November 30, 2009 - 12:30 pm
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Sad, but true, today is the last day of Movember. Interestingly enough it ends on a MO-nday
That’s right folks for all of you that have been squeamish about the furry lip faces walking around the city can begin to rejoice! But let us not all rejoice just yet. If you haven’t donated yet to this [...]
November 27, 2009 - 11:29 am
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Yes folks, the MO is now 27 days old. 27 days of growing facial hair from scratch (ignore the fact that I had a goatee and shaved it all off).
This has been an amazing month of Movember. I’ve had so much fun participating in this great cause to raise awareness for men’s prostate cancer.
Alas [...]
November 23, 2009 - 9:00 am
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As the new Michael Jackson movie states, This Is It. This is the final week of Movember. This is the last week where men from around the world all joined together and grew mustaches (or mo’s as it is know in Australia where the Movember cause originated back in 2003). Globally Canada ranks second next [...]
July 24, 2009 - 6:00 am
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In just about 24 hours from now, starting at 6am July 25, several bloggers from around the world will participating in Blogathon where they will create one unique blog post every 30 minutes for 24 hours. Why are these bloggers doing this? Well they are raising money for their favourite charity.
A few bloggers from Vancouver [...]
September 12, 2008 - 7:30 pm
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Last night when I was attending the BCTIA’s IMPACT Speaker series, they were promoting the 1st Annual Vancouver Canary Derby.
On September 21st Tech Companies will “Race to the Steamclock” in Gastown to raise money for the BC Cancer Foundation.
Vancouver technology companies are being challenged to design and build soap box cars that will be raced [...]
August 27, 2008 - 3:46 pm
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These past couple of months I saw a few of my fellow bloggers join together to help support charity. Many participated in the Blogathon, where they posted 1 blog post per 1/2 hour for 24 hours (a truly amazing task). Even though I didn’t participate I did contribute to a few of the causes out [...]
July 25, 2008 - 7:20 am
Posted in Geeky, vancouver | 1 comment
There are a few bloggers in Vancouver participating this weekend in the Vancouver Blogathon. What is the Blogathon? Bloggers are encouraged to sign up for a charity and blog every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. You can see more information at their wiki site.
I alas will not be one of the participants as I [...]