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Everyone loves GIF animations.

I had a nice stroll down by the lake today, and ended up taking a ridiculous number of pictures. So many pictures, in fact, that I managed to snap at least one decent photo of a wave crashing into the rocks, the spray just about to hit my camera. That's the money shot right there. Never content to …

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Connected?

The first song on my self-titled debut CD (released in 2006) laments the replacement of real human relationships with digital communities. When I wrote the song, I didn't even know about Facebook yet, and needless to say lots has changed on the web since then. But then again, plus ça change, plus …

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The S.T.A.R. program taught me well.

Through a contact here in Lausanne, I managed to get some freelance work designing a fundraising booklet for one of the student organisations on campus (I'm keeping it real general so as not to identify anyone here). The booklet was commissioned by the finance committee - once complete, it would be …

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Have we turned the corner yet?

It's been disappointing to read the coverage of COP16 in Cancún, but I can't say our Canadian delegation's attitude is surprising. It's the same old myopic strategy of hiding behind our economic ties with the USA to justify inaction. Canada has now taken home five  Fossil of the Day awards (three …

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