Posts by Dave Semeniuk

Was This Born of Ingenuity or Necessity?

good thing he’s wearing a helmet Mopeds and street bikes are a common form of transportation for of developing countries – they are cheap to operate,…

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Yes, I Want You to Throw Pie in my Face.

Attention ASIC Students: This is it – here’s your chance to exact a cream filled revenge against me, your dutiful TA, while helping the graduate council…

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Skyscrapers that Double as Irrigation Systems – or – This is just freaking cool.

[source; Hat tip – Inhabitat] Since 2003, the eVolo architecture skyscraper competition has brought together students and professionals into an arena of human and environmentally oriented…

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The 10m Diet – An Update, and a Plea for Your Photos!

So, I have things that grow on my windowsill: It’s been a full week since I began my personal 10m diet – a plan to grow…

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Earth Hour 2008 – How Did Vancouver Fare?

The world kicked off an hour of darkness this weekend to raise global awareness of humanity’s excess energy consumption.  The event started off last year as…

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Scrap Your Car – Buy A Hybrid…or a bus pass, or a bike.

First off, I had no idea this program existed (perhaps because I don’t drive): The Scrap-It Program is working to improve Lower Mainland air quality by…

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VPL: Pro-China Protesters Support Non-Violence in Tibet

Protesters are at it again this weekend at the Vancouver Public Library. This week, a rather large group (~200) of pro-China protesters gathered at the Northwest…

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More From the Google Grab Bag – Google Suggests

From the deep, damp dungeons of the Google Laboratories comes “Google Suggest”: Our algorithms use a wide range of information to predict the queries users are…

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Sampling from the Bag of Google

Enough of the serious, and onto the unserious – the internet, and stuff: Popularity of net-speak: lol wins! wtf and omg come in at a close…

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Survey Says! American Public Attitudes Towards the Environment

Dr. David M. Konisky from the University of Missouri’s Institute of Public Policy recently released a survey that captures American attitudes towards current environmental issues (pdf…

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