The following is a guest post by DaveO - you can catch a multitude of links to hise various projects on his website and more video on his Blip channel.
All my hipster/greenie/crunchy/urbane pals were all bound for the luminary, venerable Vancouver Folk Fest this past weekend. I turned down extra tickets, rumoured media passes, friendly [...]

The following was written by Dr Beth Snow as my official BlogHer 2008 Conference correspondent. You can read more from Beth on her blog: Not To Be Trusted with Knives and she’ll be reporting back here throughout the weekend.
Michelin is providing over 200 tonnes of carbon offsets to make up for the environmental impact of [...]

The following was written by Dr Beth Snow as my official BlogHer 2008 Conference correspondent. You can read more from Beth on her blog: Not To Be Trusted with Knives and she’ll be reporting back here throughout the weekend.
Today was the first full day of BlogHer’08. It was quite the full day (starting with breakfast [...]

The following was written by Dr Beth Snow as my official BlogHer 2008 Conference correspondent. You can read more from Beth on her blog: Not To Be Trusted with Knives and she’ll be reporting back here throughout the weekend.
I arrived in San Francisco yesterday evening, in time to meet up with my friend Katie (who [...]

The following is a guest post written by the President of the Vancouver Sherlock Holmes society, The Stormy Petrels.
It has come to my attention that there are two new Sherlock Holmes movies in the works. This is always good news to Sherlockians - fans of the great detective.
Downey, who earned raves for the action blockbuster [...]

As I started walking along the pier of Westminster Quay, the first thought that came to my mind was “I *have* to take photos here for Rebecca’s series on Metro Vancouver Park Series“. This park has just about everything - playground, beautiful urban views, and gorgeous river/forest views too.
Photo credit: Raul on Flickr
History While New [...]

I received an email a while back from someone offering to cover Burnaby Lake Regional Park for the Park Series, which I gladly accepted. The following post is written by Mike from VancouverTrails.com.
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Home to such animals as Wood Ducks, Blue Herons, Beavers, Eagles, and Canadian Geese, Burnaby Lake is an important wildlife sanctuary [...]

The ongoing parks series continues with another generous contribution from Raul who decided to take on Burnaby’s Central Park.
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Metrics Central Park’s size is 90 hectares.
How to get there Easily accessibly by car going south-east on Kingsway, or by Skytrain at Patterson Station.
Photo credit: Raul on Flickr
Park Use Clearly marked trails make for [...]

Tonight’s live blog is being written and published by Raul of Hummingbird604.com (update your bookmarks!)
“Widgets aren’t just little pieces of portable code. Widgets are about opening up your message to your supporters and the community. Widgets represent a shift towards using online tools, and online thinking, to connect with more people and build deeper relationships [...]

Next up in the Metro Vancouver Park Series is a guest post written by Terry from West Van who covers the beautiful and multi-functional Ambleside Park.

Ambleside Park is the best know attraction in West Vancouver that is not a shopping mall or a ferry terminal. West Vancouver’s citizens gather at Ambleside to socialize, engage in [...]