Best Of

A mix of popular and personal favourites. My personal top three are Kiez, Stereotypes, and Shut Up and Say Something. You can also see my most most recommended posts on Medium.

Sitting while you work is killing you. No, really. It’s the subject of much discussion this week. I’m not going to go into a detailed analysis of all the studies that have been done on this subject (a pretty good set of articles is linked to in the preamble to this Wirecutter article). But I […]

Posted on 25 July 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, misc

I saw this downtown last week and was reminded of this Ted X Talk by Dave Meslin. He proposed that “apathy as we think we know it doesn’t actually exist, but rather that people do care but we live in a world that actively discourages engagement.” He used city notices like these as an example. […]

Posted on 25 June 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, cities, politics, Prince George

Your five square blocks of core reality.

Posted on 20 June 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, cities

Biking is not difficult. That’s why whenever people want to describe how easy something is, they say “It’s just like riding a bike.”

Posted on 26 May 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, bikes, comments, main

The things you can pay musicians for are often the exact opposite of what you pay services like Spotify and Rdio for.

Posted on 24 May 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, music

In the aftermath of a deadly blast.

Posted on 26 April 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, personal

Whether it succeeds or fails, an ambitious real estate project will change the future of northern B.C.

Posted on 12 April 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George

What if you could get an email everyday telling you what your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were thinking, where they went, and what they saw on this exact day in past? With social networks and new tools, we may be creating that future.

Posted on 29 March 2012 and filed under Best Of, main, social media

Five things I need to do once, then forget about.

Posted on 28 March 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, personal

Saying goodbye to a job I loved.

Posted on 19 March 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, CFUR, main, personal

I am sorry I and my fellow bike-riders are scaring you. I can certainly relate to how frightening it must be to almost crush us to death. Awfully inconsiderate of us.

Posted on 10 January 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, bikes, comments, main

How the internet made me start listening to albums again.

Posted on 6 January 2012 and filed under Best Of, main, music

In today’s issue of the Prince George Citizen, they provide an update on work being done by the Red Cross for displaced residents of the Victoria Towers apartment building that was evacuated after a fire November 3. In it, they talk to Lisa Anne Pierce, the Red Cross’ provincial manager of disaster assistance. From the […]

Posted on 21 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, Prince George

This one feels good. As I write this, the most prominent story on CBC’s B.C. website is about some Vancouver landlords who are being taken to court by the city for years of causing problems for their tenants and refusing to pay fines when ordered. A pretty big story from those Vancouver residents who’ve been […]

Posted on 15 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, CBC, comments, Prince George

This is one I’ve been meaning to write for a bit. It started December 2, when news broke that the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs in northeastern B.C. had apparently entered into an agreement Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. The exact words: “On behalf of the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs, Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick today announced an agreement […]

Posted on 15 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, British Columbia, Canada, comments, Indigenous