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From the Archive: What did he just do?!

Grace — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:17:32 +0000

Skateboard tricks: after playing hours of Tony Hawk, you would think that real life could not get more impressive than its video game counterpart. But then you’d be wrong. From our WhoTube contest with Transworld comes this video. A true spectacle of skate amazement, watch as a perfect “360 Flip Tailgrab Wallplant” is executed. Wow. And while [...]

When Beer Pong Becomes Art

Chris — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:39:22 +0000

Here’s a meme recipe. Take a mundane activity and dial it up to 11. In this case, said activity is beer pong. These university students showcase seemingly impossible beer pong shots. The ball is thrown with profound accuracy from crazy distances. Every bounce is calculated with razor precision. They do it all with such casualness, it [...]

And the winner is….

Kate — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:08:18 +0000

Chip’s Not Dead Yet video contest winners announced! The Chip’s Not Dead Yet video contest challenged Vancouverites to put their creativity to the test in coming up with their best idea for a theme wave. It was a tight race to the finish, but we’ve established our winners. Drumroll please… Congratulations to:

From the Archives: Cellular South Hikers

Grace — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:54:39 +0000

In the grand tradition of Powdered Toast Man, comes this melodramatic take on Cellular South’s network coverage. Note to contest entrants: melodrama always kicks things up a notch. Two hikers climb a snow-covered peak. One collapses — convinced he won’t make it. What ensues is the most operatic moment in UGC history. Dare I say it? [...]

Clowns vs. Cops

Grace — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:59:09 +0000

How do you choreograph an action sequence in film without any movement — and do it in one shot? Let the fine folks at Stink Digital answer that question. As a showcase for Philips CINEMA 21:9 — which lends itself so readily to film — “Carousel” was designed to hold its own with Hollywood’s best. Cops and [...]

Looking for love in all the right places…

Grace — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:52:09 +0000

…like inside your heart. It’s the final week of voting for New Media BC’s PopVox Awards, and memelabs and HootSuite are in the running. Now, we need your vote! Last year’s champ and the world’s best video contest platform, memelabs, is in the running for: Best User-Generated / Crowd-Sourced Content Site Our head-turner of a Twitter client, Hootsuite, [...]

Winky the Tortoise

Chris — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:39:33 +0000

Meet the most adorable reptiloid cyborg ever. This is Winky the Tortoise. She is 50-years-old. Some years back, she lost one of her legs. So what to do if you are an animal that must carry a heavy shell? Replace the leg with a wheel — complete with suspension system! Now, Winky is mobile. Soon, she [...]

Suicidal Cadbury Eggs

Grace — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:51:12 +0000

By CHRIS TROTTIER Cadbury is no stranger to viral video. After all, they produced the irrepressibly cute Cadbury Eyebrows. This Easter, their campaign verges into still cute but much darker territory. Release the Goo involves Cadbury eggs hellbent on self-destruction. The eggs volunteer to be pounded, blended, and dropped to death — all in an effort to [...]

Kids these days: The changing landscape of creative commons and the remix generation (Part 1 of 2)

Grace — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:21:47 +0000

By NADIA NASCIMENTO and GRACE CARTER Ever since the invention of the Gutenberg printing press, the issue of information ownership has bred countless challenges. Almost overnight, the printing press took the production of written communication out of the hands of an elite group of scribes and democratized information ownership. At the time, the rapid change elicited [...]

New contests from Cellular South and Jean M

Grace — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:11:54 +0000

We’ve launched two superb contests in the past two weeks. Once again, we’ve collaborated with our friends at Cellular South, this time on their newest contest, Switch and Tell. Cellular South is seeking creative submissions which illustrate why people did (or should!) switch to their wireless network. The winners of their wildly successful contest, Your Network. [...]