Video Infographic: Mobile Will Dominate The Internet By 2015
This video infographic is extraordinary! It must have taken a lot of time and effort to put this together.
Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever
Some fun facts about coffee, the greatest addiction ever!
Summit Shot on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish
It was a nice day today so we drove up to Squamish and hiked the Stawamus Chief. Pretty fun hike all-around, with some stellar views from the summit. Here’s a short video I recorded on the summit:
The Vancouver Riots, Fight Club and Perpetual Adolescence
While the media acts outraged about these riots, they have definitely played their part. The media’s thirst for advertising revenue has created a society where perpetual adolescence and a strong sense of entitlement is encouraged so people will keep buying all the things they don’t need (like $230 Canucks jerseys or 4 $30 Canucks flags on an SUV for example). In a city where everyone seems to be from somewhere else and there is little common identity because so little is invested in the arts and culture, the Vancouver Canucks are the cause that people throw their hopes and dreams behind. Canucks slogans like “This is what we live for” say it all.
Judging by spectacle last night, a lot of young men (who from media accounts are mostly from the suburbs…) can’t handle a little bit of liquor and have trouble expressing their feelings when things don’t go their way. So like any good adolescent they get angry and lash out and attack the wrong people (in this case, trashing their own city). Which is really ironic, because Vancouver is one of the most privileged cities on the Planet and if people think life is hard here, they clearly haven’t been anywhere else in the world.
The Vancouver riots reminded me of this quote from Fight Club:
I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who have ever lived. I see all this potential; and I see it squandered. God dammit, an entire generation pumping gas and waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.
We are the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no great war, no great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised by television to believe that we’d be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars – but we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed-off.
But seriously, if something pisses people off, they should do something productive about it. Get an education, forge relationships with influential people and make a difference. If you’re angry at the state of affairs, do something productive about it.
These are the best commentaries I’ve read on the Vancouver Riots:
Tofino Roadtrip for the Ripcurl Stew Surf Competition
We did a roadtrip to Tofino last weekend to catch the annual Ripcurl Stew Surf Competition. Here is a series of short videos I filmed of the Ripcurl Stew and some of my favourites sites in the Tofino area like Cox Bay, Chesterman’s Beach, Hot Springs Cove and Radar Hill.
Tofino and Clayoquot Sound from Radar Hill:
Winners of the 2011 Ripcurl Stew Surfing Comp in Tofino:
An Amazing Video Tour Of Earth From Outer Space
An intimate tour… in 1080p… of Earth’s most impressive landscapes… as captured by astronauts with their digital cameras. Dr. Justin Wilkinson from NASA’s astronaut team describes the special places that spacemen focus on whenever they get a moment.
Roadtrip to Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Country
Got out of the city for some sunshine in the BC Interior last weekend at a friend’s cottage. Here are some scenery pics from the roadtrip. (more…)
Electric Tulips and the Pixel Whale
Nice to see Jack Poole Square decked out in tulips. I really like the Pixel Whale as an art installation. It’s all almost as cool as the Device To Root Out Evil which graced the shores of Coal Harbour before a public outcry had it removed.
Morning Mountain Glory
I love bright mornings seeing the clouds breaking up over Seymour and Lynn Valley.
Cleveland Dam
The Cleveland Dam has a strong flow this time of year from a winter of intense rain and the melting snowpack in the North Shore Mountains.
