Bookmarks for October 7th
These are my links for October 7th: Canadian Conservative Party pledge to reintroduce the DMCA if elected – Boing Boing – If you needed another reason not to vote Conservative in the upcoming election, here it is.
Bookmarks for October 6th
These are my links for October 6th: » Your walls can look like a subway platform • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape – Definitely want this! Subway decals for your wall.
Bookmarks for October 3rd
These are my links for October 3rd: Stereoscope | Project Blinkenlights – If you're near City Hall on Saturday night, check out the Nuit Blanche installation of Stereoscope, where the buildings are transformed into giant interactive pixel boards through the use of lights in the windows. Interact with it through your phone! There's also a [...]
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
For those of you who know what a non-athletic person I am, don’t get too excited: I’m not running a marathon, I’m not even running. However, I am walking 5km to raise money for the Fort York Food Bank on September 30th, a charity to which I’ve donated in the past due to the diligent efforts [...]
Payments with PayPal personal
When I first signed up for a PayPal personal account, I couldn’t receive payments from credit cards (no problem) and it was free to receive payments funded from someone’s bank account. Presumably, PayPal made their money because I was also using their service to buy things online from companies with business accounts (like my wine [...]
Car-pole incident cited
It’s funny the way things go around the web sometimes. On May 7th, while at the BEA user conference in Atlanta, I quoted one of the speakers (who is with a utility company) as saying that they refer to a car hitting an electrical pole as a “car-pole incident”. Now it’s being referenced in the [...]
Now, for your enjoyment: Skype spam!
My second piece of Skype spam arrived today. I hope this isn’t becoming a trend, or I’ll have to disallow chat messages from anyone not on my buddy list. Good to know, however, that I can track my package “lively” on the internet.
Love 2.0
In response to my earlier post about Skype stalkers, and I’ve had a request from Skype’s PR company to help find someone to interview for Valentine’s Day tomorrow. The gist of the story is how Skype can help long-distance lovers keep in touch, especially on Valentine’s Day. Are you currently in a long-distance relationship? Do [...]
Musical themes
Ever notice that the opening notes of the music on the TED talks videos are nearly identical to those of the Battlestar Galactica theme? Coincidence? I think not… Do yourself a favour, watch both.
Why dragon boat racing is like bad sex
Two years ago, I was shanghai’d onto a dragon boat crew for the annual races in Toronto. It was more fun that I thought that it would be, I actually got some exercise at least once a week at practice, and we raised money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Recently, I came across an [...]
