They usually setup at Concord Pacific Place, which is basically between Rogers Arena (formally GM Place) and the old Expo 86 ball, Telus World of Science.

Anyways, the tent went up a few weeks ago…and this is how they do it!

The project website is here – Old Capilano Bridge if you’re more interested in whats going on.

Anyways, I don’t care a whole lot about the politics behind the bridge. What was cool are the time-lapses involved when they temporarily moved the old bridge over so they can construct the new bridge in its place.

There are 2 timelapse videos & 1 animation:
One from the West view
One from the East view
Animation of the bridge project

I also changed the theme to the default wordpress theme for now until I find a new one. I felt this one was very plain and simple which is what I’m looking for. No more fancy-weird colour schemes and small layouts. I can now probably fit 720p youtube videos into the posting areas of layout now.

That doesn’t mean that I’ve really posted anything or actually “updated” the blog at all, and I’ve still barely posted to picaday.

I do have about 6 months of Olympics photos, that I took while I was working. I think I’ll start a “Reliving the Vancouver Olympic Games” series on picaday.ca in a short while.

Stay tuned!

In case you’re wondering why things look miniature-like. This was shot with tilt-shift lenses to change the focus plane.

There’s a nice online-interview about the video here.

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

the effects of the mightymouse....

Ok, actually, from talking to my mac fanboy friends, the game doesn’t work too bad but they mainly have REAL PC mice with mousewheels and etc…

Here’s a funny snippet from the Steam Forums.

MacUser: “How do I select the other portal”
PcUser: “Mouse 2″
MacUser: “I only have one mouse button”
PcUser: “MacFailed”

Photo Source: http://www.goopeg.com/img/ZsXg0uHn.jpg

You may have noticed the word “mac” in the title of this post….yes..that’s right. For all you mac loser and apple lovers who have “macs…”
You can now play any Source game on your “mac” for free….Well…err, you just have to own a copy of the game already.

For any of you converts, here’s the chance to play your old beloved-missed games because you bought a “mac”

If you haven’t figured it out yet. I despise “macs”, however, mainly apple products.
That doesn’t mean I don’t know how to use them, cause if you can…I should be able to as well!

Now I haven’t posted recently…(i mean a super long time) but I’ll try and get a new layout and more posts soon!

To STEAM to get portal!

Anyways, watch here! (click the full-screen video mode since it doesn’t fit properly in the blog page)

Links:

Innerlife Project website
You tube Page

Not 100% sure if this would be a permanent 100 local minutes a month for a limited amount of time or if this is a one-time deal.

Check it out at bell.ca/clientappreciation

What does this mean for you?
Firstly, go to Bell, Telus, or Rogers and check out their plans…
Secondly, compare those plans to WIND mobile’s plans.
Thirdly, think about how Canadian cell providers rip most people off.
Fourthly, Pray that it’ll lower the average wireless rates in the next few years.

You should notice a significant difference in the monthly rate as well as NO CONTRACTS at all. I’m not going to bother comparing exact numbers cause I’m too lazy to do the math and I’m sure the 3 big providers will begin re-shaping their plans in the next year.

WIND has a two-zone system (Home/Away zones) setup in Calgary and Toronto with expansion in Vancouver and Ottawa in the next few months. They are fairly limited and if you step out of the home zone, you will be charged 25cents a minute (this likely doesn’t include long distance fees which would be 15cents extra a minute). This sorta system is probably not well suited for the average university student as they are likely living outside the home-zone area and are visiting friends in other schools.

WIND’s network is a 3G network within its Home zone, however it will fall-back to EDGE (2G) on Roger’s network while roaming. It uses the 3G AWS spectrum, the same spectrum which is used by T-mobile in the USA. Please note that these phones are unlockable, but they are NOT compatible with regular HSPA+ networks. So don’t buy a WIND or T-Mobile phone and unlock it hoping to use it for rogers/bell/telus.

I don’t personally know anyone using this new network, but would be interested to see what happens when it is fully expanded to Vancouver. If you are near the end of your cell term. Consider waiting a few months to see what happens as I think the big 3 providers will offer better deals in order to prevent people from switching. Perhaps they’ll lean towards 2-year contracts instead of the dreaded 3-year deals they currently have.

Lastly, if you haven’t seen some of their promo videos already, take a look here

Here’s some other info/links for further reading:

BGR – How WIND mobile changed Canada in less than 24 hours
Wikipedia – Wind Mobile
WIND Mobile Blog