KW Titans Head To The Playoffs - Titans Time

When you announce in November that Kitchener Waterloo is getting a basketball team,

you don't expect to announce that in their first season they are headed to the playoffs, but that's exactly what we get to do!

The KW Titans have one more regular season home game this Saturday at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium and then it's off to the PLAYOFFS!

Get set for the KW Titans to show their rivals that it's the Titans Time! 

No. 2 Windsor Express against No. 3 KW Titans

Best-of-five series

Game 1: Friday, May 5th @ Windsor 7:00 p.m. (Atlas Tube Centre)Game 2: Sunday, May 7th @ Windsor 2:00p.m. (Atlas Tube Centre)
Game 3: Wednesday, May 10th @ Kitchener 7:00 p.m. (Kitchener Auditorium)Game 4*: Friday, May 12th @ Kitchener 7:00 p.m. (Kitchener Auditorium)Game 5*: Sunday, May 14th @ Windsor 2:00 p.m. (Atlas Tube Centre)
*-if necessary

For ticket information head to http://kwtitans.com/14516/map-and-ticket-pricing

Kitchener Market Cooking Stage At The Food And Drink Show - Enter To Win

The Kitchener Market Cooking Stage Returns To The Food And Drink Show

We are thrilled to announce that our FOOD REVOLUTION DAY partner, THE KITCHENER MARKET is sponsoring the Cooking Stage at The Food And Drink Show from April 24-26 2015 and you have a chance to win your way in! Read on to see how you could be at what we are calling PARENTS DAY OUT!

The Chefs At The Cooking Stage

This year's Chef line up has a variety of celebrity chefs.  Some from outside of Kitchener Waterloo and some that you may have met if you have attended the Kitchener Market Cooking Classes.  This 2015 Cooking Stage has a mix of cooking demonstrations and chef competitions so there is something for everyone in the age 19+ crowd. Be sure to visit the Cooking Stage Schedule page to get all the cooking stage info.

Show Info (from the Food And Drink Show Page)
Show Hours:

• Friday 5pm – 10pm
• Saturday 12pm – 10pm
• Sunday 12pm – 5pm
• Must be 19 years or older to attend. No children, no infants.
• Cost for admission is $12 per person/per day
• Sample tokens act as the official show currency
• Tokens can be purchased in increments of $10 (10 tokens)
• Sample prices may vary based on product and exhibitor, with the average cost between 1 or 2 tokens per sample *Sample tokens will be available for purchase on show dates only.

Enter To Win

Want to win your way in? We have a giveaway for passes to the Food And Drink Show so that you can be there live at The Kitchener Market Cooking Stage.
This contest is for those in the Kitchener Waterloo Area Only. Must be 19+ to enter. The prize is a pair of passes for FREE ADMISSION to the Food And Drink Show. Food and Drink purchases are at your own cost.

Just enter the contest listed below (might take a minute to load the rafflecopter contest form. If the contest does not pop up, clear your cache and refresh). Remember the blog comment about WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO COOK is a mandatory entry.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

IFTTT for iOS Automates Your Everyday Online Tasks

A big thanks to our friend Wendy Morelli for being our first GUEST BLOGGER! Busy parents need all the help they can get when it comes to keeping their families organized and Wendy has a great app review to share with all of you! Take a look, give it a try and leave us a comment on how it helped with your schedule!

IFTTT for iOS Automates Your Everyday Online Tasks

 

I love my smart phone aka iPhone. Anyone that knows me knows I can’t go anywhere without it. But in my opinion, what makes my phone “smart” are the apps that transforms my device into so much more than just for talking and texting. I’m a big fan of productivity apps, it’s like having my very own personal assistant by my side 24/7. Though there are many fantastic apps available, the one I want to share with you is the IFTTT iOS app affectionately known as “If This Then That”. This app will change the way you manage your digital daily life on platforms like social media, calendar and photos.

 

Simply put, IFTTT lets you automate online tasks. So if you’re a big Etsy fan, you can tell IFTTT to send a text message each time your favourite Etsy shop has a new item. If backing up your photos is important, IFTTT can save photos taken from your iPhone to Dropbox. Pretty cool, right?

 

IFTTT currently has 71 web “channels” such as Dropbox, Etsy, WordPress, Evernote, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. IFTTT started as a web based service but with the addition of the app (Android to come), smart phone users can now create “recipes” using apps directly from their device. Therefore, those with iPhones now have access to 3 additional channels, Contacts, Photos and Reminders.

 

 

To create a recipe like saving Instagram photos to Dropbox, you’ll need to set up trigger and action channels. The trigger channel in this example is Instagram and the action channel is Dropbox. Put them together and you got yourself a recipe. For you creative types, you can create your own recipes or if you prefer, you can use one of the many that others have shared.  Before the recipe can go “live”, you’ll need to first activate the required channels first.

 

 

 

Here are more examples of what you can automate with IFTTT.

·         Each time you add a new contact, add to Google Calendar or Evernote to serve as a reminder as to when you met.

·         Send a follow up “hello, nice to have met you” email each time you add a new contact.

·         Text every time Instagram user posts to Instagram (useful to keep tabs on what your tween/teen is posting).

·         Download Facebook photos you’re tagged in to Dropbox.

·         Send IFTTT a text message and have it call you (great for escaping bad dates).

·         Email family or friends when photo(s) has been added to a specific album (that way you only share what you want grandma to see).

·         Post iOS photos located in a specific album directly to Facebook.

·         Use Siri to add tasks to iOS Reminders and IFTTT can add to Evernote.

·         Create Google docs spreadsheet of your every tweet.

 

As a tech geek, I have to say I’m most excited about recipes that can turn lights on or off with a simple text, turn lights on automatically at sunset or even have the lights blink when your favourite team starts a game. You’ll need to purchase either the Belkin WeMo Switch or the Belkin Light Switch in order to use these recipes, but how neat is that?

As you can see, whether you’re an entrepreneur, parent, teacher, blogger or sports enthusiast, IFTTT can help anyone cut down some of the mundane tasks and even let you have some fun at the same time.

Wendy Morelli is an app-obsessed mom of 2 who can't get enough of her smart phone. Read all about her favourite app picks on her blog AppHipMom. Wendy’s latest adventure Tweenhood, is an online magazine for Canadian parents raising tweens. Follow her on Twitter at @tweenhood and @AppHipMom.

 

 

Tim Horton's Free Skating Schedule for Kitchener-Waterloo arenas

Activa Sportsplex
December 19 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
December 20 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
December 27 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
January 02 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
January 03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Albert McCormick Community Centre - East
December 30 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Albert McCormick Community Centre - West
December 23 9:30 am - 11:30 am
December 31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Don McLaren Arena
December 21 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
December 28 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grand River Arena
December 20 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
December 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
January 03 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
K.M.A. Complex (Kinsmen)
December 23 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lions Arena
December 19 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
December 20 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
December 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
January 02 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
January 03 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Moses Springer Community Centre
December 27 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
December 29 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
January 02 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
RIM Park - Lions Rink
December 21 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
December 22 10:00 am - 11:00 am
December 31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
RIM Park - Optimist's Rink
December 31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
RIM Park - Piller's Ice Haus Rink
December 31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
December 24 9:00 am - 10:30 am
December 28 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
December 31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm