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Book about Elephants
2:02am - Dec 11, 2009
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Vancouver and Victoria travelogue
2:11pm - Dec 1, 2009
Caught this on TCM late one night. It's great.
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Skeleton Dance 1929
4:20pm - Sep 5, 2009
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The Drug War
11:43am - Sep 2, 2009

Situated in one of the grubbier Downtown Eastside alleyways, 34 Market Alley is a popular stop on local historical walking tours, and for good reason. An opium factory that operated here in 1907 inspired Canada’s first drug laws. Read more at http://pasttensevancouver.wordpress.com/ A great blog about Vancouver history.

An Interesting Blog on Design and Architecture
12:43pm - Aug 5, 2009
I found this blog while researching something a while ago. It's worth checking out. http://thepocketsquare.com/
Footprint Guides: Probably the worst guide book ever published on Vancouver
1:43pm - Jun 26, 2009

I stopped reading this error ridden book a long time ago but sometimes things pop up in a search such as this gem,

"The 19th-century French Classical-style Dominion Building at 207 West Hastings is one of the city’s most attractive pieces of architecture, with an elaborately decorated red-brick and yellow terracotta veneer and a distinctive beaux-arts-style roof. In 1910 this, the British Empire’s highest structure, stood oppos

Hong Kong's Star Ferry
12:41am - May 7, 2009
Here's a stop motion video I made of the ferry heading to Kowloon in February 2009.

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Terrorism is an act of the weak. But so is walking through the airport in our socks.
6:12pm - Apr 9, 2009
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/07/what-you-should-be-a.html
Barcelona in 1908
11:03pm - Apr 6, 2009
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Chess/Checkers in Stanley Park, 1950s
1:56am - Apr 1, 2009
chess in the park