Author Archives: davin
AFK @ Hypernation
AFK (Pacific Front / Proton Radio :: Victoria), Fractal (Pacific Front / Tide Pool :: Victoria), Kenzie Clarke (Cist / Bitchin’ / Mother’s Cupboard :: Victoria), DJ Sheldon (Anthrowolf / Beat Merchants :: Victoria), Dodd (Returning Saturn :: Victoria) Info: 250.885.5552 Tickets: $15 before 11pm, $20 after Venue: Sunset Room (1810 Store St., Victoria)
on the purpose of blogging
My first weblog was on the Victoria Freenet in 1995. It was a date-listed series of entries with an archive page and then some other resources on some other pages. It wasn’t a great website by any stretch of the imagination, but that concept of a steadily updated page with entries with some other resources […]
taking tech stock
Those who know me know that I like tech, but I don’t talk about it a whole lot on the ol’ blog. So, today, I am. One of the topics that has caught my mind lately is the challenge of mobile optics for the big software+tech companies. Specifically I am referring to Google, Apple, Sony […]
Are we on track?
How do you destroy a great idea? The first step is to share it with everyone. Don’t believe me? Be the first person to clap along in time at a concert. People who know how to join in will do so, and likely in time. Quickly this will spread throughout the audience until everyone wants […]
one fifty
After VEMF I didn’t have too much an appetite to talk about BC 150, but it did indeed happen, and so I went to check it out. Over 100,000 people also did, as it turns out, and they were there for the big show featuring Burton Cummings, Fiest, Colin James and Sarah McLachlan. Sarah McLachlan […]
departure from wedding season
This photo is from last weekend – i went to Seattle to see Dustin (H) and Misty (K) get married on the Saturday night. Then I was back in Victoria for breakfast on Sunday morning. All hail the 7:30 AM Clipper. After that, it was Vancouver on Wednesday for Kristen and Wren’s wedding, and then […]
good things come in threes
It’s fair to say that since summer has finally shown up, I’ve been given a chance to enjoy it and that I am. After work today, I went and met up with Craig and his parents at the Ogden Pt. Cafe. Craig does still live in Calgary with Erica, but he came to visit his […]
six fingers
i am enjoying summer.
zebra bug
We were walking along Fort Street and a ton of these guys came crawling out from the Military Recruitment offices near Blanshard. In all the years I have lived in Victoria, I have never – ever – seen a bug that looks like this. Anyone know what this is? August 18, 2009 Update: Jennifer has […]