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Chris Shepard explains why he’s leaving journalism: “Frankly, working as a reporter outside of a major urban centre is no way to make a living. You can’t raise a family on a reporter’s salary. “ I know very little about working for a small-town newspaper, and less still about what that would be like in […]

Posted on 5 February 2012 and filed under Canada, comments

The Coldsnap music festival just finished up in Prince George. I’m a big fan of the festival (and, disclosure, a board member). It’s brought in all-sorts of high-calibre acts that normally wouldn’t tour the city, including Joel Plaskett, Shad, the Great Lake Swimmers, and Dan Managan. This year was no different, with an awesome show […]

Posted on 3 February 2012 and filed under articles, comments, music, Prince George

From Minister of State for Democratic Reform Tim Uppal: 1/5: GoC is committed to bringing Canadian elections into 21st century… — Tim Uppal (@MinTimUppal) January 13, 2012 2/5: … by introducing legislation to get rid of the dated ban on early transmission of election results. #elxnresults — Tim Uppal (@MinTimUppal) January 13, 2012 3/5: The […]

Posted on 13 January 2012 and filed under articles, Canada, social media

My recent post on biking  struck a chord, attracting over 100 pageviews in 24 hours and about 30 social media shares (for my low-level blogging, this is positively viral). This was in response to a column in the Prince George Free Press, and today I’m glad to see they’ve printed another response. It comes from […]

Posted on 13 January 2012 and filed under articles, bikes

Online database for Vancouver renters in the works → From CKNW: Vancouver is one step closer to having an online database for renters. A motion is going before council next week calling for the creation of a searchable rental database. Mayor Gregor Robertson calls it a necessary tool for Vancouver renters, adding it will them […]

Posted on 11 January 2012 and filed under Prince George

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

September always feels like the real beginning of a new year to me. There’s an obvious divide between seasons, plus going to school of some form for 18 years has imprinted the idea on me in a way I don’t think I’ll ever shake. But January is always the place where I take stock– not […]

Posted on 1 January 2012 and filed under personal

This is the first full year that I’ve been anywhere near what one could call a proper blogger. After a few years of experimentation, I think I’ve found my blog’s form and my own voice, although it’s still developing. With that, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what the most […]

Posted on 1 January 2012 and filed under meta

Posted on 24 December 2011 and filed under personal, pets, photos

This is not what my blog normally looks like. I’m currently transferring my blog out of GoDaddy to a new hosting account (I’m going with NearlyFreeSpeech for hosting and NameCheap for domain registration). To find out why, see this thread on Reddit and this post from Good Magazine. Meanwhile, email remains andrew[at]kurjata.ca, and I’m still […]

Posted on 23 December 2011 and filed under meta

“The year of No Important Albums (and many Good Records)” by Steve Hyden → The Onion A.V. writer summarizes what I’ve been thinking about 2011 in music for a couple months now: “I think there’s another reason for the lack of consensus in 2011, and it goes beyond changes in technology. There weren’t any Important Albums. […]

Posted on 22 December 2011 and filed under 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

I’ve been doing some heavier posts lately, so here’s something lighter-weight. It’s highlighting a cool new service that I’ve found very useful and think deserves some attention. If This Then That (henceforth ifttt) is a simple tool that let’s you tell the internet “If this happens, then make that happen.” It’s really straight-forward and well-designed, and you can […]

Posted on 21 December 2011 and filed under how to, reviews, social media

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