Category: montreal + canada + the world

texas shadows (Photo: Great shot from Nancy) Planes and air travel has this smell, something between brand new plastic garbage bags; roasting coffee / almonds and disinfecting santizers. It gets…

The talented team over at Furni has updated their product lineup for 2008. All Montréal made. Go check it out. Furni

Some smart cyclist(s) have come up with a new concept for Montréal (doubtfully the first – but new here); Mavélocity. It’s a bike club of sorts that offers secure indoor…

2 days of riding over the weekend, not exactly as planned as B woke up Saturday morning feeling ill (something about a bad dépaneur chicken sandwich). Saturday I drove over…

Driving back into Montreal from stevey on Vimeo. Short scrambly video of me (was trying to film while driving) driving into the tunnel off the Bonaventure. This part of the…

Reading this Lifehacker Post about traveling with a laptop; ran into this very smart system/hack to prevent hotel guests from leaving the lights on and wasting energy… “The one electricity…

I’m a huge fan of “shifting”, which can be hard to explain to some people who aren’t as tech savy as some of us. This little video from some Canadian…

You like torrent’s for TV shows and other stuff. You recently found it’s been slower than usual. Is this you and you’re wondering why? Turns out almost all Canadian ISP’s…

Johan Tucking the Laps from stevey on Vimeo.

Resin soaked rails & Johan working the nose Went by Johan’s shop last night to watch him put on the final lam of glass on my new board (still a…

I don’t normally like HDR images; but this one is stunning. From digitalapoptosis | See full size (very large — right click to open in new window)

Update:: One more image that shows the effects of bottom trawling for seafood/fish “Bottom trawling is the most destructive of any actions that humans conduct in the ocean,” said zoologist…

Glued up Johan sent me a shot of the beginnings with my huge block of foam that will eventually be a work of art. Follow along with the progress here…

MetroStainedGlass Montreal has some beautiful Metro (subway) stations. Love these lines and colors. Wikipedia on the MTL metro

Montreal Bagel Just born. World’s best bagel. “According to native Montrealers their bagels are the best in the world! In fact, many a former Montrealer when returning on a visit…