The Future of Virtual Worlds
What would it be like if we were more obsessed with a virtual reality than our own? This is what Ernest Cline explores in his novel Ready Player One. Presently we have small virtual worlds in the form...
View ArticleThe Happiness Project
I recently read through Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and enjoyed her journey in the pursuit for happiness. The different chapters reflected the months of the years and the many challenges...
View ArticleAnomia, Topple, Carmen Sandiego, Labyrinth Board Games
Another day at Snakes and Lattes led to more board game adventures. This time there was four of us, which opened up more possibilities and challenges. In The aMAZEing Labyrinth players pushed the maze...
View ArticleA Concert For Dogs
The same day as Woofstock, IAMS SOGOOD hosted a concert for dogs. 45 piece Toronto Concert Orchestra played dog themed songs like “Who Let The Dogs Out” and “How Much is That Doggie in the Window”....
View ArticleTall Ships Hamilton
Since we sort of failed at finding the ships last weekend, we decided to go see them in Hamilton. We saw them this time as they were all settled along Hamilton’s Pier 8. The area is much smaller than...
View ArticleThe Power of Habit
In The Power of Habit, Chris Duhigg looks at how the smallest act of habit can have a huge impact on our lives. It also delves into how businesses build marketing plans around our studied human...
View ArticleMixed & Ready Moments at Grove Festival
A few weekends ago, I attended The Grove Music Festival. Instead of photographing it, I had the pleasure of taking part in Canadian Club’s Mixed & Ready Moments campaign, along with fashion...
View ArticleTiana’s Adventure Vlogs #1 – ALL CAPS Music Festival Day 1
As I mentioned in my previous post, I want to start document some of my adventures in video format. I’m going to do this Vlog style, so it isn’t going to be anything fancy and time consuming. Straight...
View ArticleTiana’s Adventure Vlogs #2 – ALL CAPS Music Festival Day 2
Here are clips of Day 2 of ALL CAPS featuring performances by Watershed Hour, Effin Saddle, Eons, Pachamama, Magneta Lane Beliefs, Catl, and Rich Aucoin. Full review at Ride the Tempo.
View ArticleA Day at the Zoo
This polar bear is my new best friend On Thursday, my family and I went to the zoo. At least 10 years had passed, since I’ve last been. It was a lot bigger than I remembered as a child. Here are some...
View ArticleBuskerfest 2013
On Saturday, I walked around Buskerfest. Here are some random photos of things I saw:
View ArticleTiana’s Adventure Vlogs #3- Maylee Todd’s Summerworks Performance
The latest instalment of my vlogs features Maylee Todd’s performance during Summerworks festival.
View ArticleThe Art of War For Writers
I’ve never really considered myself to be a writer. I sort of just fell in to it through blogging. I’m continually growing, finding my style and turning to others for inspiration. I read obsessively...
View ArticleIntroducing.. Tracks Only
As you know, I run music blog Ride the Tempo, which promotes independent Canadian music. I decided today to launch at Tumblr called Tracks Only, to have a platform for quickly sharing some of the...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Evil Plan?
“Evil Plans- Having Fun on the Road to World Domination” is a cleverly titled book from comic writer and entrepreneur Hugh MacLeod. In fact, I actually discovered the book because it was sitting in...
View ArticleThis Ain’t No Piece of Cake
This board game is named Piece O’ Cake. However, when you assemble it and put it together, it is clearly pie. Anyways, the object is to gain as many points as you can by eating the most out of the...
View ArticleI Met Chris Pirillo!
This weekend was Buffer Festival in Toronto, the city’s first ever Youtube film festival. Personally, I haven’t participated in the Youtube scene until recently, but when I found out Chris Pirillo...
View ArticleGimme All Your Friend Codes
Nash gave me my Christmas present early. I was surprised with a new Nintendo 2DS and a copy of Pokemon X! I’ve been wanting to play the game since I heard about its existence but buying a system for...
View Article12 Days of Bullshit by Cards Against Humanity Roundup
Last month I participated in Cards Against Humanity’s 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit. For $22 (I had to pay more as a Canadian), the idea was that I would receive 12 individual gifts in the mail. Since...
View ArticleChinese New Year
Happy Year of the Horse! Here are some random photos I took over the weekend of celebrations:
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