April 1, 2009 - 09:47 AM
Geek of the WeekLaunched in 2007 as a project of the Internet Archive, this on-line catalogue now contains records for more than 22 million fiction and nonfiction works.
March 26, 2009 - 05:03 AM
Geek of the WeekWhere is the Semantic Web located? It may be hiding in that Web page you’ve just browsed.
February 18, 2009 - 08:54 AM
Geek of the WeekWhat does a next-generation search engine look like? Worio, created by UBC computer-science students, could be a preview.
January 29, 2009 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekThe Vancouver Twestival is one of over 100 fundraisers planned for the same day in cities around the world—all of them organized on Twitter.
January 21, 2009 - 6:38 PM
Geek of the WeekAmazed by the computer-generated effects in The Abyss, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day?
January 15, 2009 - 05:10 AM
Geek of the WeekAre George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill O’Reilly, Charles Manson, and Donald Rumsfeld really the five most evil Americans alive? You can have your say on MakeFive, a Web site developed by Gastown-based smashLAB that invites users to create, vote on, and comment on top-five lists.
December 18, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekCreated by Vancouver-based Web developers Jeff Kee and Jordan Brill, Krunchd allows anyone to quickly make a list of up to 30 links.
December 11, 2008 - 05:10 AM
Geek of the WeekBrightKit, launched on November 28 by Vancouver-based Invoke Media, makes maintaining more than one Twitter account easy.
November 20, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekSick of seeing the Fail Whale when Twitter crashes? You might want to try Identi.ca, a Montreal-based alternative.
November 6, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekVancouver-based Handi Mobility has developed a downloadable TransLink application for the iPhone.
October 30, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekGone are the days when the iPod was just for listening to the latest Britney Spears track. Universities are turning the portable media player into a mobile study device, using the iTunes Store to distribute recorded lectures and lab demonstrations to students.
October 8, 2008 - 09:56 AM
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Geek of the Week We won’t know how much cash candidates in this federal election blew on their campaigns until after voting day. But you can look up details on-line of contenders’ expenses and donations from previous races.
September 25, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekMaking greener choices could be as simple as consulting your mobile phone. At least, that’s the idea behind Luna, a new iPhone application from 3rd Whale, organizers of the Greenest Person on the Planet competition.
September 18, 2008 - 3:43 PM
Geek of the WeekFree Rice is definitely addictive. In this Web game, you answer trivia questions and help feed the world’s hungry at the same time.
September 4, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the Week
For more than a century, Canadian governments tried to destroy the cultures of aboriginal peoples through assimilation. According to the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council, eight of the 40 First Nations languages that once existed in B.C. are now extinct. “The other 32 languages are critically endangered and time is running out,” states the council’s 2007–2008 annual report. One Web site that’s helping preserve the use of aboriginal languages is FirstVoices.
August 28, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekGot a queer story to tell? Launched this month, Out on Screen’s Queer History Project Web site (www.queerhistoryproject.com/ ) aims to be an interactive repository of stories, photographs, and videos about Vancouver’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
August 14, 2008 - 05:00 AM
Geek of the WeekSo you want to be a corporate sleuth? If you’re aching to know compensation figures of the bosses of Canada’s biggest publicly traded companies, check out www.sedar.com/. All the Howe Street sharpies regularly visit this site, but it’s not as well known within the activist community. You can look up any company on a Canadian stock exchange and read documents filed with regulators.
August 30, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekIn the days before computers became a primary means of artistic expression, people had to make do by stretching the media formats they had available. One of the legendary magazines in the history of multimedia experimentation was Aspen , although it only put out 10 issues between 1965 and 1971. Andy Warhol, Marshall McLuhan, Lou Reed, and John Lennon were among its contributors. Now Aspen has been translated onto the Web ( www.ubu.com/aspen /) and is quite an intriguing artistic time capsule.
August 9, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the Week There's nothing like a multifaceted collection of sites built up by the long-term efforts of a single person. Minneapolis-based newspaper columnist and author James Lileks ( www.lileks.com ) is one such self-publisher who has a particular fascination for the quirky charm of mid-20th-century media and advertising. There's a lot posted here: unappetizing photos taken from cookbooks, postcards of diners, forgotten comic strips, matchbook covers, even some telegram art.
August 2, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekAs pop-culture institutions go, the 90 years that Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has been around are practically a record. That also means that Ripley’s has appeared in most media forms, from print to radio and TV. And now it’s kept up-to-date on the Web ( www.ripleys.com ), where a well-designed site offers video clips, news items, podcasts (called oddcasts), and even archived episodes of the old-time radio series.
July 12, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekIt was bound to happen: Now even Web-distributed content can win an Emmy Award–if it's good enough, that is. That's what happened with It's JerryTime! ( www.itsjerrytime.com/ ). And after watching the handful of short animated films posted there and browsing some of the accolades the site has garnered ( American Splendor 's Harvey Pekar seems to be the most-referenced cultural touchstone), you'll probably agree there's some merit in going the independent route. But don't forget–you have to be good.
July 5, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekSince the summer television season is turning out to be one of the lamest on record (with the possible exception of Traveler ), maybe it's time to buy or rent some shows from the past. For several years, TVShowsOnDVD ( www.tvshowsondvd.com/ ) has tracked current and upcoming releases, offering reviews, comments, and rumours, plus on-line polls on what people would like to see out next. Or you could go outside and play, I guess.
June 28, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the Week
A few months ago, I thought about recommending the on-line graphic novel
Shooting War
(
www.shootingwar.com
), but it wasn't finished yet. Now all 11 chapters are available, and are even scheduled to appear in print later this year. Oddly, some of the more fanciful plot points of this terrorist struggle set in 2011 have come true, so you might as well read it now before it's as old as reruns of
The Daily Show
.
June 21, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekIf you wonder sometimes, 'bout sound and vision, panicking in Detroit, or who looks a lot likeChe Guevara, you must visit the David Bowie Wonderworld Fan Site ( www.bowiewonderworld.com/ ). You won't have to stand on a chair to make your point of view.
June 14, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Geek of the WeekThere's no question that computer games have been one of the major driving forces behind the last couple of decades of computing, with programmers and hardware developers constantly challenging each other while gamers have provided the commercial impetus to keep everything going. But few people know that the first computer game was created in 1952.
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