows the photographer to change the focus of an image after the fact as…
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Tech Tuesday: MeterPlug and the Blip wifi blood pressure monitor
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: MeterPlug: A simple, tiny, $45 device that you plug into the wall and then plug any appliance or device you’d like to monitor it’s usage for. By using a database of location based electricity prices, the MeterPlug can tell you in real…
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Tech Tuesday: add a real ebook reader to your iPhone & a robot that does windows
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Popslate: another in a long line of clever iPhone cases, the Popslate adds a 4 inch e-ink screen to the back of your iPhone 5. This screen can be customized to give the back of your phone a unique ‘wallpaper’ or you…
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Behind the scenes at Paladin Security
Earlier this week I got a unique invitation to check out the operations centre at Paladin Security in Burnaby. One of my favorite things about being a photographer is occasionally getting to go places that not everyone can and was quite (happily) surprised when this opportunity presented itself to me. Upon entering the non-descript office…
