Articles by Mike Cantelon.

Blog - Movies

Uwe Boll sounds off on George W. Bush at Postal screening

Last night (May 16), I attended the Vancouver screening of Uwe Boll's latest movie Postal with a fellow fan of the video game the movie is based on. Judging by the cheers there seemed to be a lot of support from the audience for the controversial Vancouver-based filmmaker.
Blog - Quickies

Vancouver geeks celebrate growth of Ubuntu operating system

Last Friday night (April 25), dozens of open source enthusiasts got together at Free Geek Vancouver to celebrate the latest release of the free Ubuntu operating system, an open source project organized by the UK-based company Canonical.
Blog - Quickies

Bridging Media aims to mix broadcast media with online innovation

On the weekend I attended Bridging Media, a conference dealing with the problem of integrating broadcast media institutions and content creators with the online world. Held at the Great Northern Way campus, it was an interesting conference, as much for the questions it posed as the answers it provided.
Georgia Straight Living

The high-def play

If you’re going wide-screen, you’re in the land of HDTV. But what are you going to watch?