Archive for 'Lifestyle'
Organic Nightlife at Vancouver 2010 Olympics
BC Hydro contracted the folks from Sustainable Dance Club (SDC) to install Canada’s first sustainable dance floor in the company-sponsored ‘Club Energy’ during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Deejays will be spinning all types of music for [...]
Old Spice Knocks Out Axe With New Ad
Old Spice (Procter & Gamble) is continuing to reposition their brand, aiming straight at the Axe (Unilever) target market. What’s clever is that it uses the ‘Old’ from its previous image to inspire its new image [...]
Canadian Young Inventor Redefines Online Shopping With New Personal Payment Device
Daniel McCann wants to revolutionize the current online payment process used by millions of online shoppers when conducting online credit card transactions. During a telephone interview from his office in Regina, Saskatchewan, the 29 years-old inventor [...]
New Downtown Halifax Campaign Targets After-Work Crowd
The Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC), together with Extreme Group, are embarking on a unique new initiative to encourage Halifax residents to visit the downtown area to shop, dine, and play (or remain after work, if [...]
"Bad Dad": A New Online Comedy Series From Nova Scotia
“Think of it as ‘Entourage’ plus twenty years, kids, and vasectomies”, notes the website where mini webisodes of a new show dubbed ‘Bad Dad’ are piloting. The show is the creation of Halifax-based Craig Moore (of [...]
YouTubers + Kutiman = Killer Mashups!
Kutiman created an online album with 7 tracks that he compiled entirely by mixing various bits of videos that he found on YouTube. You know those clips with a girl singing into her hairbrush infront of [...]
Napcabs: Innovative Airport Relaxation from Germany
Coming back to Canada after the holidays is a nightmare for me. With 3 scheduled stops before reaching Halifax, long layovers, and constant flight delays at each stop due to weather conditions, you can imagine how [...]
Changing Westernized Habits of Japanese Consumers with Food Security PSA
About a month ago, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released this interesting PSA (Public Service Announcement) to alert Japanese consumers about the inevitable long term effects of their changing pallets. As the cool [...]
Mobiles For Musicians by Yamaha and KDDI
au KDDI (Japan’s second largest cell phone operator) and Yamaha have collaborated to produce cell phones geared for musicians. Among the various instruments unveiled at the au Design Project x Yamaha mobile exhibition, the ‘Band in [...]
Semacode Technology: Take Two. The Facebook Chronicles.
Just when I thought Semacode had packed up their digital bags and bid farewell, the Ontario company behind the Semacode mobile 2D barcode technology goes and uses Facebook to re-launch the technology. The new strategy attempts [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the