0°Kevin Schenk
I'm Kevin Schenk, a software developer and photographer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I currently work at The Gateway, but I'll be looking for a software development position when my contract ends in May 2016. Apart from coding and online things, I take photos for The Gateway.
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Butcher
Phong Luu arrived in Edmonton 32 years ago from Vietnam. After taking its reigns, he moved the family business, Kim Fat Market Ltd, from 97 to 99 street in 2009. Instead of moving out of Chinatown, Luu kept the market where it started in order to give back to the community. You can read more [...
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Phong Luu arrived in Edmonton 32 years ago from Vietnam. After taking its reigns, he moved the family business, Kim Fat Market Ltd, from 97 to 99 street in 2009. Instead of moving out of Chinatown, Luu kept the market where it started in order to give back to the community. You can read more [...
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Uploading Images to Facebook in Node.js
I spent yesterday working on Image Cannon, an Express Node.js app I’m building to make it easier to share photos online. One feature it needs is Facebook photo sharing. To upload photos with the Facebook Open Graph API, you can use either an existing link to an image on the internet or send...
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I spent yesterday working on Image Cannon, an Express Node.js app I’m building to make it easier to share photos online. One feature it needs is Facebook photo sharing. To upload photos with the Facebook Open Graph API, you can use either an existing link to an image on the internet or send...
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Uploading Images to Facebook in Node.js
How to upload image to Facebook using Express Node.js, request, and the Open Graph API.
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How to upload image to Facebook using Express Node.js, request, and the Open Graph API.
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Mao-era Tea House in Chengdu
Tea is a large part of Chengdu’s culture. Tea houses can be found everywhere, from parks to the middle of the city. Most of these are simple and modern, with plain wooden tables and bamboo chairs. But just 30 minutes from the Chengdu airport in Pengzhen, you can find a Mao-era teahouse with...
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Tea is a large part of Chengdu’s culture. Tea houses can be found everywhere, from parks to the middle of the city. Most of these are simple and modern, with plain wooden tables and bamboo chairs. But just 30 minutes from the Chengdu airport in Pengzhen, you can find a Mao-era teahouse with...
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Mao-era Tea House in Chengdu
Photos from a revolutionary-era tea house in Pengzhen, Chengdu, China.
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Photos from a revolutionary-era tea house in Pengzhen, Chengdu, China.
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Yangshuo
Yangshuo is a popular tourist town in Guilin, China. However, most people I’ve talked to don’t know where or what it is. Have you seen those pictures of China with rocky, lumpy, small, green mountains? Those are called karst, and those are what Yangshuo is known for. The town itself i...
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Yangshuo is a popular tourist town in Guilin, China. However, most people I’ve talked to don’t know where or what it is. Have you seen those pictures of China with rocky, lumpy, small, green mountains? Those are called karst, and those are what Yangshuo is known for. The town itself i...
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Xi’an
Xi’an is one of the oldest cities in China. It’s one of the four ancient capitals of China, and the starting point of the Silk Road. Xi’an is most famous for the terra cotta warrior army. The city was also the first city in China to be introduced to Islam and now has a large [&#...
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Xi’an is one of the oldest cities in China. It’s one of the four ancient capitals of China, and the starting point of the Silk Road. Xi’an is most famous for the terra cotta warrior army. The city was also the first city in China to be introduced to Islam and now has a large [&#...
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Xi'an
20 photos from Xi'an, China's ancient capital and starting point for the silk road.
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20 photos from Xi'an, China's ancient capital and starting point for the silk road.
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