Canada
Ontario done with coal
Ontario has burned their last ton of coal. Ontario’s carbon footprint is miniscule. This was pointed out to me by an Australian. I worked with Ben Heard to create the above video, but I’ve never met him. He was about to deliver…
LFTR in 5 Minutes – A video about THORIUM created for Elizabeth May and Canadian Greens
LFTR in 5 Minutes starts with a fast-paced summary of why thorium needs to be developed as an energy resource. If you follow gadget, technology or science blogs, then you’ll likely find thorium a fascinating subject. In a…
TEDxYYC Video – Kirk Sorensen on Thorium
On April 1st, Kirk Sorensen spoke to a Calgary TEDxYYC audience about the potential of Thorium as an energy source. Kirk’s TEDxYYC video is now available. skipto newwindow sub-topic 0:50 0:50 10 years working at NASA, designing…
Kirk Sorensen in Calgary to speak about Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR)
Kirk Sorensen is coming to Calgary to speak about Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors, on March 31st 2011 at Protospace and April 1st at TEDxYYC! In a nutshell, I believe of all Canadian provinces, Alberta has the most to gain by…
COSSFest 2010 – Calgary’s Open Source Software Festival
On April 9th & 10th, Calgary Open Source Software advocates held a 2 day festival to discuss the challenges facing open source software, and promote its adoption. Interested in OSS, I volunteered to create video archives of the…
TEDxYYC – Calgary’s TEDx Videos
I’ve finished editing all the TEDxYYC videos, but they’re not yet indexed on the official TEDxYYC website. Until they do, the 2010 TEDxYYC videos can either be found at YouTube’s TEDxYYC Playlist, or right here (in chronological…
TEDxYYC – Coffee and Leaping Sideways
While helping provide video coverage of TEDxYYC, I learned more about the sociological aspects of coffee houses than I’d bargained for. Did you know that Calgary is on the cutting edge of coffee subculture? No, really. Did you…
Oil Sands Extraction – LFTR in Alberta?
THORIUM REMIX 2009 has been well received, so I’ve cut it down further to 10 minutes and put the subject in a Canadian context: How about using a liquid-fluoride thorium reactor to power oil sands crude extraction? Bill Dickie…
Oil Sands Debate with Elizabeth May
“Is Oil Sands Development Ultimately Irreconcilable with the Environmental Agenda?” was the question posed by Calgary Enterprise Forum. The discussion was held at Calgary Petroleum Club featuring Elizabeth May, Deborah Yedlin…
iPhone Banking & Contracts for Canadians
In May 2009, Gazzard and Richerd assisted MJ teach a weekend-long iPhone development course. At the time of the lecture, I had only just bought a MacBook and hadn’t started any iPhone development. In fact, I hadn’t even set up my…
Calgary’s Low Carbon Future – The Summit
I haven’t had too many opportunities to stream live video since WireCast days at Cambrian House, so Calgary’s Carbon Summit was to be a live test of my new configuration: Dual core MacBook Wireless microphones feeding both the…
Comedian Allyson Smith’s Creative Process
In November 2008, a co-worker talked the office into checking out a comedian named Allyson Smith at Calgary’s Comedy Detour. Being a video guy I asked “should I tape it?” Obviously I was impressed, or there’d be no blog post…
Green Party’s Elizabeth May in Calgary
July 2nd to 4th, the leader of Canada’s Green Party, Elizabeth May visited Calgary to attend fund raising and community events. After a fundraiser, Elizabeth allowed me to record a quick Q&A with her regarding one of my concerns:…
Alternatives to the CBC?
The above video is R4NT.com’s coverage of a April 17th Calgary rally protesting cuts to the CBC. A downloadable remix is available at Internet Archive. See OpenSourceVideo.BlogSpot.com for more footage links and Creative Commons…