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#Vancouver

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Self · 4 min

Events and Art in Vancouver

Where to find art and events in Vancouver, last updated September 2026

#Art#Vancouver#Journal#Maps
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Projects · 2 min

Vancouver SkyTrain PCB v3 - generated from real geography

The third redesign of the Vancouver SkyTrain PCB, built from real map data instead of hand-drawn artwork

#PCB#KiCad#JLCPCB#WS2812#Code#Maps
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Bookmarks · 2 min

2026-March Brain Dump

Bookmarks from March 2026: maps, 3D printable trail generators, tools, and references.

#Bookmark#Art#Fabric#Code#Maps#Vancouver
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Projects · 9 min

PCB Metro maps retrospective

Retrospective of the Vancouver SkyTrain and Washington DC Metro PCB maps with LEDs that light up as trains arrive.

#PCB#JLCPCB#LED#Soldering#ESP32#Code
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Year of Ideas · 5 min

Idea 100 - Lavender Farm

Plans for a Gulf Islands lavender farm with distillery, beehives, chickens, and a hillside field for retirement.

#Flowers#Ideas#Art#Vancouver#Photo#Video
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Year of Ideas · 4 min

Idea 085 - Carved wooden postcards

Baltic birch plywood postcards, one for every mammal in BC, mailed through Canada Post.

#Paper#Art#CNC#Wood#Ideas#Laser Cut
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Year of Ideas · 2 min

Idea 082 - Classic video games maps posters

A poster of level maps from classic 80s and 90s video games such as Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario Kart.

#Paper#Art#Ideas#Laser Cut#Maps#Vancouver
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Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 076 - The Vancouver Tone

Cheap wind-chime devices tossed into Vancouver's boulevard trees to give the city its own ambient tone.

#Art#Ideas#Wood#Maps#Vancouver
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Year of Ideas · 4 min

Idea 063 - RootedIn

A spoof social network for Vancouver's 100,000 public trees, each with a generated name, hobbies and a wall of ChatGPT conversations.

#Art#AI#Ideas#Vancouver#Photo
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Year of Ideas · 8 min

Idea 058 - In a million parts

A series of small artworks, one per quotable line from a book, movie, or album, made and shared on a steady schedule.

#Art#Painting#Ideas#Wood#Paper#PCB
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Year of Ideas · 4 min

Idea 052 - Landscape Table

A coffee table with a CNC-cut topographic map in layered plywood, about 6 inches from lowest to highest point, topped with glass.

#Maps#CNC#Furniture#Ideas#Wood#Glass
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Year of Ideas · 2 min

Idea 024 - Call to Adventure

Idea: a mystery letter full of puzzles whose solution gives directions to a meeting place where an adventure starts.

#Ideas#Security#Coins#Vancouver
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Year of Ideas · 2 min

Idea 022 - Translink map PCB

Idea: a live, interactive TransLink metro map of Vancouver built from LEDs on a PCB.

#Vancouver#PCB#LED#Ideas#Metal#Maps
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Year of Ideas · 2 min

Idea 020 - Many styles of Vancouver

Idea: a photo of the Vancouver skyline with each building painted over in a different artistic style.

#Art#Ideas#Painting#Vancouver#Photo
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Year of Ideas · 4 min

Idea 003 - PCB Art of Every Mammal in BC

Idea: a series of PCB art badges, one for each of the 130 mammals in BC, with LED eyes and an SAO connector for an art show display.

#PCB#Ideas#LED#Art#Furniture#Vancouver
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Uncategorized · 8 min

FlockingAI - Eastside Culture Crawl 2022 post mortem

Post mortem from showing the Flocking AI bird gallery at Maker Labs during Eastside Culture Crawl 2022: the wall layout, what people said, and what to fix.

#Art#AI#Vancouver#Metal#Paper#Robots
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Reviews · 13 min

Year in review 2021

Year in review 2021: 31,893 bird photos, 363 species, moving from Vancouver to Burnaby, and a year of working from home stats.

#Birds#Review#Video#Furniture#Flowers#Vancouver
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Self · 1 min

Birding in Vancouver

Beginner birding resources for Vancouver: intro videos, local birding sites, and notes from making the Birds of Play card deck.

#Birds#Vancouver#Journal#Photo
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Rants · 9 min

Do not buy from Dell

Rant on why Steven will not buy from Dell again: a failed order cancellation, lost rewards, a monitor shipped to the wrong address, and useless chat support.

#Vancouver#Canada#Review#Journal
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Projects · 28 min

Panels - Stained glass windows project

Walkthrough of every panel in the digital stained glass window series: beehive, mountains, stars, hexagon weave, heart, sun, and more.

#Paper#Glass#LED#Laser Cut#Stained Glass#Code
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Projects · 3 min

Digital stained glass workshop

A workshop at MakerLabs Vancouver where attendees design a 9x9 inch illuminated stained glass window with WS2811 LEDs and CNC-cut foam.

#Wood#Metal#Paper#Glass#LED#CNC
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Bookmarks · 3 min

May 2018 brain dump

May 2018 grab bag of links: pen plotters, ESPEasy firmware, the TWANG dungeon crawler, and a wooden lego planter.

#Robots#ESP8266#ESP32#Art#Wood#Code
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Vancouver · 2 min

Vancouver Maker Faire 2017

The projects shown at Vancouver Maker Faire 2017: the LED Pillar rhythm game, laser kaleidoscope, fox mask, thunderstorm cloud, and more.

#LED#Motor#Code#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Bookmarks · 3 min

Notes from May 2017

May 2017 links: ESP32 sniffers, a giant laser-cut Bulbasaur, an 8-bit computer from scratch, Big Poop Data, and the BLACK 2.0 paint.

#Paper#LED#Laser Cut#ESP32#ESP8266#Sensor
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Vancouver · 4 min

Earthquake Kits for Vancouver

A Vancouver earthquake kit built for under $30, with a parts list and the personal items to add yourself.

#Metal#Paper#Vancouver#Canada#Tutorial#Journal
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Vancouver · 2 min

Renting to the vancouver hackspace

Notes for any landlord considering renting to Vancouver Hackspace: unpermitted electrical, absentee board, garbage, fumes, missed rent.

#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace#Photo
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Bookmarks · 4 min

Notes from March 2017

March 2017 links: a laser kaleidoscope, Lixie nixie alternatives, Vancouver crime maps, Eruv wires above Manhattan, and PBF comics.

#3D Printing#Art#Maps#Robots#Vancouver#Photo
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Vancouver · 4 min

Wood working in vancouver

Where to do woodworking in Vancouver: rentable shops, intro courses at the Round House and Maker Labs, plus where to buy wood and tools.

#Wood#Furniture#Vancouver#Hackspace#Tutorial
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Projects · 3 min

3D printing in vancouver

A guide to 3D printing in Vancouver: where to get prints done, what printer to buy, where to find models, and which shop to avoid.

#3D Printing#VHS#Vancouver#Conference#Hackspace#Tutorial
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Bookmarks · 4 min

Notes from February 2017

February 2017 links: laser-cut art from 1000 Errors, paper beetle kits, Mongoose OS, the USB Killer V3, and the CIA cartography map drops.

#Paper#LED#Laser Cut#CNC#Art#Maps
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Self · 3 min

Mushroom growing kit and automation

Growing an oyster mushroom kit and over-engineering it with an ESP8266, DS18B20 sensors, MQTT, and Twilio alerts.

#ESP8266#Sensor#Code#Flowers#Vancouver#Photo
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Projects · 6 min

CNC Zen Garden - Vancouver Maker Faire 2016 Post Mortem

Post mortem of the CNC zen garden at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016: a RAMPS short, skipped steps, and the fixes that worked.

#Plastic#Glass#CNC#Arduino#Motor#Code
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Year of Making · 1 min

Day 69 - Installing fairy door two

A photo set of bad spots where fairy doors do not work, the counterpoint to the good locations post.

#Wood#Vancouver#Art#Photo
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Year of Making · 1 min

Day 68 - Installing fairy door

A photo set of good spots around Vancouver to install tiny magic fairy doors.

#Wood#Vancouver#Art#Photo
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Projects · 1 min

Laser cut spray paint stencils

Spray paint stencils cut on the VHS laser cutter in 15 minutes instead of 2-3 hours by hand, including Cthulhu and Hypnotoad.

#Laser Cut#Painting#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Self · 2 min

Life tracking Jan 2014

January 2014 self-tracking dump: RescueTime hours, Moves step counts, Google location maps, BC Hydro usage, and sleep stats.

#Maps#Vancouver#Furniture#Journal
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Projects · 2 min

Life tracking Dec 2013

December 2013 life-tracking dump: app usage, Vancouver movement map, steps, sleep, house temperature, and BC Hydro use.

#Maps#Vancouver#Sensor#Journal
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Vancouver · 2 min

Intro to Making Puppets workshop on Saturday, December 7, 2013

Intro to Making Puppets workshop at VHS on December 7, 2013: finger, sock, sock-monkey, and muppet-style builds.

#Fabric#Sewing#Puppets#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Rants · 1 min

How a Greyhound employee stole alcohol from my checked luggage.

Open letter to Greyhound after a Seattle baggage checker confiscated two bottles of 12-year scotch from my checked luggage.

#Vancouver#Journal
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Projects · 3 min

Introduction to Home automation with the Raspberry Pi - Sunday November 24th 2013

VHS workshop on Raspberry Pi home automation: read temperature, motion, and door sensors, log them, and switch relays.

#Raspberry Pi#Sensor#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace#Tutorial
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Projects · 1 min

Star-wars engraving with a laser cutter

Star Wars scenes etched into wood on the VHS laser cutter as a birthday gift for a friend.

#Laser Cut#Wood#VHS#Vancouver
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Media · 1 min

Getting started with Raspberry PI - Wednesday Sep 11th, 2013 @VHS

Intro to Raspberry Pi night at VHS: install the OS, SSH in, blink an LED from Python using the GPIO pins.

#LED#Raspberry Pi#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Media · 1 min

The Giant Claw Game! - Time Lapes

Time-lapse video of the Giant Claw Game being assembled at VHS.

#Robots#Video#VHS#Vancouver
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Projects · 5 min

The Giant Claw Game! - Problems

Status check on the Giant Claw one week before Maker Faire: claw and joystick done, gantry pulleys still slipping.

#Wood#Arduino#Motor#Robots#Furniture#Maker Faire
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Vancouver · 1 min

Breaker Faire - May 25th 10am-5pm

Breaker Faire at VHS on May 25, 2013: smash a car, eat pancakes, play the giant claw game, proceeds to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire.

#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Projects · 3 min

The Giant Claw Game! - The Controls System

Fighting mismatched salvaged drill motors, undersized L298 drivers, and slippery pulleys to get the claw gantry moving.

#Motor#Robots#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Arduino
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Projects · 1 min

The Giant Claw Game! - Controller

Laser-cut controller box for the Giant Claw Game with an arcade joystick, a fire button, and an RJ45 pigtail.

#Laser Cut#Robots#Vancouver#Wood#Maker Faire
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Projects · 2 min

The Giant Claw Game! - Vancouver Maker Faire 2013 project

Kicking off a giant claw crane game for Vancouver Maker Faire 2013, with research notes on cable rigs and XY tables.

#Robots#Furniture#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Hackspace#Video
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Development · 2 min

RaspberryPI - Find the MAC address and change the host name

How to find your Raspberry Pi's MAC address and rename its hostname so you can pick it out on a shared network.

#Code#Raspberry Pi#CNC#Arduino#Security#VHS
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Projects · 1 min

Space ship mobile

A laser-cut spaceship mobile made at VHS as a baby gift, with painted rings and pre-cut string holes.

#Laser Cut#Wood#Painting#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Projects · 2 min

Raspberry PI and the GPIO pins

Setting up a Raspberry Pi headless, wiring the GPIO pins to an LED and a magnetic door switch, and pushing readings to COSM.

#Arduino#Sensor#Code#Raspberry Pi#LED#Security
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Vancouver · 1 min

Board members on B.C. Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB)

Asking the BC Liquor Control and Licensing Branch who sets their policy, and what they wrote back.

#Vancouver#Canada#Journal
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Development · 3 min

Working with Open Data, Maps and data.gov.bc.ca

Building a bathymetric map of the Salish Sea in TileMill from BC and US open data, planned as stacked plywood layers.

#Maps#Canada#Code#Vancouver
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Self · 1 min

2013 Goals and Resolutions

Goals for 2013: weekly blog posts, 300 geocaches, learn Rails, build a card game, and add more home sensors.

#PHP#Vancouver#Journal
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Projects · 1 min

Lasers and Vancouver OpenData

A laser-cut wooden map of Vancouver's roads and parks made from TileMill and city open data.

#Wood#Code#Maps#Vancouver#Hackspace#Laser Cut
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Self · 1 min

This has been a great year.

Year-end notes on VHS hitting 110 members, board work, Maker Faire prep, and house hunting in Vancouver.

#Maker Faire#VHS#Vancouver#Tutorial#Journal
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Projects · 2 min

VHS Lighting Talk Challenge coins - Super Happy Hacker House

Laser-cut acrylic challenge coins for VHS members who give a lightning talk at Super Happy Hacker House.

#Coins#Laser Cut#Vancouver#VHS#Hackspace#Plastic
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Development · 2 min

Programming Competition Prisoners Dilemma

A Prisoner's Dilemma tournament in C with bots like Snitch, Copy Cat, and Forgives, built for a VHS hack night.

#C#Code#VHS#Robots#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Projects · 1 min

Making of Timelapes - Tender Threads €” Bloodshots Canada 2012

Timelapse of building the puppets and sets for the Tender Threads entry in Bloodshots Canada 2012.

#Canada#Video#Puppets#Vancouver
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Projects · 1 min

VHS raven cache

A first geocache, a magnetic waterproof box hidden in a crow-mural alley near the Vancouver Hackspace.

#Coins#Vancouver#VHS#Birds#Hackspace
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Media · 1 min

Tender Threads -- Bloodshots Canada 2012

Team Failure's puppet horror short Tender Threads, made in 48 hours for the Bloodshots Canada 2012 competition.

#Canada#Video#Puppets#Vancouver#Fabric
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Projects · 1 min

The 9th Annual Hot One Inch Action - Teeth

Accepted into the 9th Annual Hot One Inch Action in Vancouver with a button design called Teeth, shown at Hot Art Wet City.

#Art#Canada#Vancouver#Photo
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Projects · 2 min

Geo Caching with Wooden nickles

Trying to seed laser-cut wooden nickel geocoins across New York and Toronto caches, with mixed results and a stop at Adventure Box.

#Coins#Laser Cut#VHS#Wood#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Projects · 2 min

First test of making GeoCoins with the laser cuter

First laser-cutter tests for homemade geocoins at VHS, with acrylic QR codes failing and wooden nickels reading just fine.

#Coins#Laser Cut#VHS#Wood#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Projects · 3 min

Thing tracking system and GeoCaching

A home-built thing-tracking web app for laser-cut geocoins, made after the official GeoCaching tracking codes cost too much.

#Code#Coins#Vancouver#Wood#Markdown#Maps
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Development · 2 min

I got a RaspberryPI (a few months ago)

First impressions of the Raspberry Pi a few months after getting it, plus thoughts on the 35 dollar price point and case options.

#Arduino#Raspberry Pi#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Review
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Projects · 1 min

Look what I made - Compass table

A Vancouver Maker Faire build using a thrift store table, two sheets of acrylic, and 1000 ten-cent compasses from Alibaba.

#Plastic#Furniture#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Wood
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Projects · 1 min

Look what I made - Acrylic chess set

An acrylic chess set cut on the new VHS laser cutter from a Thingiverse design, the first laser cutter project.

#Plastic#Chess#Laser Cut#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Rants · 1 min

Translink sucks in Vancouver

Complaint number 25 of the year to TransLink, after bus 2568 passed stop 58125 at 11:20pm without stopping.

#Canada#Vancouver#Journal
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Rants · 1 min

Rental Guide are bad people, and suck.

A warning about Vancouver's Rental Guide, which advertises listings that do not exist and repost ads from craigslist.

#Vancouver#Tutorial#Journal
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Development · 3 min

How do you talk to someone over a common, instant message client (Gtalk, MSN) securely, with encryption

How to set up Pidgin with the Off the Record plugin to hold encrypted, verified chats over MSN or Gtalk.

#Security#Code#Tutorial#VHS#Vancouver#Hackspace
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver Maker Faire - Call for Makers

Vancouver Maker Faire opens its call for makers, with 48,000 square feet at the PNE Forum on June 23 and 24.

#Web#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Projects · 1 min

Making a Gear Heart

An eight-hour MakerBot print of a multi-gear heart for a friend's birthday, made at Vancouver Hackspace.

#3D Printing#Plastic#Photo#VHS#Video#Vancouver
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Media · 1 min

Making puppets

A first attempt at sock puppets made with friends at Vancouver Hackspace as a warm-up for Muppet-style builds.

#Puppets#Vancouver#Hackspace#Fabric
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver floating dining room using plastic 2-Liter bottles

A floating dining room built on 1,672 plastic 2-liter bottles and reclaimed pine for the School of Fish Foundation.

#Canada#Plastic#Vancouver
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Projects · 1 min

Crowdfund the Rygo

A crowdfunding push for the Rygo, a Bathsheba Grossman sculpture aiming to be the biggest 3D print in North America.

#3D Printing#Art#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver Scavenger Hunts

A walking and transit-only scavenger hunt list built for exploring Vancouver with friends and family.

#Vancouver#Ideas#Journal
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Vancouver · 2 min

Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011

Notes from Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011: sign posts, a spin-art box, the milk jug dragon, and the Mondo Spider.

#LED#Art#Robots#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Video
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Media · 1 min

Driving from Vancouver to Burningman 2011

A Canon S90 timelapse of the drive from Vancouver to Burning Man 2011, one frame every 60 seconds.

#Vancouver#Video#Photo
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver Mini Make Faire 2011 - Timelaps

A one-frame-per-minute timelapse of Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011 shot on a Canon S90.

#Vancouver#Maker Faire#Video#Photo
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Media · 2 min

Spin Art - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011

Rebuilt the giant spin art box with a belt drive and splash guard three days before Maker Faire, then ran out of paper by noon day two.

#Paper#Plastic#Painting#Motor#Art#Maker Faire
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Vancouver · 1 min

Sign Posts - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011

150 hand-painted directional signs mounted on four posts for Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011.

#Wood#Painting#Art#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Development · 6 min

RGB LED POV Globe - Status update and mechanical issues

Twelve days before Maker Faire the 6-foot POV ring bent under stress, so the build shrank to a bicycle rim.

#LED#Arduino#Motor#Jewelry#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Self · 2 min

Status update May 12, 2011

May 2011 update covering a burned out spin art motor, a DC trip to HacDC, and progress on the POV globe.

#Motor#Art#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Hackspace#Journal
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Projects · 1 min

Giant spin art - Maker Faire 2011 Vancouver

A giant spin art box built in a weekend from a junkyard washing machine motor for Maker Faire Vancouver.

#Motor#Art#Maker Faire#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

Upcoming events for this summer

List of Vancouver events through spring 2011, ending with Mini Maker Faire on June 25-26.

#Maker Faire#Vancouver#Journal
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Media · 1 min

Super Happy Hacker House 0E

An invite to Super Happy Hacker House 0E at Vancouver Hack Space on March 19, with lightning talks and project bring-alongs.

#Vancouver#VHS#Hackspace#Video
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Projects · 5 min

RGB LED POV Globe - Research

Research notes for a 64 RGB LED persistence-of-vision globe big enough to stand inside, with shift registers and motor planning.

#Arduino#Code#LED#Maker Faire#VHS#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

Super Happy Crafter House 1.0

A short time-lapse from Super Happy Crafter House 1.0, an open night for sewing, papercraft, soldering, and felting at VHS.

#Fabric#Sewing#Video#Vancouver
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Development · 3 min

Status update Feb 15

Mid-February update: Ray Gun Revival launched, a Maker Faire spin-art rig in planning, and the outdoor sensor logging sunrises.

#Arduino#Code#Vancouver#Sensor#Art#Maker Faire
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Self · 9 min

What I did in 2010, Year end review

Year-end review of 2010: lockpicking, QR tags, GPS tracking, wheatpaste Marios around Vancouver, time-lapse videos, and SkyZoo.

#Paper#Painting#Arduino#Sensor#PHP#Security
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Vancouver · 1 min

Solstice Lunar Eclipse! Dec 20th 2010

Plans to watch the Dec 20 2010 total lunar eclipse from Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver on winter solstice night.

#Vancouver#Canada#Journal
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Vancouver · 3 min

VPSN Stick it to the Streets, Vancouver Car free day 2010

Notes on VPSN's Stick It to the Streets, the East Van Chili Cook Off, and a timelapse from Vancouver Car Free Day 2010.

#Vancouver#Video#Photo#Journal
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Vancouver · 1 min

Free fishing on fathers day weekend.

BC gives out free freshwater fishing licences for Father's Day weekend to get people into the sport.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Projects · 3 min

Arduino Infrared, Blue Robot challenge, Burning man and superman

Working on the VHS Blue Robot IR beacon challenge with an Arduino, plus WordPress 3.0, Burning Man, and Vancouver event links.

#Arduino#Vancouver#Motor#Web#PHP#Robots
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Vancouver · 3 min

Interesting Friday

Friday roundup of Vancouver events, science talks, an Arduino-Android toolkit, and other links from the week.

#Arduino#Sensor#Vancouver#Video#Journal
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Media · 1 min

Every Night Erotica

Vancouver-based Every Night Erotica online magazine opens submissions ahead of its May 1, 2010 launch.

#Vancouver#Canada#Web
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Vancouver · 1 min

Super Mario Medley by Tasty Animals

Tasty Animals playing a Super Mario medley at Nyala Restaurant in Vancouver, February 2010.

#Video#Vancouver
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Development · 1 min

What time is it

A PHP script that auto-generates 79,206 timezone-comparison pages for cities like Vancouver, Paris, and New York.

#Code#Vancouver#Web#PHP
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Media · 3 min

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement = BAD

A 2008 rant against ACTA and what it would mean for Canadian travellers, ripped CDs, and border laptop searches.

#Security#Vancouver#Canada#Video
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Vancouver · 1 min

Travel 4 km in just 3 hours, 41 minutes!

Google Transit launches for Vancouver via TransLink, and promptly routes a 4 km trip as six transfers in 3 hours 41 minutes.

#Maps#Vancouver#Canada#Web
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Vancouver · 1 min

Origami Masters Exhibition

Origami Masters Exhibition at the Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver, with work by 25 paperfolders from nine countries.

#Paper#Photo#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

BAXBEAR Release party Nov10 2007

BAXBEAR vinyl toy release party at EL Kartel on Robson Street, November 10th 2007.

#Vancouver#Canada#Art
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Vancouver · 1 min

Board Game design challenge

A poster for the second Board Game Design Challenge in Vancouver.

#Vancouver#Canada#Ideas
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Vancouver · 1 min

House hunting in vancouver

A list of rental sites for hunting an apartment in Vancouver during the September crunch when vacancy sits under 1 percent.

#Vancouver#Canada#Web#Bookmark
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Vancouver · 1 min

OK to talk to

Ordering an OK Social button for Vancouver, a wearable signal that says strangers are welcome to start a conversation.

#Ideas#Vancouver#Journal
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Bookmarks · 2 min

Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-05-04 - 2007-05-15

Weekly del.icio.us dump: inflatable missile balloons, 1301 fluorescent bulbs lit by power lines, Seen in Vancouver, and a content-theft guide.

#Paper#Web#PHP#Art#Vancouver#Bookmark
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Bookmarks · 3 min

Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-24 - 2007-05-04

Weekly del.icio.us dump: RSS tips, a Vancouver clean-up event, the TeRK robot kit, and a WordPress theme generator.

#Web#PHP#Robots#Vancouver#Tutorial#Bookmark
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Media · 1 min

Two foot James bond

A short video clip of a two-foot-nine James Bond impersonator, found via thevancouverite.com.

#Video#Vancouver#Bookmark
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Bookmarks · 3 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-24

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup covering Paint.NET, freebase pancake photos, a DIY Digg button, and Vancouver oddities.

#Painting#Art#Vancouver#Bookmark#Recipe#Photo
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Vancouver · 2 min

VIVO Media arts - upcoming workshops

Picks from VIVO Media Arts' upcoming workshop list: circuit bending, reverse animation, and digital photography.

#Tutorial#Photo#Video#Vancouver
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Bookmarks · 1 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-20

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup: the Digg button kit, room-colour psychology, Doktor Sleepless, Manhunt, and a CSS optimiser.

#Web#Vancouver#Bookmark
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Bookmarks · 2 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-17

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup: a CSS optimiser, GVTV, Canada Post address rules, SIW, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

#Web#Art#Vancouver#Canada#Bookmark#Photo
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Vancouver · 1 min

Manhunt

Rules and meet-up info for Manhunt, a hide-and-seek game starting at Waterfront Station on April 25.

#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

Review - The End Cafe

A short review of The End Cafe on Commercial Drive: good live Spanish band, fun crowd, badly mixed Amaretto Sour.

#Vancouver#Maps#Review
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver Public Library - Book sale

Dates and hours for the Vancouver Public Library's annual book sale, with paperbacks from 55 cents to $2.25.

#Vancouver#Maps
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Vancouver · 1 min

Stephos Greek Taverna - The artificial line

A rant on why Stepho's and The Naam have permanent lineups, and the artificial-line effect that keeps them packed.

#Vancouver#Photo#Review
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Bookmarks · 4 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-09

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup covering art, DIY electronics, Mobius chess, photo forgery detection, and a CSS list gallery.

#Painting#Web#Art#Chess#Vancouver#Bookmark
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancovuer report a crime online

Vancouver Police now take small-crime reports online for thefts under $5000 instead of the non-emergency phone line.

#Vancouver#Web
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouvers Restaurants review site - Dinehere.ca

A tiny utility that picks a random Vancouver restaurant on Dinehere.ca by rewriting the restaurant ID in the URL.

#Web#Code#Vancouver#Maps#Review
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Vancouver · 2 min

What is there to do in Vancouver?

A long link dump of Vancouver event listings, restaurant review sites, and local blogs for finding something to do.

#Web#Vancouver#Bookmark#Review
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Vancouver · 1 min

Camilla dErrico - One of my favorite Vancouver artists

Notes on Vancouver artist Camilla d'Errico, her helmet-head paintings, and where to find her prints and gallery shows.

#Web#Art#Vancouver#Photo#Painting#Review
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Bookmarks · 3 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-02

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup on guitar stompboxes, an RGB mood lamp, ferrofluid Morpho Towers, Game of Life, and the Translink bus-stop hack.

#Web#PHP#Art#Chess#Vancouver#Tutorial
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Vancouver · 1 min

Translink schedules via bus stop ID

Mytxt.ca let Vancouver riders text a bus stop number and get schedules back, until the running costs killed the SFU student project.

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Bookmarks · 6 min

This Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 03/28/2007

Weekly del.icio.us bookmark roundup covering a Van de Graaff generator, an LED sequence learner, GPS loggers, password crackers, and more.

#LED#Web#PHP#Security#Art#Maps
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Vancouver · 1 min

Arroy-d - Best Thai in vancouver

Arroy-d on Cambie serves cheap Thai lunches under $6 with floor seating on pillows, worth the trip across town.

#Maps#Vancouver#Review
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Games · 1 min

Design Competition - Board Game Design Challenge

A Vancouver IGDA board game design contest to build a 2-4 player tabletop game based on Robotron, Joust, or Space Invaders.

#Vancouver#Canada#Conference#Bookmark
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Vancouver · 1 min

Vancouver (GVRD) Taxi Numbers

Phone numbers for the main Vancouver and GVRD cab companies, plus a note that drivers cannot refuse credit card payment.

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Vancouver · 1 min

House Hunting in Vancouver

A list of Vancouver rental sites and tips for standing out when 50 other people are replying to the same Craigslist ad.

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Vancouver · 3 min

Things to do in vancouver

A personal running list of Vancouver spots and events, from Treetops Adventure and La Casa Gelato to the Parade of Lost Souls.

#Flowers#Vancouver#Canada#Journal#Ideas
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Vancouver · 1 min

Tool at GM place Review

Tool at GM Place opened with Stinkfist and closed with Vicarious, backed by projector visuals, rotating overhead light rings, and mirror-bounced lasers.

#Vancouver#Canada#Review#Journal
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Vancouver · 1 min

1 Free Grande Iced Cap from Starbucks

Starbucks is giving away one free Grande Iced Cap per day with a printable coupon through September 30, 2006.

#Vancouver#Canada#Bookmark
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Media · 1 min

DEEP COVE DAZE 2006

Deep Cove Daze on August 27 fills Panorama Park with local bands, a midway, martial arts demos, and a beer garden, free admission.

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Vancouver · 1 min

Portobello West Fashion and Art Market

Portobello West opens August 27 at Plaza of Nations with up to 100 local clothing designers, jewelers, and potters, free to the public.

#Art#Maps#Vancouver#Canada#Jewelry#Fabric
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Vancouver · 1 min

5th Annual BURNABY LAKE ANTIQUES FAIR

The 5th Burnaby Lake Antiques Fair packs 250 tables of jewelry, furniture, pottery, books, and toys on August 26 and 27.

#Maps#Vancouver#Canada#Jewelry#Furniture
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Vancouver · 1 min

City Square Heritage Walks

John Atkin leads a two-hour Fairview Slopes heritage walk on August 26 starting at the City Square Mall food court for $10.

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Vancouver · 1 min

HO-HAI-YAN TAIWANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL

The Ho-Hai-Yan Taiwanese Cultural Festival runs September 2 to 4 at Plaza of Nations with dragon boat races, a cooking contest, and food fairs.

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Vancouver · 2 min

2006 DESTINATION FUNNY SHORT FILM CONTEST

The 2006 Destination Funny Shorts contest accepts comedic films 3 to 15 minutes long for screening at the September 18 CanWest Comedyfest event.

#Vancouver#Video#Canada#Journal
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Vancouver · 1 min

Summer Addiction Beach Party

Summer Addiction kicks off August 30 at Tonic Nightclub on Granville with a beach party set including tiki huts, palm trees, and a VIP raft lounge.

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Vancouver · 1 min

Larch Market

Larch Market on August 26 is a one-day community bazaar in Kitsilano with artists, musicians, books, records, antiques, and clothing.

#Vancouver#Canada#Art#Journal
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Vancouver · 3 min

Vancouver Zombie Walk

The Vancouver Zombie Walk on August 19 starts at the VAG, rides SkyTrain to Main Street, and ends at Mountainview Cemetery and QE Park.

#Art#Vancouver#Photo#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

The fair at the PNE!

The 2006 PNE Fair at Hastings Park runs August 19 to September 5 with the Superdogs, motocross, the Prize Home, and fair food.

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Vancouver · 1 min

Capilano Canyon Night Run (Midsummer)

A 90-minute night trail run through Capilano Canyon on August 19, with a guided group pace and a competitive category, capped at 50 runners.

#Vancouver#Canada#Journal
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Vancouver · 2 min

Parks - Scavenger Hunt

A BC parks scavenger hunt running July 1 to August 15 with a checklist and a $250 MEC gift certificate for the prize draw.

#Photo#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Red Bull Flugtag Vancouver

Red Bull Flugtag lands at Science World in False Creek on August 19, 2006 with homemade flying machines launched into the water.

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Vancouver · 1 min

28th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade

The 28th Vancouver Pride Parade on August 6 starts at Denman and Robson with 130 floats and an expected 185,000 spectators.

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Vancouver · 1 min

Wreck Beach

Wreck Beach is a 7.8 km stretch below UBC cliffs and Canada's first and largest legal clothing-optional beach.

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Vancouver · 1 min

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth Park sits at the highest point in Vancouver with 360 degree skyline views, gardens, and the Bloedel Conservatory.

#Vancouver#Flowers#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Stanley Park

Stanley Park is Vancouver's first park, 400 hectares of cedar, hemlock, and fir near the downtown core.

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Vancouver · 1 min

The Grouse Grind

The Grouse Grind is a 2.9 km trail straight up Grouse Mountain, open daily 6am to 7:30pm with a $5 gondola ride back down.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Anime Evolution 2006

Anime Evolution 2006 takes over SFU Burnaby August 19-21 with panels, cosplay contests, and 24-hour video rooms.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Heritage Hall Comic Con

Heritage Hall Comic Con on August 27, 2006 gathers small-press and alternative comic creators on Main Street in Vancouver.

#Vancouver#Art#Paper#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

HSBC Celebration of Light

The 2006 HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks competition runs four nights over English Bay with teams from Italy, China, Czech Republic, and Mexico.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Midnight Mass Bike Ride

Midnight Mass bike ride meets at Grandview Park on the second and fourth Thursdays, rolling at midnight with no set route.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Tool At General Motors Place

The band Tool plays General Motors Place in Vancouver on August 22, 2006 at 8 PM.

#Metal#Motor#Vancouver
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Vancouver · 1 min

Body-Worlds with Dr. Gunther von Hagens

Body Worlds 3 by Dr. Gunther von Hagens runs at Science World from September 14, 2006 to January 14, 2007.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Yaletown 06 Flamin Hot Classic Car Show and Summer Celebration

The free Yaletown Flamin' Hot Classic Car Show runs Saturday July 29, 2006 with vintage cars and live entertainment.

#Maps#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Annual Mad Hatters Tea Party

The 13th Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party brings Alice in Wonderland characters to three Vancouver parks across two weekends in July.

#Vancouver#Canada
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Media · 1 min

Bard On The Beach - Midsummer night’s dream

Bard on the Beach stages A Midsummer Night's Dream at Vanier Park from June 1 to September 24, 2006.

#Vancouver#Art#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Illuminares Lantern Procession

The Illuminares Lantern Procession lights up Trout Lake Park on July 29, 2006 with paper lanterns, bands, and fire sculptures.

#Vancouver#Paper#Art#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Harrison Hot Springs Sand Sculpture Tournament of Champions

Past world champions carve sand at Harrison Hot Springs from May through October 9, 2006 for the Tournament of Champions.

#Art#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

7th Vancouver Chinatown Festival

The 7th Vancouver Chinatown Festival runs August 5-6, 2006 with food tours, a youth talent contest, and folk art demos.

#Art#Vancouver#Canada
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Vancouver · 1 min

Abbotsford International Airshow

Heads-up for the 2006 Abbotsford International Airshow on August 11-13, an hour drive from Vancouver.

#Vancouver#Canada
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