Right now John and I are sharing his digital camera. Anything we take on our cell phones is easily Bluetooth-ed to our respective computers but any photos taken on the same camera can prove to be an issue. When it up to my computer I don’t really want all his 20 pictures, I just want my 5. The problem is, iPhoto wants to just import everything, I cannot choose what I want to import, as I could easily do with my Windows PC.

So before I start cursing at iPhoto – is there any way you can pick and chose the items you want to import off your digital camera instead of always doing an “import all”??

Update: Thanks to John Biehler, I have now discovered the beauty and freedom of Image Capture. Soon enough I’ll learn my lesson – Macs aren’t dumb and they know what they’re doing, I just don’t know everything about them… yet

Thanks to Dave for tipping us off about this, the Go Canucks site has the BEST video of Game 7 jubilation around.

Robson Street is for Pussies – Check out what the cops had to deal with at Scott Road & 72nd in Delta/Surrey

First I have to say thank you to Rob for posting this and noting it’s Surrey AND Delta since Scott Rd and 72nd is in fact the border.

This video is not of people in Vancouver, driving down the shmoozy Robson Street. It’s on a busy street corner in the suburbs, where hundreds of people were out celebrating when the Canucks beat the Stars last week to enable them to move on to round two of the playoffs.

If you live in Vancouver, this will give you chills. If you don’t live in Vancouver… you have to know the heart of this team’s fans is not solely located in the downtown core – it’s everywhere.

From print to TV [1][2] and now radio, this afternoon Dave, John and I will be on CKNW, talking about The Crazy Canucks and podcasting in general for their segment called Get Connected.

Get Connected is the ultimate guide to getting your business connected with technology. Each week host Mike Agerbo and co-hosts AJ Vickery and Yolande Lougheed are going look at what’s hot and why.

Dave alone has about five podcast, while John and I have two – although we’ve been slacking on the RadioZoom lately – and we’re all avid bloggers. I’m pretty uncertain as to the content of the show, what we’ll be asked or asked to talk about but it should be some great exposure for our group project and podcasting as a medium. Listen Live on CKNW, today from 1:00pm today, and we should be on around 1:30pm.

In Episode #33 we’re all on the line to discuss Game 7 and our thoughts going into game 1 of the Anaheim series (Dave, John, JJ, Alanah and me).

Yesterday, we posted a special Episode #34 where Alanah interviewed Earl Sleek, Ducks blogger from the site: Battle of California. She also gets JJ’s thoughts after the 5-1 loss in the first game of this Conference Semi-Final. Notes on both episodes are below:

Episode #33
“A quick turnaround from the last posting, the whole crew gathers to give their rundown on the upcoming series against the Anaheim Ducks in round two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Of course, we have to bask in the celebration a little bit longer of beating Dallas in game seven, but the attention gets turned towards the upcoming battle against the Ducks. It should be a beaut!”
(Run Time 27:30, click for mp3 or visit the site to subscribe, for show notes, and links)

Episode #34
“…on the phone after he attended the game at the Honda Center in Anaheim – Sleek gives his perspective on the series opener as well as the Canucks fan presence at the game. The second half of this episode, Alanah links up with J.J. by phone to get his thoughts on the game.

Can you tell the difference between the two segments? Listening to J.J., you would never have known that the Canucks lost this game. Here’s to a better game two! ”
(Run Time 16:59, click for mp3 or visit the site to subscribe, for show notes, and links)

The Canucks are in action tonight for Game 2 at 7:00pm Pacific time.

If you’re a fan of the hit reality show, The Amazing Race like I am then you know about Phil Keoghan. For 11 seasons now he’s been leading teams all over the world, to over 70 countries, in massive adventure race – introducing us to the various cities, explaining tasks and greeting sweaty, stinky teams at the mat to check them in at the end of each leg.

Canadians have long wanted to participate on the show but you need an American passport, so local races such as The Amazing Hunt will have to keep people like me going, for now. Phil’s actually moving his new show “NOW” over to the CBC and the good news is this time – Canadians are more than welcome.

No Opportunity Wasted – NOW
Think big.
Ditch the excuses.

If your life were to end at 3pm tomorrow what would you regret not doing? And why haven’t you done it? Does fear stand in your way? Or are you stuck in the same routine day after day?

Taking on a NOW Challenge is about accomplishing in 72 hours something you have never thought possible and probably taken every measure to avoid. It’s about turning thought into action and your fears inside out. There’s no more woulda, coulda, shoulda. It’s time to live life NOW.

In search of participants, Phil is touring around various Canadian cities so that means of course, that means he’s coming to Vancouver, making it one of 8 stops across the nation (for more dates, visit Inside The CBC blog).

“[Phil brings] his spin-off show No Opportunity Wasted to the CBC in October — and casting has begun for that series. In each half-hour episode, two people get challenged to set aside fears to achieve a specific task. Keoghan says he came up with the idea for the series’ philosophy after a near-fatal scuba diving accident in his native New Zealand when he was 19 years old. [NOW]”

The local search for show participants occurs: May 16, 7 pm to 9 pm at Chapters, 788 Robson, Vancouver

They start out in Newfoundland on May 8th and Vancouver will be the last stop. Although I’d love to go, just to meet Phil but I don’t think I’d want to get in the way of those trying out for the show. For some inspiration, read the blog on the NOW website and see the personal stories that have been shared thus far. Also, you can also pick up the book that started this all, I suppose while you’re in Chapters on May 16th, “No Opportunity Wasted: 8 Ways to Create a List for the Life You Want” by Phil Keoghan.

*Special thanks to Kevin who tipped me off about NOW via the Contact Form, and on the Amazing Race blog.

Going into tonight’s Canucks game I was justifying a potential win in many ways “they beat us before Christmas”, standing up to the grim picture the media is painting. Unfortunately the boys were a little out of it and got royally spanked by Andy McDonald and his fancy hat trick.

On a brighter note, we had the Carlsons over for the game tonight and it was a pretty good time despite the depressing display on the tele. Many thanks to them for supplying the Snappa Cappa, which we’ll have to enjoy together again sometime soon.

Speaking of super nice Vancouver bloggers, Matthew Good (brilliant singer / songwriter / recording artist / friend) has written a bookmark-worthy article on The Tyee, sharing some of his Top 5 Blog Reads. He includes such blogger elite as Raymi, Juan Cole, Raed Jarrar and Tony Pierce and shares a bit about what makes their sites worth visiting daily. He also included the following note about this here site:

Miss 604: Over the last half year I have become friendly with Rebecca Bollwitt and her husband John. Rebecca’s blog is, in my opinion, one of the few truly Vancouver-specific blogs out there, that lacks the sort of pomp and upper-crust pitfalls that plague many of the city’s self proclaimed Vancouver-specific blogs. Her genuine approach, coverage of the Canucks, contributions to Metroblogging Vancouver, and down-to-earth nature make her blog a daily pleasure to visit.

It’s a an honour to be linked off Matt’s website daily in the link section, and to be mentioned along with these other great blogs, but to have him write such a complimentary post about my little Miss604.com just makes me feel that much better about my daily portrayal of life in this fair city. Matt’s such a great person and John and I are pretty lucky to have become acquainted with him over the last while. Not to mention it’s really a pleasure to be able to discuss the real Vancouver with a fellow local… who gets it.

This is my first attempt at a Miss604.com contest but it should be a good one. Starting today, and continuing every Tuesday, I will be posting something to do with Surrey and it will be up to the readers to guess what the heck it is.

What: A photo of any public place, landmark, intersection (a la Beyond Robson crossroads), or object that is specifically Surrey, BC related or located in the City of Surrey, BC.

Why: For those that are unfamiliar with the City, Surrey is a suburb of Vancouver, BC and has a pretty crummy reputation. My goal is to continue the positive representation of my hometown, introduce readers to the City and to generate a little buzz by doing a weekly feature such as this.

When: A contributor of Miss604.com will make a post every Tuesday featuring a Surrey-related photo as described above.

Who: Anyone can guess except for contributors of this blog, and my immediate family members (because that would just be too easy) but they can continue to comment at will *cough* Bradley *cough*.

How: Enter your guess in the comment section of the post displaying the Surrey-related photo.

Submitting: If you have a photo you would like to submit please send a link to it via the Contact Form. If you have a website be sure to include it in the email so I can link back if possible and give credit for the pic. Photos must be relating to Surrey, BC (as described above) and must be rated “G”. Depending on the photo/clue, hints may be given to help the readers out but that will be determined on a per-post basis.

Sponsoring: To make things a little more interesting I’d love to be able to give away prizes (e.g. gift certificates) to the first correct guess on each ‘What The Surrey’ photo. If you have a business in Surrey, BC or are the person in charge of marketing and giving away free stuff for an establishment in Surrey, send me an email via the Contact Form.

A winner will not be declared until all comments are moderated – to ensure that in fact the first correct comment is logged and published accordingly. Also, even though something may be guessed, feedback is always welcome so feel free to add your two cents about the subject photo and enlighten us all.

Now to start things off on What The Surrey, an easy one: Do you know what the “W” stands for on the hat pictured above?

John and I lead off this episode live from Robson street with follow up audio from Alanah. She calls up JJ who is at GM Place for game 7 of the Conference Quarter Finals. Meanwhile, Dave was over in live video streaming Canucks Outsider land. All in all, a CRAZY night.

It was a nervous first round, but the Canucks pulled it off in game seven to win the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars. Rebecca and John lead off this episode, stepping on their balcony to capture the atmosphere of the downtown celebration going on in Vancouver. After that, Alanah phones J.J. just a few minutes after he left GM Place where he had tickets for this amazing game seven. He has some great reports of the atmosphere from inside and outside of the garage, and hopefully you can make out what he’s saying from all the noise of celebrating fans in the background. [thecrazycanucks]