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So! Now I've got a web page. (Like I need another hobby.) Anyway, I'm a physics instructor at BCIT (The British Columbia Institute of Technology, in Canada). When not playing intramural hockey, I find time to teach "Physics for Nuclear Medicine" (PHYS 1274/2274) "Physics for Wood Products Manufacturing" (PHYS 1146/2146) and labs in "Physics for Electrical Technology" PHYS 1143/2143. Other than that  ...

  Academic Background

           UBC Physics, BSc, (and then I found out they were all taking Psych 100)

           UWO Physics, MSc, (proving that I'm a slow learner)

           UBC Elec. Eng., MASc, (time to get a real job: Electro-Optic Engineer with MDA)

  So I'm an Instructor Now, Eh?

           At one time or another I've taught Physics, Math, Electronics, and Programming

           Proof Techniques by AH Zemanian. (Try them on your students.)

           Why Do Labs? (Because I say so, that's why.)

  Scientific/Technical Interests

           Electro-Optics: SPIE- Int. Soc. for Optical Eng.

           Optical Holography: (Here is a resource site for amateur holography)

           Planetary Atmospheres, Solar Wind, etc. JGR abstracts

  Wallace and Grommit do Science

           PACE : proudly Canadian (but what's that ".de" in the URL?)

           Jeane Manning, science writer, sort of

           TRYUMF, Canada's other cyclotron.

           Will Women Soon Outrun Men?, or "The Joy of Linear Extrapolation"

           Crackpot Index (by John Baez at UCR)

           Healthcare Reality Check. A site about medical quackery.

  BC Outdoors

           Alpine Club of Canada  (fly in, fly out)

           BC Mountaineering Club  (drive in, drive out)

           UBC Varsity Outdoor Club  (hike in, hike out)

  "All work and no play ..."

           Vancouver Canucks: can you stand a little frustration?

           Vancouver Grizzlies: haven't had enough, eh?

           BCHL South Surrey Eagles: now that's hockey.

           Western Lacrosse League: another gentle Canadian sport.

  Things to do in Vancouver

           Ridge Theatre

           Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

           Vancouver Aquarium

           Vancouver Guide and Accommodations

           Vancouver Village (from Vancouver Magazine)

  There are even things to do in Kamloops

           ... or so say the nice people at City Hall

           I'll be darned. They've got an Art Gallery

           Virtual Kamloops: (Well, there's a pub guide, for instance.)

           The Kamloops Daily News  (Cub reporter trampled by horses.)

           The Kamloops Blazers  (Canada's best "Major A" hockey team)

  Let's see. Driver's licence, library card, VISA, F.A.C.   Right, let's go.

           The Lee Enfield: Classic British service rifle. An historical/technical research page.

           NFA: the people's side, and

           CFC: the government's side.

  Electric violin

           Maestronet: lots of violin information

           Bowed Electricity: electric violin site of J. Schussler

  "This parrot is no more ..."

           Monty Python (A. Fogg's site)   Dingo: "Oh, wicked, bad, 'naughty' Zoot!"

           Black Adder (B. Hardekopf's site)    Queen: "Mouth is open nursie. Should be shut."

           Tom Lehrer (D. Keaveny's site) "... it just takes a smidgeon to poison a pigeon ..."

           Red Dwarf (Dave's Site) Lister: "Human nipples don't do that, Kryt."

           Red Green (Canadian guy humour, sorry :)

           News of the Wierd (Proof that there's more than one born every minute.)

           "Inge's" Anagram Generator (encryption = "inept crony"),  hmmm

  HTML resources

           Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi: (buying the guy a beer via the internet?)

           The 10 Commandments of HTML (I break these ones, too.)

           HTML Validators Validation? I don't need no stinkin' validation.

           Bandwidth Conservation (Please don't feed the animal.)

           Internet Blacklist ("I'm OK. You're a jerk.")

... and who am I?  (Photos)

Finally, here is Jeff Farris'
study of
Some Socio-geophysical Aspects of
₁₄Si Compounds.

My "guest background tile" for the month of July
has been generously supplied by:

Department of Physics,
University of The West Indies (Mona),
Kingston, Jamaica
Home of the Jamaican bobsled team.

June's GBT: Physical Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, USA (One day ahead of Hawaii?)
May's GBT: Takuma National College of Technology, Kagawa, Japan (Houston, we have a font problem.)
April's GBT: The Novosibirsk State Technical University (in beautiful downtown Akademgorodok)
March's GBT: The Limerick Institute of Technology (note the "Nightlife" section. Irish Pubs!)
February's GBT: The Faculty of Physics University of Babes-Bolyai, Rumania; (babes?)
January's GBT: The Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, University of Tartu, Estonia