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Hootsuite tag-teams with WWE for social media smackdown

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 month ago: Vancouver-based social media service Hootsuite has teamed up with wrestling giant WWE to create the … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Internet, technology, facebook, hootsuite, John Cena, Social Media, T.H.E. R.O.C.K., twitter

Gun supporters want Jim Carrey deported2 comments

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 month ago: A day after Jim Carrey released a comic music video on Funny or Die mocking opponents of gun control … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Music, NRA, Gun Control, Jim Carrey

John McAfee to call Portland home – for now

Peter Darbyshire wrote 4 months ago: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee continues to make news, this time by calling Portland home. … more →

Tags: News, Portland, john mcafee

Canadian astronaut rapidly becoming astrostar1 comment

Peter Darbyshire wrote 4 months ago: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield wasn’t exactly anonymous before he blasted off on a Soyuz capsule … more →

Tags: News, Space, NASA, CSA, ISS, Chris Hadfield

Displacement

dereknewmanstille wrote 6 months ago: A Review of On Spec #89 Vol 24, No. 2 (Summer 2012 issue) By Derek Newman-Stille I have been a fan o … more →

Tags: Fiction Book Reviews, Disability, aging, Memory, Werewolves, On Spec, Art, Steampunk, Home

Life of Pi trailer released

Peter Darbyshire wrote 10 months ago: Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi may have seemed an unlikely blockbuster when it was published back in … more →

Tags: Books & Entertainment, ang lee, CanLit, Life of Pi, Source Code, Yann Martel

Edward Riche's new novel is Easy to Like

Peter Darbyshire wrote 10 months ago: Edward Riche‘s Easy to Like is a rich and textured blend of a story. It begins with a sustaine … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Food, Books & Entertainment, Source Code, Edward Riche, Easy to Like

Lady Gaga launches social network1 comment

Peter Darbyshire wrote 10 months ago: Lady Gaga has become as much a social media star as a music one – 27 million followers on Twitter, 5 … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Internet, Music, technology, Lady Gaga, little monsters, Source Code

Small press king calls out the spoken word community2 comments

Peter Darbyshire wrote 11 months ago: The latest issue of Vancouver’s sub-Terrain literary journal just arrived in the newsroom, and this … more →

Tags: Books & Entertainment, Poetry, stuart ross, Sheri-D Wilson, spoken word, sub-Terrain

The latest Internet sensation is the end of Civilization

Peter Darbyshire wrote 11 months ago: A little more than a week ago, reddit user Lycerius made a post on the popular site asking for help … more →

Tags: News, Internet, reddit, Rome Sweet Rome, Civilization II, Lycerius

Roll up the rim to write: Leo McKay goes indie for new "Tim Hortons" novel1 comment

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: UPDATE: Congrats to Leo for reaching his funding goal just days into his Indiegogo campaign. It look … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Source Code, tim hortons, Leo McKay, indiegogo

What exactly is Rick Santorum trying to say here?

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: Barack Obama is a… Nickelback fan? … more →

Tags: News, Source Code, Barack Obama, rick santorum

Kevin Chong launches My Year of the Racehorse1 comment

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: Vancouver writer Kevin Chong is a cultural chameleon. He’s the author of three books that have almos … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Charles Demers, kevin chong, Sean Cranbury, Source Code

MP James Moore defends his position on digital locks

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: MP James Moore, one of the Conservative government’s champions of copyright reform, on why he … more →

Tags: News, technology, Source Code, james moore, digital locks, Copyright

24 Hour Book Project will be "beautiful chaos"

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: We Vancouverites love to challenge ourselves. We flock to the Grouse Grind, try to eat food found on … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Source Code, Sean Cranbury, w2, 24 Hour Book, three-day novel

Story time? There's an app for that

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: If you’re a parent on the go, you’re probably looking for something to entertain/distract/sedate you … more →

Tags: Entertainment, technology, Source Code, iPad, iPhone, Dr. Seuss, Oceanhouse, Nosy Crow, Bizzy Bear

Megaupload is megabusted2 comments

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: If you’ve ever watched a pirated movie online — and I know you have — then you … more →

Tags: News, technology, Source Code, megavideo, megaupload

Google+ adds a meme generator

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: The engineers at Google+ keep rolling out new features in the war against Facebook — and every … more →

Tags: Entertainment, technology, Google, Source Code

The Canada Party for president of the USA

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: Hey, he’s got a point. Also, slightly NSFW (swearing). pdarbyshire@theprovince.com twitter.com … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Source Code


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