Well, howdy everyone. Welcome back to the first blog of Tuned into Technology for the semester. I am looking forward to writing once a week. It’s all for your enjoyment; wow, huh! Anyways, my first blog posting is going to center on everyone’s favourite mechanical indvidualals, robots. We’re not talking about the Haley Joel Osment [...]

by Edward Osborne
The now-famous website Wikileaks.org publishes government documents that are forwarded anonymously and then verified by a small collection of journalists. They operate as a global whistleblower, bringing information from various governments into the public light. Essentially, they allow secrets to be exposed without risk to the individual responsible for the leak.
This summer, they received 90,000 [...]

by Catherine Szabo
Library staff at Mount Royal University were expected to flex not only their mental muscle this summer, but also to show their physical strength. In response to a number of complaints last year about the lack of quiet study space and designated group-work space, library staff rearranged the li- brary to create three separate [...]

by Claire Miglionico
As childish as it may sound, back-to-school shopping is the buzz I look forward to every fall. This year, however, I barely shopped. Instead, I decided on putting up old clothes for consignment in various second hand and consignment clothing stores around the city.
Consignment stores like Kit Apparel in Inglewood or Trend Fashions [...]

by Blaine Meller
Sport is a powerful thing.
It creates passion, anger, ecstasy and even hate. It brings us moments we will never forget and allows our imagination to transport us into situations of victory and defeat. Who can’t remember playing hockey on a rink or frozen pond
pretending to be Gretzky, Bossy or Orr? Sport is social, whether [...]

by Blaine Meller
At first glance, it might seem weird: a stream of lights cutting through the night sky at Canada Olympic Park. On closer look, you realize that steam of lights is made up of dozens of moun- tain bike enthusiasts taking part in the inaugural Red Bull Dusk ‘Til Dawn challenge.
The Dusk ‘Til Dawn [...]

by Blaine Meller
The Calgary Flames experiment. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle ground when it comes to the Flames re-acquiring forwards Olli Jokinen and Alex Tanguay, especially when it comes to the former. Jokinen was originally brought in to be the No. 1 centre for Jarome Iginla, yet in 75 games with [...]

by Reflector Staff
YouTube. The very word conjures images of sitting around and clicking useless videos. Anything, and I mean anything, can be found on the Internet. Viewers can watch a beached whale explode, learn how to tie a necktie or watch somebody clean their ear amongst other highly interesting videos. What fun!
Hours can be spent [...]

by Claire Miglionico & Zoey Duncan
Haultain and First Street Festival www.victoriapark.org    September 12, 2010
Victoria Park is bucking the crummy rep it has been saddled with and as one of the last festivals of the summer, the Haultain and First Street fest should bring in some faces unfamiliar to the community. Haultain Park will host [...]

by Sarah Kitteringham
For those in programs that require internships, the thought of taking a job out of the city is either frightening or exciting. For me, it was both. As a third year bachelor of communications student, I knew that taking an unpaid international internship would be an amazing opportunity, but it was hardly financially sound. [...]