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Vancouver Port Dragon

dustin — 2010-11-29T21:54:28-05:00

The eastside cultural crawl inspired me to buff up my photography. Thinking about what I would show if I was displaying a photo exhibit, I went back and remastered one of my all-time favorite shots. Click to enlarge.

Vidfest and the Pop Vox Awards

dustin — 2008-05-01T20:19:01-04:00

Vidfest is the Vancouver International Digital Festival, happening May 21-24, 2008. It's got a keynote from Chris Anderson of Wired, a day of "creative exchange" conference sessions, a day of "International Partnering Forum" one-on-one meetings, and the PopVox Digital Media Awards.

Lux Delux is in the running for the best casual game award. Please show your support and vote for the entry (you have to register an account for the Vote button to show up).

Launch Party 4 is also happening on the 21st, celebrating the local startup scene. And the Vancouver Game Summit runs concurrently on May 21-22, mostly focused on console business.

Techcouver is being used more as a nickname for Vancouver. Cool beans.

Largest Circulation Newspapers

dustin — 2006-11-25T04:31:26-05:00

Worldwide, Japan has the largest circulation newspapers. English doesn't even come in till 11th.

1. Yomiuri Shimbun         Japan        14,067,000
2. The Asahi Shimbun       Japan        12,121,000
3. Mainichi Shimbun        Japan        5,587,000
4. Nihon Keizai Shimbun    Japan        4,635,000
5. Chunichi Shimbun        Japan        4,512,000
6. Bild                    Germany      3,867,000
7. Sankei Shimbun          Japan        2,757,000
8. Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) China        2,627,000
9. People�s Daily          China        2,509,000
10. Tokyo Sports           Japan        2,425,000

English Language:

11. The Sun                UK           2,419,000
13. USA Today              USA          2,310,000
14. Wall Street Journal    USA          2,107,000
15. Daily Mail             UK           2,093,000
26. The Mirror             UK           1,597,000
37. New York Times         USA          1,121,000
38. Hindustan Times        India        1,108,000
50. The Hindu              India        989,000
54. Los Angeles Times      USA          902,000
62. Punjab Kesari          India        817,000
78. Daily Express          UK           720,000
79. New York Daily News    USA          715,000
80. The Washington Post    USA          708,000
81. Daily Star             UK           705,000
83. New York Post          USA          686,000
94. Chicago Tribune        USA          601,000

Here's the top 100 from all languages page that I took this data from.