James, Anne and Charlotte's Page

The greatest film....

2007-02-12T21:27:00.000-08:00

The greatest fake French film ever made about a bowl. [flv: 4 1/2 minutes; 512x384]

The greatest biographical film about my friend Richard - the Eric Cartman to my Stan - utilizing select highlights from movies from high school and university. [flv: 17 minutes; 512x384]

Gemmillistan, the website

2007-01-21T21:11:00.000-08:00

New Wordpress based site, almost ready. Blogger has served us well over the years, but at the end of the day WP is so much more flexible.

A peek.

Coming soon

2007-01-15T17:31:00.000-08:00

Gemmillistan

The first big trip to the Aquarium

2007-01-15T17:34:00.000-08:00

January 2007 Charlotte visited the Vancouver Aquarium for the first time and all signs point to a successful future career as a marine biologist. The 'luga whales made a particular impression.

Boxing Day on the Seawall

2006-12-27T18:56:00.000-08:00

2006 December 051 Charlotte encounters the German Friendship Globe. Do not taunt the German Friendship Globe. More holiday pics now online.

New flicks!

2006-12-12T14:44:00.000-08:00

Charlotte visits her cousins and goes for a walk in Burns Bog in Bog Adventure 2006, while Anne celebrates the gala event of the season by wolfing down burgers at the Tomahawk and climbing mountains in September 8, 2006.

Well, it stopped raining....

2006-11-26T22:20:00.000-08:00

Poor wee waif...forced to dig for truffles in the snow. All so her wicked parents can buy tumblers of penny gin.

Apparently Blogger-Flickr love each other again.

Blogger woes

2006-11-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

Blogger doesn't seem to allow the Post from Flickr feature anymore, and new pictures aren't showing up in the thumbnails either. Boo. Hiss.

Which is to say there are, in fact, new photos. Anne recommends this one. Dad likes this one.

Who had that book??

2004-07-22T21:42:00.000-07:00

..l HAD THAT BOOK! This and other great dinosaur books of childhood.

Trick or Treat

2006-11-06T11:04:00.000-08:00

Charlotte goes trick or treating for the first time. Inkeri and Anne drink wine. Jimmy make a video about the whole thing
(FLV / 5 minutes)

2006 Chili Cookoff movie

2006-11-02T10:43:00.000-08:00

The story of Team Lucifer and it's quest for culinary glory. (FLV, 8 1/2 minutes)

Frog Hollow

2006-10-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

Charlotte explores the secret world of Frog Hollow, otherwise known as the stream in Charleson Park.

Team Lucifer

2006-10-06T19:22:00.000-07:00

Upholding the honour of VPL, the rookies of Team Lucifer sadly fell short of the prize in it's pursuit of ultimate chili excellence. Next year, however, will prove different. Oh yes...oh yes.....

Magnus opus

2006-09-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

Year one of girl's life, and Edith Piaf is there. (FLV / 4 min / 12.9 mb)

Charlotte Chance Gemmill 2004-2005

Tell-tale signs

2006-09-23T20:06:00.000-07:00

I guess Mum really does love us. Go figure.

NationMaster.com - Where Stats Come Alive!

2004-06-08T12:46:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to NationMaster.com, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs with ease on all kinds of statistics. What's more, you can select exactly which countries you want to include."

Pachyderm domesticis

2006-07-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

Oh my god, there's a elephant in here! Somebody get some peanuts or we're all going to die!!!!

Shanghai in Images

2004-05-28T18:11:00.000-07:00

Chinese street
street rickshaw shop building architecture pagoda
1920s-1930s
Shanghai
"People and rickshaws in a street full advertisement signs for Chinese shops; the top of a pagoda is coming out among roofs (top right)."

Shanghai in Images is the fruit of a collaboration between the Institute of East Asian Studies (Lyon 2 University - Lyon 3 University - CNRS), the Center for Chinese Studies (University of California, Berkley) and ECAI (Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative). This database has as its vocation to put forward a history of this great Chinese metropolis through photographs.

Although centered on Shanghai, the project is engaged in a constant process of enrichment and enlargement, notably by extension to include large Chinese cities and more diverse aspects of life in China before 1949.

From Plep

The dream of flight....

2004-07-19T17:59:00.000-07:00

On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first sustained, powered, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine, thereby realizing one of mankind's oldest and most persistent aspirations -- human flight. The Dream of Flight honors that achievement, using the Library's rarest and most significant materials to explore the notion that flight, whether fanciful or actual, has inspired and occupied a central place in most cultures.

via Life in the Present

This blog is worth....

2005-10-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

..selling?

My blog is worth $3,387.24.
How much is your blog worth?

Photographs from the Chicago Daily News

2004-05-21T17:56:00.000-07:00

This collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News, then one of Chicago's leading newspapers.

Story time

2005-11-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

Pea gets stories at least twice a day. That's what happens when you're the daughter of library employees.

A flock of segers

2004-06-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

A Flock of Segers is dedicated to the wordplay of combining titles of bands (or movies) in order to form new, better names (NOT the coolest band ever that plays cover songs from both A Flock of Seagulls and Bob Seger).

Micha "Don't call me Michele" S. would like to enter the following:

Tone Loc, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Thompson TWINS (avec Gov. Arnie, De Vito, and Alannah)
Little Red Corvette Summer
The Empire Strikes Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys Don't Cry
The Lord of the Rings:The Return of "The King"

The Do-It-Yourself Deity

2004-05-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

"In an attempt to resolve any disagreement surrounding the meaning of the word 'God', TPM has assembled a crack team of 'metaphysical engineers' who have devised a new computer-modelling virtual environment in which to test the plausibility of different conceptions of God."

Converting Bitmaps To Vector Drawings

2004-06-08T16:23:00.000-07:00

" In the early days of desktop publishing (1985-1990) I was fascinated by the opportunity initially made available by Adobe Illustrator and by some AutoCad utilities to convert bitmap work and in particular technical photographs into quality line drawings."