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National Aboriginal Day

I’ll admit to not being well-schooled in Aboriginal histories, but I’m equally unschooled in other histories. I’m more interested in the broad strokes, the narratives that shape the way people think about their country and themselves. And I don’t think that, as a whole, Canadians think of themselves as being shaped by Aboriginal people, historically or today.

Posted on 21 June 2012 and filed under articles, Canada

Kiez

Your five square blocks of core reality.

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

Simple Check-in

“Sometimes you just want to check-in to foursquare and move on.”

Posted on 19 June 2012 and filed under social media

Adapting to the Rain

Last year’s summer was cloudy and wet. Every month either set or came close to setting records for dark and rainfall. Unfortunately, this summer is starting to look like it might go the same way. Last year, I spent a bunch of time waiting for the weather to get better. This year, I’m just starting […]

Posted on 18 June 2012 and filed under articles, misc, personal

Lessons from Mom and Dad

Explore your own backyard. Master new things. Be self-reliant.

Posted on 17 June 2012 and filed under articles, personal

Skylab Launch

Pictures from the launch of the Skylab at the Prince George Public Library.

Posted on 16 June 2012 and filed under Prince George

Reaction to the Polaris 2012 Long List (plus stream all the nominees)

Nominating the nominees for the best music award in Canada.

Posted on 15 June 2012 and filed under Canada, music

I'm Internet-Music Famous

I get interviewed by a music site about music and stuff.

Posted on 14 June 2012 and filed under articles, music

Knowing your focus

Here’s a post where I criticize my ability to do my job.

Posted on 13 June 2012 and filed under articles, comments, journalism, radio

Lightweight song scrobbling/tracking

how do you hit “love” when you’re mowing the lawn

Posted on 12 June 2012 and filed under how to, music

Cleaning up the blog

Just, you know, changing a few things.

Posted on 8 June 2012 and filed under comments, meta

confluence » Start Here

If you missed it, I’ve started a new blog. It’s a mixture of longer writing and short statements and links about the city of Prince George. If you live or care about the city, you may find it interesting. Find it at https://andrewkurjata.ca/confluence.

Posted on 4 June 2012 and filed under Prince George

Bike to Work Week: Don't Backslide

Yesterday was a beautiful start to bike to work week. Today…. not so much. Last year, I wrote a post called “Biking to Work.” It ended with this: “If you want to sleep in a bit more, or the days get shorter and it’s kind of dark, or you have a late meeting after work. […]

Posted on 29 May 2012 and filed under articles, bikes

I don’t know anything about bicycles

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

Paying to not own music

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

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