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- Dec 18 2009Catching up: my recent 24 Hours columns, plus two interviews0
- Dec 3 2009My hernia operation: just another Canadian health care story0
- Oct 27 2009Liberal nod for Rebagliati a sign of party disarray1
- Oct 14 2009Joseph Planta interviews everyone (and me) at thecommentary.ca0
- Jul 18 2009Bumble bees take a break in my yard0
- Jun 8 2009Independent Power "news" not newsworthy0
- May 5 2009When really good people run for public office0
- Apr 20 2009Thumbs up for Barry0
- Apr 12 2009Gary Mason gets it right on NDP sell out0
- Apr 3 2009The Home Page is going to be awesome0
- Feb 18 2009Do you bother to go to big concerts anymore?1
- Feb 17 2009Krall, Costello, EJ...How cool is that, Vancouver?0
- Feb 15 2009Looking forward to the new Morrissey record0
- Feb 13 2009Vancouver East side "terrorists" step up their campaign2
- Feb 8 2009The parents must face justice too2
- Feb 6 2009Costco Parking Lot0
- Feb 4 2009Merkel: you go, girl!0
- Jan 24 2009Another great story on Fowler disappearance0
- Jan 22 2009Read my Country Lane story at re:place Magazine0
- Jan 22 2009Black and white and green0
- Jan 14 2009Where I'm blogging (and not)0
- Jan 14 2009Diplomat's disappearance a strange story0
- Jan 2 2009The kid, the computer, and the gore0
- Dec 20 2008Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray0
- Dec 9 2008Gmail and other Google services melting down today0
- Dec 7 2008Are the Grits getting conned?1
- Nov 29 2008Need to innovate? Turn your head 90 degrees0
- Nov 28 2008Hell hath frozen over: Vancouver gets a decent modern music station1
- Nov 25 2008Letter to Province: Aga Khan on pluralism1
- Nov 25 2008The Hand Dryer0
- Nov 16 2008Letter to Vancouver Sun: Polling-station rule banning campaign buttons is fair1
- Nov 16 2008Vancouver votes from its heart0
- Nov 12 2008Campaigns that understand Vancouver's multicultural mix0
- Oct 28 2008What is up?1
- Oct 24 2008America needs more sh*tty jobs0
- Oct 24 2008Say NO to Silverdale (Sprawl)0
- Oct 22 2008When political campaigns go negative...0
- Oct 20 2008Vancouver civic candidates court ethnic voters0
- Oct 17 2008The Hair Apparent0
- Oct 12 2008Arbutus Line red abandoned shopping cart0
- Oct 12 2008Urban sprawl threatens BC's grasslands1
- Oct 12 2008Top of Mt. Seymour0
- Oct 12 2008Olympic Village (under construction)0
- Oct 11 2008It's a transport nightmare, it's an energy nightmare. It is absolutely bloody terrifying. 0
- Oct 4 2008Cambie decaffeinated0
- Oct 4 2008It's time to take down the BowMac sign0
- Oct 3 2008Let's schtick to the issues0
- Oct 2 2008A bit like burning books0
- Oct 2 2008Photo: Handicap Parking at a Liquor Store0
- Sep 30 2008Online newspapers need a lesson in usability0
- Sep 27 2008Paul Newman R.I.P.0
- Sep 27 2008Google's Golden Decade0
- Sep 18 2008Giving Molson some BIG blog love0
- Sep 17 2008Drink the cool, cool water (but from a tap)0
- Sep 16 2008Adapting Vancouver's buildings and public spaces for future uses0
- Sep 16 2008Blog filler: Ace Frehley guitar solo, Japan 19770
- Aug 24 2008Boris Johnson: The Olympics are coming home to Britain0
- Aug 24 2008Only in Vancouver0
- Aug 19 2008Canadians seeing changes to police culture0
- Aug 18 2008The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon0
- Aug 13 2008Can't Beet It0
- Aug 13 2008The innocents of Georgia0
- Aug 12 2008Frances is back0
- Aug 10 2008Vancouver's East Side suffers from The Mohawk0
- Aug 10 2008The recipe for civility is close to home0
- Aug 10 2008Agassiz Slow Food Bike Tour delivers0
- Jul 21 2008Fireworks at the Nat0
- Jul 19 2008Battle of the Star Chambers0
- Jul 17 2008Some thoughts on Tour de Gastown0
- Jul 16 2008Life is a bowl of raspberries0
- Jul 14 2008How green is my shed?0
- Jul 14 2008No Cabbage Patch: Notes on the Rogers iPhone Debacle0
- Jul 11 2008iPhoned2
- Jul 6 2008What are we doing to our planet?0
- Jul 5 2008The Canadian iPhone Conundrum0
- Jul 5 2008Daniel Yergin on the reasons for oil price increases0
- Jul 2 2008Vancouver Sun's Frances Bula resigns0
- Jun 23 2008Goog-411 finds way to Canada0
- Jun 10 2008How's this for compact living?0
- Jun 8 2008Quote of the Day goes to Kobe0
- Jun 2 2008Vancouver is accessible, but is it enlightened?0
- Jun 2 2008You call him Zimmy0
- May 27 2008Andromeda Strain re-make is a bag of doo-doo0
- May 26 2008Vancouver loses two of its best in May0
- May 22 2008R.E.M. at Gooseshit Lake0
- May 22 2008Bettie Serveert - Ray Ray Rain0
- May 14 2008The Andromeda Strain trailer0
- May 14 2008Forgive me, but this is very funny0
- May 8 2008The Saskatchewan Strain0
- Apr 17 2008Blog It could be quite useful0
- Apr 16 2008Letter to Vancouver Sun re: Phone Books0
- Apr 9 2008Way to go, Walter!0
- Apr 7 2008Microsoft Flickr?0
- Apr 7 2008Nucks Redux0
- Apr 4 2008I think the Vancouver Canucks will NEVER win the Stanley Cup3
- Apr 3 2008Anatomy of a Block Party0
- Apr 1 2008Taylor Effin Hawkins on the Drums!0
- Apr 1 2008Happy April Fool's Day0
- Mar 29 2008Earth Hour: I will...0
- Mar 29 2008Worth a look while I figure out how to blog again0
- Mar 16 2008Talent, programming spiked at Seattle's The End0
- Feb 24 2008What if you had an Oscar Party and nobody showed up?0
- Feb 22 2008Northern Voice 2008: MooseCamp0
- Feb 22 2008Vancouver Blogger: I get the bronze!0
- Feb 17 2008Aerosmith on 7th Avenue, 19870
- Feb 13 2008Congratulations, Jay Triano!0
- Feb 13 2008Jim Kunstler's opinion on Obama0
- Feb 12 2008Echoes0
- Feb 11 2008This gives me gas0
- Feb 4 2008Singing with Obama0
- Feb 4 2008Could better park design have prevented a tragedy?0
- Jan 31 2008Beijing Games' ultimate performance enhancer0
- Jan 30 2008Vancouver Blogger: The War is Over?2
- Jan 29 2008Vancouver Blogger Smackdown: Day Two1
- Jan 29 2008Bad Clams0
- Jan 28 2008It's a Google-off!!0
- Jan 28 2008Taking the Vancouver Blogger Challenge7
- Jan 27 2008Obama 'rout' in South Carolina0
- Jan 27 2008BC Hydro to raise rates, and we complain??2
- Jan 20 2008Email bankruptcy and other modern conditions2
- Jan 14 2008Change This and a familiar topic0
- Jan 8 2008Give Bindi a break0
- Jan 8 2008Greetings 2008, and goodbye to all that0
- Dec 24 2007A salute to small pleasures1
- Dec 17 2007Raise Brian and temperatures rise0
- Dec 17 2007Congratulations, Sunset Community!0
- Dec 15 2007"They're bloodsuckers"0
- Dec 15 2007Ever been to Bruges?0
- Dec 13 2007The $85,000 bill from Bell3
- Nov 29 2007Separated at Birth? Sinclair and Quatchi2
- Nov 28 2007Memo to TV writers on strike0
- Nov 28 2007Rant about Yahoo MyBlogLog2
- Nov 24 2007Taking the Bluebox Express1
- Nov 21 2007Window on our digital world0
- Nov 17 2007Dubai Creek1
- Nov 14 2007Robert Liberty on the politics of sustainability0
- Nov 12 2007Font Fights0
- Nov 10 2007Ian King on UVic vote0
- Nov 10 2007This sounds familiar0
- Nov 8 2007Expensive real estate killing industry in West: BIV0
- Nov 8 2007Michael Geller back home with a message0
- Nov 5 2007(Un)Real Estate Speculations2
- Nov 5 2007Google weighing in on wireless0
- Nov 3 2007Dam this idea?0
- Oct 30 2007A great way to solve disputes0
- Oct 29 2007Check out 200 Central Street0
- Oct 25 2007Urban sprawl fuels California wildfires?2
- Oct 22 2007The Onion: Poll reveals the top issue for voters0
- Oct 15 200733rd Avenue Sidewalk0
- Oct 15 2007A different electric car story0
- Oct 3 2007Mother of Pete, this is good stuff0
- Oct 3 2007A way to improve iTunes Cover Flow0
- Sep 24 2007Can I write on your wall?0
- Sep 23 2007Clever activism creates instant parks1
- Sep 12 2007Crime in Vancouver -- who knew??0
- Sep 12 2007CTVglobemedia + Windows Media sucks0
- Sep 10 2007This year's tomato harvest0
- Aug 29 2007Modernettes: Barbra0
- Aug 26 2007Rapunzel meets Leonidas0
- Aug 24 2007Get Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga1
- Aug 23 2007“I will be sweet... with you”0
- Aug 17 2007Why not funky corporate names for your kid?0
- Aug 17 2007Breaking the MSFT shackles0
- Aug 16 2007Plug for CityFarmBoy5
- Aug 15 2007Eyesore of the Month: March Edition0
- Aug 12 2007OK, cinephiles, this one's for you0
- Aug 12 2007The "$100 Computer" coming to life0
- Jul 26 2007Announcing BC Wine Lover0
- Jul 13 2007My music of summer0
- Jul 12 2007Props for Price Tags0
- Jul 11 2007Hot in Vancouver0
- Jul 11 2007Dear CRTC, it's time to put this regulation on ice0
- Jul 10 2007Separated at birth, Italian style0
- Jul 7 2007People forget that Microsoft used to be in Vancouver0
- Jul 5 2007Whaa? Avril doesn't write her songs!?0
- May 28 2007Charles Nelson Reilly, R.I.P.0
- May 13 2007DOXA Festival0
- May 12 2007Vancouver crawls out of its soggy sleeping bag0
- May 6 2007Seal: The Deal0
- May 2 2007Vancouver streets teeming with life1
- Mar 30 2007Vancouver's traffic reporters: big polluters?1
- Mar 17 2007Scoble assails Microsoft0
- Mar 17 2007You haven't found a nose, have you?0
- Mar 17 2007We need RSS for TV0
- Mar 17 2007A final thought on local protesters0
- Mar 16 2007More yellow pages?? Time to ban these books.2
- Mar 13 2007Olympic protestors manage to offend everybody7
- Mar 7 20072006: a busy mofo1
- Mar 6 2007Protesters steal & tear Olympic flag at City Hall2
- Feb 23 2007Groan1
- Feb 23 2007Northern Voice meet-up: Wow!0
- Feb 17 2007Stormriding, the new extreme sport0
- Feb 15 2007What an idiot0
- Feb 13 2007Tim Bray nails it0
- Feb 2 2007Narvey: our little slice of shopping heaven0
- Feb 2 2007Maybe it's better to switch than fight (Vista)0
- Feb 2 2007Kedrosky: Zune Flop Watch0
- Jan 27 2007The Vista Debacle4
- Jan 24 2007Oscar picks by Rope of Silicon0
- Jan 22 2007Spam: A new low0
- Jan 21 2007Close Vancouver bars at 2am0
- Jan 19 2007Not what Wii intended0
- Jan 19 2007North Shore Search & Rescue: Local Heroes1
- Jan 18 2007Videogames as teaching tools0
- Jan 17 2007Amen to that: Canadian ads bite0
- Jan 16 2007Not like Toshi needs anymore hype, but...0
- Jan 14 2007iPhone unvarnished0
- Jan 12 2007Seth Godin's Hard Work0
- Jan 11 2007Remembering Laura1
- Jan 9 2007What's new: May 19950
- Jan 9 2007The Controlled Deflation of BC Place0
- Jan 7 2007The Global Warming Olympics1
- Jan 7 2007Bob Hoover flying0
- Jan 7 2007An antidote to "earth tones"0
- Jan 3 2007Pointed Sticks!2
- Jan 3 2007Experience true 3D on your computer!0
- Jan 2 2007Over two years to finish playing Half-Life 2!0
- Jan 2 2007Why's the airport downtown?0
- Dec 27 2006HotWired retrospected0
- Dec 27 2006George Carlin has us all dead to rights0
- Dec 23 2006Trustee triggers political waves0
- Dec 13 200610 Canadian films I will never see1
- Dec 7 2006Rick Mercer's Chubby White Guys2
- Dec 3 2006The Unbearable Burden of Spam2
- Nov 26 2006PS3: The New Betamax?0
- Nov 26 2006RSS Feeds as 'Social Glue': Jeffrey Veen0
- Nov 22 2006More Vista venting1
- Nov 22 2006Grace under pressure0
- Nov 19 2006Surprise! Zune is incompatible with Vista0
- Nov 19 2006When Yellow Meets Blue0
- Nov 19 2006Led Zeppelin fans take note0
- Oct 28 2006The Best CBC TV Program Ever0
- Oct 26 2006The Modernettes: Vancouver music greats0
- Oct 15 2006The needless decline of a Vancouver community0
- Oct 14 2006Mount Seymour, a view from the top0
- Oct 6 2006Loving Vancouver at film festival time0
- Oct 3 2006Sadness0
- Sep 29 2006Young Canadians - Hawaii1
- Sep 19 2006Vancouver's radio morning show void0
- Sep 12 2006September 12th0
- Aug 28 2006The Telus blues0
- Jun 28 2006Lynn Canyon & the 90-foot pool0
- Jun 24 2006My battle with blacktop0
- Jun 15 2006Netscape deserves a proper burial0
- Jun 8 2006Bad times ahead for Sony?0
- Jun 7 2006Doubt me? Ask Google1
- Jun 4 2006The Coolest Canadian: Young or Shatner?1
- Jun 3 2006Harper and media on the Hill0
- Jun 2 2006PDF as open standard: why not?0
- Jun 2 2006Your MOJO ain't workin'0
- Jun 1 2006Linksys: AARRRRRRGGG!0
- May 8 2006Steve Nash: All-Canadian Hero0
- Jan 6 2006Partridge Family Values0
- Dec 28 2005Radio: creative talent need not apply0
- Dec 27 2005Oh, Google Cache, what would we do without ye?0
- Oct 19 2005My Zeitgeist0
- Jul 10 2005Professional baseball players = roid monkeys0
- Feb 19 2005Northern Voice: The Lunch0
- Feb 19 2005Northern Voice the Third0
- Feb 19 2005Northern Voice Deux1
- Feb 19 2005Northern Voice Conference, Numero Uno0
- Feb 17 2005Teen tossed by GG for treasonous chatter2
- Jan 23 2005Spinning the young voter0
- Jan 20 2005Rollin' rollin' rollin', keep those links a movin'0
- Jan 14 2005Environics pollster comes a callin'0
- Jan 13 2005Tears Are Not Enough, Part Deux: The Rage of Terry0
- Jan 4 2005Busy Blogosphere Gets Hype, Not Readers0
- Dec 30 2004Help Asian disaster victims: donate to relief organizations0
- Dec 29 2004Contrasting comfort with catastrophe0
- Dec 29 2004Ouch! Reviewer gets nasty with Spacey0
- Dec 24 2004Demise of community television sticks in my craw0
- Dec 18 2004China crowns first 'Miss Plastic Surgery'1
- Dec 17 2004The End's Alternative Declaration0
- Dec 17 2004Radio ratings in Vancouver reveal public frustration with mediocrity4
- Dec 17 2004Frank Magazine R.I.P.0
- Dec 6 2004What kind of time do you have for your community?0
- Oct 1 2001Confessions of a 9-11 Addict0
- Sep 4 2001Vancouver's Media Makeover0
- Apr 4 1997Cookies and Corporate Monsters0
- Mar 7 1996diarrhea.com0
- Jan 7 1996J.B. Shayne: A Radio Talent Tuned Out4
- Dec 7 1995The Pros and Cons of Hot Talk0
- Sep 21 1995Mainstream Hip0
- Aug 3 1995Terminal City Redux0
- Jul 9 1995Interview with Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen0
- May 4 1995Sarah's Celebrity Makeover0
- Feb 16 1995Coral & Rust: Notes from Hawaii0
- Jan 9 1995I'm glad you told me that, man0
- Nov 24 1994Pre-teen, Prime Time Dreaming0
- Nov 23 1994The New Seats0
- Sep 20 1994The Cinephile0
- Sep 20 1994The Videomatica Test0
- Jun 8 1994Invasion of the Brain Snatchers0
- Apr 1 1994English Bay Monster Truck Pull (April Fool's Prank)0
- Jan 8 1994Young, Gifted & Out of Patience0
- Nov 23 1993The All-Canadian Walk of Fame0
- Nov 1 1993Fest-O-Vision Too Opening0
- Nov 1 1993The Film Festival Schmoozer0
- Oct 2 1993The Honey Party (political ad)0
- Sep 28 1993Fest-O-Vision Promo0
- Jun 10 1993The Three Coreys0
- May 20 1993Marty Eisler Exposed0
- May 6 1993Emergency VCR Repair0
- Feb 23 1993Hollywood North Report Bloopers0
- Oct 30 1992Vancouver Magazine Cover, Pt. 20
- Oct 23 1992Vancouver Magazine Cover, Pt. 10
- Aug 6 1992The Aaron Spelling Museum0
- Aug 4 1992The Hug Clinic1
- Jul 23 1992Kino's Power Viewing Session0
- Jun 24 1992Movie Magic Disaster0
- Apr 23 1992The Grassy Meadow0
- Apr 12 1992Shayne's Oscar Night Party0
- Dec 7 1991Graffiti and the Legend of Little Mountain Sound0
- Nov 15 1990The Sprout Farm Song0
- Oct 15 1990Understanding Stairway to Heaven0
- Sep 8 1990Rat Control0
- Jan 7 1989The Laurie Partridge Diaries0
