Thursday, September 25, 2014

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Simon Heijdens creates "kaleidoscope of light" at London gallery

Simon Heijdens creates "kaleidoscope of light" at London gallery:

A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens ( movie).

AeroMobil flying car creators propose moving traffic to the skies

AeroMobil flying car creators propose moving traffic to the skies:

The creators of a flying car called AeroMobil say that transport networks are "in crisis" and suggest that a potential solution could be shifting road traffic into the skies ( movie).

Monday, September 22, 2014

Apple’s Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple’s Beats Music Service Is Sticking Around. | Re/code

Apple’s Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple’s Beats Music Service Is Sticking Around. | Re/code:

Earlier this year, Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Since then, CEO Tim Cook has gone out of his way to rave about the Beats Music subscription service, which sells all-you-can-eat music for $10 a month.

So why would Apple plan to shut down Beats Music, as a TechCrunch headline reports?

Answer: It’s not.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Apple - Main Campus

Apple Main Campus
My buddy gave me a tour of the Apple Campus on Friday.  We saw Eddie Cue's Lambo in the underground parking and we are pretty sure that we saw Angela Ahrendts who is Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.
Below are a couple of pics of me in front of the sign:




 

Apple - Main Campus

Apple Main Campus
My buddy gave me a tour of the Apple Campus on Friday.  We saw Eddie Cue's Lambo in the underground parking and we are pretty sure that we saw Angela Ahrendts who is Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.
Below are a couple of pics of me in front of the sign:




 

Victoria… It’s More than That - YouTube

Victoria… It’s More than That - YouTube:

Okay...I was expecting something cheesy but this actually incredibly done.  It captures many of the coolest elements of living life in Victoria.  Well worth the watch!


Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Class War and the Classroom: Analysing the BC Teachers’ Strike within a Neoliberal Framework | Lions_Read_Theory

Class War and the Classroom: Analysing the BC Teachers’ Strike within a Neoliberal Framework | Lions_Read_Theory:

It is therefore the task of a neoliberal government to reconstruct the landscape for its implementation. This involves the purposeful manufacturing of a crisis by underfunding the system to its breaking point, in order to deem that system so dysfunctional that the only alternative is to replace it with a government-sponsored ‘solution’ – in this case a private, for-profit model.

Thursday, September 04, 2014

Monday, September 01, 2014

What's Jamming Teacher Bargaining? | The Tyee

What's Jamming Teacher Bargaining? | The Tyee:

The long summer stall in teacher bargaining may be due to terms the government is insisting on including in the next contract, The Tyee has learned.  I for one, for the sake of keeping class sizes low, hope the teachers hold out until the Government can be exposed for it's duplicitous dealings.