I know it has been a while since my last post, my only excuse is the tired, old stand by of “I’ve really been busy.” Since taking on the side job of Film Liaison over at Riverview I find that between liaising, my regular job and trying to finish of the 100-handmade TAOEX games, there…
BCIT ISSP Summer Project for 2018 – A Rarity from what I Understand
A few days after the presentations of the 3 projects that had been selected and developed by the 3 teams of students for the spring 2018 ISSP program I had received an email from the BCIT Industry Liaison and Student Wellness Coordinator, inviting me to submit projects for a rare summer program. Turns out that…
BCIT Industry Sponsored Student Projects Selected by ISSP Students Spring 2018
After submitting 2 projects to the BCIT ISSP for the September 2017 term I was very pleased to learn that both of my projects were selected to be developed by 2 teams of students. Both teams threw themselves at the projects and 12 weeks later, presented me with some fine examples of their programming efforts.…
Interesting day with the fury chainsaw
What a crazy, fucked up day. One for the record books to be sure. Those of you who know me know that I have been playing in a yearly tournament with a select group of gamers for decades. We try to get together 1 day per month to play our game, today was that day.…
Tragically Hip Over The Years
As a long time metal head from the 1970’s I used to take a lot of flack from my buddies over some of my choices in music. My love for art rock was tolerated and why not seeing as a great many of the hard core metal bands would often cite bands like Rush, Yes…
Oh horrors of horrors – game day from hell
OK for those of you who know me know that a select group of friends and I get together on a regular bases, for decades actually, to play a game I created. The games we play are part of a yearly tournament for the Expletive Award. The trophy is very unique and the championship carries…
Front Street
A few days ago my son, the one in film school, reached out to me for a little assist on one of his class projects. He told me that the class had an assignment where they had to make up a log line based upon a story from one of their parents. For those of…
A week of Strangeness
So a couple of odd things happened this week, things that give one pause to wonder about the strangeness of coincidences. My roommate is one of those people that likes to go to car rallies to show off his classic car. I, having spent almost a decade working for a major automotive importer, never got…
Evergreen Line of the SkyTrain Light Rapid Transit System
I was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan but relocated to British Columbia with my family when I was a toddler. While I was too young to recall all of the details I do know that we moved to the rural area of Port Coquitlam. The very small port town was a hub for CP Rail and…
Black Bear Encounter on Sidewalk in Coquitlam BC
Sunday morning finds me like most mornings, out for my daily walk. Rain or shine I try to get in an hour of exercise by walking some of the local trails and for me Hoy Creek Trail is fairly convenient as it runs parallel to you guessed it, Hoy Creek. Hoy Creek is a nice…