Technology in Real Time - Can You Believe It's December Already?

Breaking News - Two B.C. Computer Solution Providers Merge.

CDN Channel Elite Award winner for Best Cloud Solution Compunet InfoTech of Vancouver and Cascadia Systems Group of Surrey have joined forces and will operate under the Compunet Banner.

This merger agreement essentially brings two Vancouver area solution providers together to offer professional services and cloud solutions across the lower mainland of B.C.

Cascadia has been providing managed services for computer systems to small and mid-sized businesses in the Surrey area since 1998. Compunet has been in the IT service and support business since 1989.

Compunet are fanatical about exceeding client expectations and obsessed with providing our clients with IT strategies, service and support that creates raving fans and long term lasting relationships.

Aye, Matey, Aye

A picture from the past. For those of you who don’t know me, I have a sailors’ gene. Long John Silver and I were friends – just so you know.

For quite a few years I was the skipper of a fabulous sailboat that become my second home. Alas, the boat is now gone but I still miss being on the water.

Racing every week out of Boundary Bay (Point Roberts) afforded an unforgettable learning opportunity that could not be found in books. Rain or snow or shine, we could be found chasing the mark on Saturdays in the winter and on Tuesdays during the summer.

We were a crew of 5 or 6 on most days - a great group to be with. Our purpose was to have fun, win races, and enjoy the ride. To be expected, there are many stories to be told  and the occasional rum toddy will always put wind in these sails. 

My lesson is enjoy what you do, whatever it may be, and stow the memories for later reflection.

Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster: 1966

BC Road Trip Time Machine - Highway 1, Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster: 1966

Wow. Fantastic video of Vancouver before things got crazy. Take a peek here.

The Ministry of Transportation just released a wonderful archival video from 1966! In it they drive from Horseshoe Bay, through downtown Vancouver, up Main street then onto Kingsway to Burnaby. It was part of their ‘photologs’ where they would mount a camera on a car and produce a film on 16mm.

In a blog post the Ministry states that “these roads were classified as provincial Highways 1 and 99 until the early 1970s. In fact, Kingsway was also a component of the Trans-Canada Highway until construction was completed on the current alignment of Highway #1 across the Fraser River on the Port Mann Bridge in 1964”.