Tag: Vancouver

• AC03: Flying with Phaedra!

  As I walked down the gangplank toward my ‘home in the air’ for the next eleven hours I heard even before I could see her the head Flight Attendant on Air Canada flight 003 from Vancouver to Tokyo.  She was on the PA system almost cheerleading her staff, and as I appeared she put on…

  Mitch Garvis

  November 29, 2013

  Air Canada, Travel, Uncategorized

  Air Canada, Canada, Flight Attendant, Huffington Post, Narita International Airport, Phaedra, Vancouver, YouTube

• Warning!

  Wednesday morning I was sitting at my desk when a pop-up appeared on my screen.  It was actually an Internet Explorer window, and although it was written entirely in Japanese, I suspected immediately that it was a scam, a fraud, malware, or something.  Why?  It had a very old Microsoft logo on it (from the…

  Mitch Garvis

  November 7, 2013

  Malware, Scams

  Canada, Internet Explorer, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Partner, Microsoft Windows, Vancouver, Window

• One Week…

  It was the title of my favourite Barenaked Ladies song, but in this context it is a lot scarier.  I have been working toward my Second Degree Black Belt… well, really since I started Taekwondo in January of 2009, and then since I earned my Black Belt in June of 2010 but in reality I have…

  Mitch Garvis

  May 26, 2012

  Article, Black Belt, Martial Arts, Taekwondo

  Barenaked Ladies, black belt, Chris Burgess, Dan Black, GrandMaster, Taekwondo, Testing, Vancouver

• Sixteen Days Out – a summary

  Yesterday was a dichoto-day.  If I made that word up, it is what it sounds like – a day that was a mix of good and bad.  I want to clarify at the outset that this had nothing to do with work, which was fine (I am teaching a class at TekSource Corporate Learning this…

  Mitch Garvis

  May 17, 2012

  Black Belt, Martial Arts, Taekwondo

  Hapkido, Krav Maga, Martial arts, Montreal, Taekwondo, Toronto, Vancouver