Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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New World Wind is a French company that makes something known as wind trees. These are trees that come in a few different models and produce renewable energy using 36 micro-turbines shaped like leaves (their Aeroleaf technology). There is also the option of supplementing these turbines with solar panels.
According to New World Wind, one wind tree can produce enough electricity to cover 80% of a typical French households' annual consumption needs (excluding heating) or about 100 m2 of office space. And on top of this, for every wind tree, the company goes out and plants 10 real ones.
Here's a video of one of their trees being installed outside of a factory in Taiwan:
I think these are pretty neat. And already, they have been installed all around the world. But unfortunately, there has yet to be one installed in Canada. That should change, so maybe one of you will consider installing a wind tree at one of your projects.
I've already reached out for more information so that we can consider doing the same.
Cover photo via New World Wind
New World Wind is a French company that makes something known as wind trees. These are trees that come in a few different models and produce renewable energy using 36 micro-turbines shaped like leaves (their Aeroleaf technology). There is also the option of supplementing these turbines with solar panels.
According to New World Wind, one wind tree can produce enough electricity to cover 80% of a typical French households' annual consumption needs (excluding heating) or about 100 m2 of office space. And on top of this, for every wind tree, the company goes out and plants 10 real ones.
Here's a video of one of their trees being installed outside of a factory in Taiwan:
I think these are pretty neat. And already, they have been installed all around the world. But unfortunately, there has yet to be one installed in Canada. That should change, so maybe one of you will consider installing a wind tree at one of your projects.
I've already reached out for more information so that we can consider doing the same.
Cover photo via New World Wind
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