Ancient blog of Dustin Sacks

GoGo Mojo - Tropical House Dance Mantras

dustin — 2025-11-26T19:06:32+00:00

I visited my brother in Nashville with the intention of producing music together. It came out in an unexpected direction: Tropical House Dance Mantras. We're releasing them under the name GoGo Mojo and I am super proud of it. Please have a listen and follow the journey!

Pancakes are suitable for any meal

dustin — 2024-01-08T21:56:30+00:00

2023 was a year alright! Highs and lows and producing fun fun fun art. Here's a music video we made that I didn't post here. Please have a watch (and like and share)!

Song written by Natalie Wiarda (featured in the video) and produced by myself Dustin Quasar.

This video shoot day was so much fun! Hoping for more musical collaboration shenanigans in 2024. I'm also curious how this old blog works these days. If you see this, please mail me some blueberry pancakes ;)

Go Daddy Go

dustin — 2023-08-12T05:32:08+00:00

Riding e-bikes with a fellow dad, our kids on the back wanted us to go FASTER! It was a friendly race. They started chanting "Go Daddy Go, Go Daddy Go, ..." to egg us on, with the endless repetition spirit of youth. The bike adventure days continued to happen (to the north shore, to kits beach, to downtown! e-bikes are amazing), and the song chant continued to return to delight us all.

So we shaped it into a proper kids song, with some vocal support from enchantress Nat Wiarda, and it's finally available on all the music platforms today. Please share with your dad, family and friends if you like it 🙏

Go Daddy Go!

I Love Me

dustin — 2023-03-08T20:09:00+00:00

Last year I took a great workshop on self-love. With all the influences and distractions of modern life, it can be difficult to focus on ourselves. That said, we always have the power to return to our centers, take a breath, and give ourselves the love we need.

I was very touched by the workshop, and have made good use of the practice. Last year I made "I ❤️ Me" stickers and gave them out at a few festivals.

This year I wrote a kids song with the same message, and it's now out on Spotify (and the other music platforms very shortly). I hope you like it. If so, please heart it, and share with a kid you love :)

Listen to I Love ME on spotify.

It's been an interesting few years

dustin — 2022-04-19T23:05:01+00:00

3 years ago I took on a new identity, as a father! Along with a global pandemic, it's been an interesting run to say the least.

In the original Improv spirit of this website, I started making silly educational videos for kids

I've also started writing a weekly activity newsletter awesome dad and kid activities in it.

It's been a looooong time since there were any new posts on this website. I'm kicking the tires here I guess to see if it still works (haha, there were a bunch of bugs I had to fix to get this post out).

Attitude Of Gratitude - my first EP

dustin — 2016-04-11T16:42:33+00:00

I've been making music with my new band DinoCats!

We just released a 4 song EP titled "Attitude Of Gratitude"!
Click the image below to listen :)
Attitude Of Gratitude by Blueberry Moon

PS: Embeds work again on Vorg :)

Lux DLX is now out for Android devices

dustin — 2014-12-06T02:38:05+00:00

Lux DLX has just been released for Android devices! It's now available on 5 major platforms: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. Download it free for your computing device here.

Lux DLX is a fast-paced world domination game, with over 100 hand-crafted maps, challenging computer AIs, and lots of options.

Android Lux comes with a set of great maps for free. The Classic World map plus Europe, USA, the UK, and an extra bonus map are all included! Get over one hundred more maps using the in-app purchase unlock. We hope you like it!

Blogging in a new era ok

dustin — 2014-11-26T06:40:12+00:00

I haven't posted a blog here in quite some time. As the internet marched forward, most of my online activities have spread out to other sites.

I mostly share links and thoughts via Facebook these days. You can follow me there. I post many things as public, in addition to the new friends-only posts I make.

FB has also become the place where I post most of my photos. However, I still maintain a flickr account where I post more artsy photos.

I just transitioned the server this website is being hosted on to a new one. So I thought I would throw this post up here as a marker for that. Hope you're well :)

Meowzers Action Cats pounces on the app store

dustin — 2012-12-11T04:33:10+00:00

My newest game Meowzers Action Cats has just launched!

Download it now from the iOS app store.

Twisted Stairways

dustin — 2012-06-18T16:43:30+00:00

Singapore has a lot of really interesting architectural bits, both classic and modern.

Singapore Skyline

dustin — 2012-06-13T22:50:36+00:00

Singapore Skyline from across the Marina Bay.

Singapore wasn't as clean or orderly as the hype had led me to believe. It probably helped that I was staying in Little India quarter: full of color, sound, and people. I recommend it thoroughly.

Gili Trawangan Sunset

dustin — 2012-06-07T02:22:23+00:00

Sunset on the island of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. This photo of mine was awarded 2nd place in a photo contest organized by the North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper Program. Yay clean water!

I recently returned to Vancouver after 8 months of travelling in California and Southeast Asia. I've gone through almost all of my photos from the trip. I've added my favorites to the Vorg photo pool on Flickr, so take a look!

(Flickr even has a new snazzy photo-pool display now)

John Cleese talks about Creativity

dustin — 2012-05-13T22:12:54+00:00

Great video.

Comments Update

dustin — 2012-05-13T22:09:14+00:00

Due to the large number of spam comments coming through on this blog, I've changed the way that comments work:

Comments from unknown sources will now wait in moderation until they are manually approved.

This may delay some comments appearing for some time, between when they are posted and approved. But it should eliminate the spam comments appearing.

If you comment when logged into a vorg account, your comments will be automatically approved.

Voice Power

dustin — 2011-08-14T18:40:12+00:00

DUB FX was a stand-out performer this year at Shambhala Music Festival.
Here's a taste care of youtube:

Dub FX 10/10/2008 'Love Someone' - YouTube

Story of a Young Shepherd

dustin — 2011-08-01T00:37:45+00:00

Watch "Eyrie" on YouTube

Fun with Fire

dustin — 2011-07-17T17:35:50+00:00

This is a photo of home-made flame-throwers lighting the effigy during Burn in the Forest, the BC regional Burning Man event recently held in the Squamish valley. I had an excellent time there, and here are the rest of my photographs.

Lux Delux features game trailer

dustin — 2011-07-04T17:23:03+00:00

Lux Delux was recently updated with a fullscreen mode, new options, and new maps. We created a new video trailer showing off the current features of Lux Delux:

YouTube - Lux Delux Features Game Trailer

Fun with a Fisheye Lens

dustin — 2011-05-16T03:20:37+00:00

2011 was my 6th year attending the Northern Voice personal media conference. I took the opportunity this time to play around more with my DSLR camera. I got to talking with photographer John Biehler about shooting using a fisheye lens, and he was kind enough to lend me his for the second day of the conference.

Fisheye is such a different perspective, it took me some time to get a feel for what it works well on. Here are a few of my favorite fisheye shots from the day (click to enlarge):

See all my photos in my 2011 Northern Voice photoset. The first half were with a 'regular' lens, and the second half are fisheye shots.

Fun Sailing Simulator Game

dustin — 2011-04-26T02:58:25+00:00

I was recently looking at games available on the Mac App Store and my favorite discovery so far is Sailboat Championship.

The game lets you control a small sailboat using simple controls. It's fast and fun. It's also hard, which lets you appreciate your improvement, including racing against a "ghost" view of your previous run.

It's also available for iPhones, so find it in either app store.

An Antidote to Apathy

dustin — 2011-04-14T06:33:17+00:00

Dave Meslin gave an excellent 7 minute talk at TEDxToronto about possible ways to break down barriers to participating in shaping our public realm.

Stone Cold Indie Gaming

dustin — 2011-04-14T01:39:54+00:00

The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle - pay what you want for five awesome video games!

Underwater Adventures

dustin — 2011-03-21T06:38:03+00:00

I've been staying up late nights this week captivated by the computer game Aquaria. It's a thoroughly enjoyable underwater adventure game, with an immersive world of different environments, delightful art, fitting musics, and a fun storyline. It reminded me of classic Zelda games in many respects, with its own unique aspects.

Highly recommended, it's available to download for Mac and PC (and maybe Linux).

Disarmed by a Piano

dustin — 2011-03-18T01:22:31+00:00

I love this piano cover of Disarm. There's a lot more great keyboard covers from the same person on vkgoeswild's YouTube Channel, check it out.

Peaceful Nature Video

dustin — 2011-02-02T19:23:36+00:00

A deeply peaceful video celebrating nature. You should watch it in HD on fullscreen.

Growing is Forever from Jesse Rosten.

Best Songs of 2010

dustin — 2010-12-14T18:28:07+00:00

Said The Gramaphone's 100 Best Songs of 2010 has been posted. I'm listening now and finding some very cool new musics. Thanks Sean! Check it out everyone!

Castle Vox - Axis vs Allies Game Trailer

dustin — 2010-12-10T17:10:40+00:00

Here's the second trailer for my new game Castle Vox. It's a combination of Risk with Diplomacy with Axis & Allies. Available to download now for PC, Mac, and Linux.

Intention 12 New Year's Festival

dustin — 2010-12-08T19:23:33+00:00

Last year I attended the Intention Retreat, which happens the 5 days over New Year's. It was a gathering of about 80 people, held in camp lodges outside Maple Ridge, BC.

It was an amazing way to celebrate the end of the year, and start of the new. It's a combination of workshops, dance parties, and communal meals. An excellent container for a gathering.

There's a pre-festival party happening next friday, and there's also the opportunity to ride a bus up to Intention for 1 party night. Check the Intention website for details.

I'm attending again this year, and I highly recommend this event.

Vancouver Port Dragon

dustin — 2010-11-29T21:54:28+00:00

The eastside cultural crawl inspired me to buff up my photography. Thinking about what I would show if I was displaying a photo exhibit, I went back and remastered one of my all-time favorite shots. Click to enlarge.

Lines Changing on a Map

dustin — 2010-11-16T00:09:06+00:00

Watch the changing borders of Europe: