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Everyone loves Queen Victoria

May 23, 2011

American marching bands love Queen Victoria Leonard Cohen loves Queen Victoria, Victorians love Queen Victoria and marching bands from Bellingham, Washington love Queen Victoria. At least they turn out in droves to celebrate her birthday every year in her namesake capital of British Columbia. Though we’ve been watching news reports of soggy campsites on this […]

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Is cycling a political act?

May 19, 2011

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”~Theodor “Dr.” Seuss Geisel, American children’s author and political cartoonist The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! Yesterday, a guest post on Lovingthebike.com stirred a bit of controversy, including an unsubscribe request from […]

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Digital design and the end of hands-on

May 16, 2011

“The end of cut-and-paste!” That was the declaration attached to the image above, made to announce one of the first computer-based graphic design programs. The Vancouver graphics company that hired me to make the image occupied a funky space in the Beatty Street heritage block overlooking BC Place Stadium. The office boasted the latest Apple […]

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VeloWeb, rando news, and a randoneusse

May 12, 2011

Vik Banerjee’s Boulder Bicycles build kit (Photo: Vik Banerjee–click to enlarge) Work continues on the “merge” of the old VeloWeb pages. They’re all here but one, to which I have to add original photos. Anyone who’s been looking for the Rocky Mountain 1200 galleries will find them be back online soon. I’m still struggling with […]

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Countdown to BC Bike to Work Week, 2011

May 9, 2011

Bike To Work Week 2011 runs from May 30th to June 5th, with events planned across British Columbia. With three weeks to go, there are already 228 workplace teams registered for Victoria Bike to Work Week. You can also participate in the first ever Commuter Challenge car versus bicycle race, scheduled for Wednesday May 25. […]

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How I tempted the fate of the federal election

May 5, 2011

Author (just post-radiation therapy) hobnobbing with Jack Layton, 2004) [Technocrats] create and work principally within and through the systems of which they are emanations. Men who deal in power. Men given to the manipulation of facts and contemptuous of public debate …. they are outstanding examples of the sort of man who is attracted to […]

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