Wow – I can’t believe I haven’t posted here since December! It’s not that things haven’t been happening – in fact, I am very excited that I am enjoying a period of extreme creative and collaborative satisfaction – I just find it hard to keep up with all the social Read more…
Experimenting with the Insta360 On Saturday November 26, I finally made it back home and had a chance to look more into some of the footage I was able to collect with the Insta360 ONE X camera that I borrowed from my husband. I have to say, I’m pretty blown Read more…
Early October As we get closer to departure date – less than a month to go – I have been putting some time into figuring out how to use modern GIS programs, importing elevation and bathymetry (water depth) data, making maps, and even converting the data into 3D meshes in Read more…
The Geological History of Norway and its Fjords Late September 2022 Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks since I returned from my trip to Ireland, and things are certainly ramping up now that we’ve left the “50 days” milestone in the rear-view mirror: it’s getting real, folks! Read more…
Excited after my educational session with my husband, I was anxious to try it out for myself. But, I had a wee holiday to Ireland to enjoy first! It had been postponed since 2020, so we couldn’t believe we were finally going to get to do it and we had Read more…
Back in late August, I was excited to take advantage of my husband’s expertise to learn more about what to expect playing around in cold water with a drysuit (he’s a former rescue diver with the Calgary Fire Department). Unfortunately, my initial plans were thwarted because he got stranded in Read more…
There have been a lot of bears stuck in the valley bottoms thanks to a rather unforgiving and persistent snow pack, and this has brought up lots of thoughts about bear safety and the decision processes we do (or at least should) go through when we recreate in and around Read more…
My husband finally returned to Saskatchewan on Monday after a glorious two weeks of covid-induced togetherness. We played video games (well, I mainly watched him get faux angry playing Elden Ring), eventually made it outside to climb some mountains and enjoy the outdoors, and ate some very delicious pizza (two Read more…
It has not been the most productive week. My husband celebrated his 40th birthday last weekend and being the fabulous wife I am, I gave him the best birthday gift of all – covid. After almost exactly 2 years of successfully evading it, we both succumbed, me on his birthday, Read more…
Welcome to my new website and my blog, New Adventures in VR. Other REM fans out there will recognize this as a play on the title of their brilliant, 1996 album, New Adventures in HiFi (thanks for the inspiration – and the memories – Stipey et al). I obviously don’t Read more…