This past weekend I spent about five days in Portland to attend the XOXO Festival. This was conference/festival that was funded using a Kickstarter campaign a few months ago. With only 400 tickets available, I hopped on board and bought my ticket inside the 48 hour window before they completely sold out without even knowing…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Posh View Interactive Mirror: I recently got to see the Posh View Interactive Mirror in person at the Calgary MakerFaire. This mirror is meant for the home and provides an interactive display built into the glass of the mirror. A user simply…
This week on News1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: iPhone 5 Rumour Roundup: My guesses – same design as 4/4S but bigger screen (4″seems likely), new dock connector (possibly just micro USB rather than new design), LTE, improved camera (no idea what they’ll do here, better sensor?), no NFC (uptake has been…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Jewellers now have a 3d printer for custom castings: 3d printing has begun to affect another industry with the announcement a new 3d printer, the 3Z Studio from Solidscape, which is targeted at jewellers. The desktop printer creates complex wax patterns from…
Last night at the Vancouver Hack Space (VHS), there was a build night for all the local buyers of Tantillus 3d printers. There were 11 Tantillus’ (tantilli?) in the room in various stages of completion, plus a handful of other awesome printers in the hackspace. I worked on my Tantillus and made some progress. All…
This past weekend was the third installment of the Live at Squamish music festival. For the second year in a row, I attended to shoot photos of all the bands that made the trek up the Sea to Sky highway. But I almost didn’t get there…despite heading up early, there was a huge accident on…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: InstaCube: stream in realtime, all the photos from your Instagram account, to this wifi enabled digital photo frame. It’s touchscreen and tactile buttons let you like photos as they appear on the cube as well as configure which photos get displayed on it….
This past weekend was the 4th edition of the Vancouver Photo Marathon. I helped organize the first two editions, was a judge one year and was supposed to be a participant last year but had to drop out at the last minute. This year though, I was able to be a participant…finally! First a bit…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: ForcePad is going to change your trackpad: The introduction of the ForcePad by Synaptics is set to radically change how we use the trackpads on our laptops. Unlike traditional trackpads with basic scrolling and multi-touch gestures, the ForcePad can recognize five different…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these topics: Wi-Fi controlled power outlet makes home automation easy: Belkin has released a new $49 gadget called the WeMo that allows you to automate your home electronics and appliances using an outlet that has wifi built in and is controlled via a smartphone…