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Yogurt spheres, 3D holograms, and the subtle charms of TEDActive

Yogurt spheres, 3D holograms, and the subtle charms of TEDActive

It's no secret that the most direct way to a journalist's heart is through the stomach. We're a simple folk, we reporters, and we enjoy our simple pleasures, which consist mostly of free food.
Finding Fasnacht

Finding Fasnacht

We were somewhere near the Weinerstrasse on the edge of Luzern when the bats appeared. It was pitch black and 5 a.m. so maybe bats weren't unusual.
Making lemonade with moving day lemons

Making lemonade with moving day lemons

I moved to the Manhattan of Squamish last week. And when I write week, I mean it. It took seven days in a kind of slow-mo nightmare that reminded me of the existence of my biceps and made my feet hurt. A lot.
Extending Canadian pride beyond the Winter Games

Extending Canadian pride beyond the Winter Games

One of my favourite side effects of the Winter Olympics is that it's the one time that Canadians are more unapologetically patriotic than any other.
Sochi's Games have been great, and that's not good

Sochi's Games have been great, and that's not good

Admit it: you were expecting Sochi's Winter Olympics to go a lot worse. And it's likely that whatever bar you set for these Games only continued to go lower as they drew near.
Neil Young vs. T. Rex

Neil Young vs. T. Rex

It's mid-February, 2014. The Sochi Olympics, a schizophrenic paean to everything both right and wrong with the world, is mid-stride.
More space for women = better movies

More space for women = better movies

Last summer, I was in Vancouver and went to a movie. At the Scotiabank Theatre, above the ticket sales kiosks, were 10 to 12 posters on display.
Both Richard Sherman narratives miss the point

Both Richard Sherman narratives miss the point

Maybe you watched an electrifying Seattle Seahawks squad win in thrilling fashion over their fierce rivals, the San Francisco 49ers earlier this month.
Narrowing down the flag-bearer field

Narrowing down the flag-bearer field

This week, the Canadian Olympic Committee will announce from Parliament Hill who will carry the Maple Leaf into the opening ceremonies in Sochi next month.
Powder re-run

Powder re-run

Before it returned to Whistler, snow came to the rest of B.C., and, like rats from a sinking ship, many of us fled to those locales. For weeks, alluring Facebook face-shots scrolled from dozens of famous B.C. ranges.