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Friday afternoon saw the Strutta offices alive with conversation, as dozens of members of our beloved tech community graced us with their presence to enjoy a few tasty libations.

That is, we offered free beer and a crowd gathered. Much fun was had. Raul was on hand to photograph and blog the gathering; his photos are below in the slideshow. In case you hadn't heard, Raul wants you to follow him on Twitter. 

On Monday Jordan and I stopped by CFUN's studios for a chat with Jennifer Thompson and Joe Leary of the "Jenn and Joe Show." 

Listen to the mp3 of our chat here. Big thanks to Jenn, Joe and Producer Art for having us on!

This weekend saw the grand openings of two major retailers in Vancouver's Pacific Centre.

With Canada's largest H&M and Vancouver's first Apple Store opening on the same weekend (just a few minutes on foot from Strutta HQ) the big question was which would draw the bigger crowd. Both ertailers are famous for their rabid fans, and lines around the block when they forst open their doors. But after seeing this video, shot by Greg Andrews of Techvibes, it seems as though the geeks win the "Best Lineup" award. Incredible too, considering this took place on a Saturday morning!

While you may just get a free beer for attending the DrupalCamp Vancouver kick off party tonight at Flux, every drupalist knows that the open source movement is about more than just free software and free beer (although, I won't turn one down). It's about community, knowledge-sharing, peer review and building something awesome together. DCVO8 brings everyone together from coders and creatives to architects and business folks for f2f collaboration and networking.

At long last, the video of the beard shaving is ready for your viewing enjoyment. Pulling it together was something of a technical feat, as I was in Long Beach while the rest of the guys were treated to the professional barber treatment here at Strutta HQ.

But our trust video camera in the office, a second handheld one (for me) and two Mac laptops in iChat were up to the task of making it all happen. And then there was of course Travis of JD's Barber Shop, with his razor sharp wit, not to mention his razor sharp...uh...razor.

Since moving into our new home early last week, we've had a number of visitors pass through to say hi and check out our new digs.

Not everyone has the luxury of dropping by at will, so I thought I'd better hurry up and share some snaps of of our new space for those folks who aren't in the neighborhood (I'm looking at YOU, Cake Labs). Here's a slideshow of pics that I've snapped since we moved in, including a sneak-peek at some of our newest team members:

Imagine the warm and fuzzies I felt when I saw this in my inbox this morning:

The Gastown tech community is organizing a “Free Geek” Hardware Drive. On Friday, Dec 7th, participating Gastown tech business will donate their old, unneeded hardware to Free Geek, a non-profit that “helps the needy get nerdy.”

It's that time again...the next Launch Party Vancouver event is set to go, and this time it will be co-hosted by the folks from California's Twiistup.

We ambushed several unsuspecting members of the public on Water Street in Vancouver's Gastown to ask them the question: What is Strutta?:

Think you have an idea What Strutta is? Email your video submissions to jordan[at]strutta.com.