Kevan Gilbert:

Have you ever found yourself mired in a situation where you’ve been misled, screwed over, lied to, deceived, ripped off, taken advantage of or otherwise misinformed? It’s part of life, really. Communication is difficult, and sometimes misunderstandings occur. But sometimes, it’s not enough to shrug your shoulders and say “C’est la vie.” Sometimes, something needs [...]

The story of Dan Brown, famous author of even-more-famous best-selling book The Da Vinci Code is a curious one. As often re-told in the various author biographies around the web, this is how Dan Brown decided to be an author: one day, while at the beach in Tahiti, he finished reading some random paperback and [...]

Using a phone cam to take pictures of shoes, patterns and dresses at the mall? Either I’m a little fruitier than I thought, or it was just another weekend shopping with my wife. During this Saturday at Chinook Centre, I trapped in time all the sights and decorations that struck my eyes as clever and [...]

Paul McLean will eat your soul Approximately seven minutes ago, the Calgary Flames were eliminated from the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals by the Detroit Red Wings. The city fell silent and wept into its pillow. All across the prairie town, the Red Mile turned blue, as thousands of Flames fans untied their western-style jersey collars [...]

Just minutes before the weekend began, my friend Harrison posted a bevy of Feist footage; new music videos of songs from Feist’s new album. Now as the weekend ends, I think these sweet videos need a bookend. Please enjoy this fantastic song by “Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip.” It’s called “Thou Shalt Always Kill.” [...]

If you’re like me, you don’t care about RSS, and you’re sick of hearing everybody talk about it. It’s like some ridiculously elaborate secret club that only web geeks know about and won’t explain to anybody else. Well, just this week, I decide to break this aggravating code, and I discovered that hey, RSS is [...]

My wife Kendra and I have been married since August 2006. In the process of combining our respective incomes, bank accounts and shopping priorities, it quickly became clear that if we didn’t develop a system for managing our money, we would very quickly not have any. So after some brainstorming, some inspiration, and a whole [...]

Intro: Skeletons are for lovers This most recent April 4, as with every April 4, it was my wife’s birthday. In honour of this well-anticipated annual occasion, I purchased for my wife the only gift that any truly loving husband should really even consider buying for his wife: I bought her a life-size skeleton. His [...]

When I’m not arguing with friends about racism, I’m taking pictures of billboards with my phonecam and criticizing their colour usage. Of course, this refers to the other blog I help maintain: Elbowruminations. It’s the official studio blog of Elbowroom Design, the graphic design studio for which I work. We’re putting lots of energy into [...]

So my friend and fellow blogger Harrison have entered an interesting conversation about whether discussions about race help or only amplify the problem of racism. Before reading on, catch yourself up on the dialogue by popping over to Harrison Exists! to read the exchange so far.

1. There’s a new Modest Mouse music video and it’s very good The giant, loud-mouthed band called Modest Mouse have unleashed an album just a few days ago, and it’s called “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.” Their lead single is called, confessionally, “Dashboard.” It’s a very great song to listen to when [...]

Trailer re-edits are one of the most entertaining breeds of copyright infringement I’ve seen so far. It’s where ambitious editors remix, re-edit, parody, spoof or mash-up footage from existing movies to create clever new fake trailers. In celebration of this fine tradition, I have painstakingly combed over every single movie trailer redux I could find, [...]

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Here’s a challenge for some gifted and ambitious programmers looking to make positive contributions to the world of WordPress. I’ve had three ideas lately that I think would be really useful for WordPress users. AdSense Auto-Extender for Sidebar Web-Wide Comment Tracker WordPress Info-Wiki AdSense Auto-Extender for Sidebar Some people treat ads like they were wallpaper, [...]

This is another dream I had, also during the early morning hours of March 10, 2007. My wife and are on the inside of an enormous skyscraper. There are no upper levels, only a bottom floor — it is just one enormous chamber. The floor, walls and ceiling are all painted white. Through the whiteness, [...]

I had a fascinating dream last night. I woke up at 5:30 am with it still ringing in my mind, and knew I should write it down. I left my room and went into the study to type out all the notes and details I could remember, and then re-wrote it in narrative form later. [...]

Hypermiling Source: Posted by the ever-watchful Jason Kottke at kottke.org Imagine a running LCD display on your car’s dashboard the reads out your fuel consumption. No, not a gas gauge: it’s a real-time clock that watches your fuel efficiency. Thanks to an article on Kottke.org, I’m planning on becoming obsessed with how my various driving [...]

This day marks the inception of “Harrison Exists,” a green-ish coloured blog by a black-ish coloured person. If you’re wondering why this even matters at all, I’ll explain: Harrison (once known as “Harry”) is a culturally-informed style of smart person. He’s masterful at analyzing pop culture through a grad school lens, and brings grounded insight [...]

Christians continually fail to interact intelligently with culture, and it kills me. It’s a theme I find myself exploring a lot. The first time I tackled the subject was in 2005’s essay about finding truth and beauty in “secular” music, but this one takes a new approach, and suggests that Christians are warming up, while [...]