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Trying to renew my annual Parks Canada pass early

There’s a strange quirk to Parks Canada‘s annual passes. Buy one anytime in January and it’s valid until the end of January next year….. So buy on the 1st, get 13 months. Buy on the 31st, get 12 months. Once it expires most people will wait until their next visit to one of the parks [...]

How NOT to handle social media

Marketing or PR student? Need a case-study on how NOT to manage your corporate image on social media? Let Sunshine Village help you out:  http://on.fb.me/hSTbEJ Update: It’s beginning -  Social Media Fail Update 2: SSV’s Marketing department targets the case study! – More Sunshine

Rugby Day in Canada – Issue 4

Issue 4 out now! Get your free PDF copy here: http://rugbydayincanada.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/rugbydayincanada_issueno4_jan2011.pdf Issues 1-3 available in print here: http://rugbypress.magcloud.com/ Enjoy!

Help Andy score the Canyons job!

Help Andy score the ultimate Winter job at The Canyons in Park City, Utah.  Despite the restrictions of a SitSki this guy rips…. Click Here: http://bit.ly/aMAAuR or go here: Select “Most Popular”, and vote for the guy in the wheelchair…..  Take a look on TGR, Andy’s website, or this Gizmodo article for more info! Thanks [...]

Home Improvement: Cable Speeds

I re-wired my consumer-side cable today to see if I could improve my data feed so that Netflix, etc would stream smoothly…. I was pleasantly suprised with the results. The Shaw hook-up guy couldn’t be bothered to trace my lines back in the loft-space, so just added a splitter here and a splitter there to [...]

Canmore is my new home

Things have been a little quiet around here lately as I have been busy getting settled in in my new house in my new home town – Canmore, Alberta. In the mountains, but close enough to the city.  My ski commute is now less than 30mins, less once I buy some touring gear! Dealing with [...]

Freshtival 2010

It’s back! Next week  (October 14th-16th) at the Uptown Theatre, Calgary.  Freshtival – Canada’s premier freeski film festival. Teton Gravity Research, Matchstick Productions and PoorBoyz all headline with this years offerings with support from Inspired Media Concepts, Level 1 Productions and Field Productions. Tickets available from Fresh sports or online. Details here: http://www.freshsports.ca/freshtival/ See you [...]

Rugby Day in Canada – Issue 2

It’s out now and it’s free in digital form: http://rugbydayincanada.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/the-second-issue/ This is a not-for-profit magazine put together by José Romelo Langman, full of articles and photo’s from rugby supporters across Canada (including some of mine on pg.48/49!).  It’s a great idea, well presented, and did I mention it’s free?

I sold my first image today!

OK, so it was a stock photo with Fotolia and I made about 12 cents, but hey! I’m happy! Link to the image I sold.

Lets get this site started

Finally!…. Over the past month I have updated my site to what you see before you.  As those that know me are aware, I always seem to have an opinion.  Now I have a place to share it! Over the coming months I will post about places we visit, movies we see, food we eat, [...]

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