Google isn’t just a search engine anymore. They’re fully into the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon, because they don’t only tackle the idea of sifting through the internet to find the most relevant page possible, but...
Read MoreVancouver blogger and self-proclaimed “technologist” Darren Barefoot has a lot of projects on his plate. His day job is with Capulet, but another big part of his life is with Northern Voice. For the latter,...
Read MoreIt’s Sunday, and we all know what that means. FOOTBALL! Today, we will see the NFC Championship Game between the New Orleans Saints and the Chicago Bears, the latter of which are up 16 to 7 at halftime (as I type this),...
Read MoreWalk into just about any video game or department store — Walmart, EB Games, whatever — and there’s a good chance that you can leave that day with a PlayStation 3, be it a 20GB or 60GB version. By contrast, it...
Read MoreIt’s days like this that I appreciate working at home the most. Not only is there snow on the ground (which, up until this winter, had been quite a rarity in Vancouver), but it’s also raining. The next result is a...
Read MoreVancouver is home to a lot of world class restaurants, offering all sorts of international (and fusion) cuisine. We’ve got some great sushi places, incredible steakhouses (Morton’s is my personal favourite), and...
Read MoreLike, what the H? I’ve had just about every Nintendo console ever made and I’ve never run into any issues whatsoever with these video game systems, with the exception of the old school NES. Of course, that machine is...
Read MoreYeah ye-yah! (Okay, so that doesn’t exactly translate to print very well) Over the weekend, I headed on over to Pacific Colisseum to catch a concert. Snoop Dogg rolled into town with his crew, but that wasn’t the...
Read MoreGambling. Love it or hate it, it’s got to be one of the oldest ways to make (and lose) a quick buck. Heck, it might have been around even longer than prostitution (and really, it’s not all that different, though it...
Read MoreWait. Haven’t we seen a couple of these guys before? Oh right, a few years ago when Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Winter Games. The race is just as heated for the next one in 2014, and just as before, the options have...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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