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Excludes statuses, asides, and links. Came into effect mid-2013. For an even more filtered view, see the best of.

When an SUV swerved to hit me, I realized riding a bike in a car-dominated culture is an inherantly political act.

Posted on 19 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, bikes, cities, comments, design, main

In this special series, Daybreak goes inside one of the most notorious neighbourhoods in British Columbia to get the stories behind the statistics.

Posted on 2 February 2014 and filed under articles, big, CBC, comments, main, Prince George, radio

We aren’t conditioned to think of the world in terms of audio, and even if we do it’s expensive and difficult to share it.

Posted on 22 January 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, comments, main, radio

Tricking myself into doing something big by setting a bunch of little goals.

Posted on 12 January 2014 and filed under articles, main, misc

Today is the ninth annual International Soufflé Day. I’m not normally one to mark made-up days, but this one has a soft spot for me.

Posted on 11 January 2014 and filed under articles, small

Driving is a convenience, but it comes with a real cost.

Posted on 10 January 2014 and filed under articles, comments, design, main, misc

Yesterday I released an audio trailer for “At Home in the Hood: Stories from Prince George’s VLA Neighbourhood.” It’s a small radio series I’m doing within my regular job at Daybreak North. It’s the first series I’ve ever done, and I’m pretty nervous about it.

Posted on 9 January 2014 and filed under articles, CBC, main, personal, small, social media

I resolve to make resolutions whenever I damn well please, starting with this.

Posted on 4 January 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, personal, writing

A sampling of my favourite albums, songs and artists of 2013.

Posted on 1 January 2014 and filed under articles, music

At some point I should write a post outling my thoughts on the benefits of Medium, but for now I wrote a post outlining what I think Medium is. I’m linking to it on Medium because it just kind of makes more sense to read it in that context.

Posted on 12 December 2013 and filed under articles, links, misc, outbound

Documents given to me by an agent identifying himself as Edward Snowed-In, a member of the CSE (Christas Security Establishment) prove that Santa does, indeed, exist.

Posted on 30 November 2013 and filed under articles, main, misc

“It’s hard to understand the influence people have on you until 5 or 10 years later. It’s scary to think about what my life would have been like if they hadn’t been there.”

Posted on 15 November 2013 and filed under articles, big, comments, main, personal

Facebook and YouTube are huge, Twitter is up, MySpace is down, and Last.fm is just sort of there.

Posted on 2 November 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, music, social media

1. Don’t wait for permission. 2. Be interested in something no one else is interested in. 3. Copy people who are better than you.

Posted on 28 October 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, how to, journalism, main

Making direct democracy even more direct-er.

Posted on 16 October 2013 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George, technology