Hi everybody,

Martha's setting up a photo-a-day blog at http://www.dirigible.duez.ca - check it out!

(Or, if you prefer, read it right on your flist: it's syndicated as dirigibledailyMartha has asked that I make it a point to mention that it is still "in the works" - she hasn't tweaked everything, and ( Read more... )

While watching the inauguration the other day, I couldn't help but be surprised that Yo-Yo Ma's, Itzhak Perlman's, Gabriella Montero's and Anthony McGill's instruments were all staying so well in tune in the cold weather.

Turns out, they fed a canned recording of the song (from two days previous), specifically because of the weather conditions ( Read more... )

Via idadebeautreux: The Twilight drinking game!

Siri Agrell from the Globe and Mail is liveblogging the U.S. Vice-Presidential debate. Much fun!

For anybody who has ever been in orchestra, I present... Pachelbel's Rant!

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So it appears that, in the States, the National Federation of the Blind is protesting Don McKellar's new movie, Blindness. Whatever.

But in Canada, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is not nearly as riled up about it.

The following is a direct quote from today's Globe and Mail:
"CNIB is not planning any protest around the ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't checked out Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, I strongly suggest you take a look. By Joss Whedon, the guy who did Buffy, Angel, Firefly, etc. (and so forth - I'll spare you the details: if you don't know already, you're probably not that interested).

Anyway - for those of you already on the Horrible bandwagon, check out ( Read more... )

First, I find out that the footprints in the sky were actually pre-rendered computer graphics. (Does any footage of the actual footsteps exist? I'd be curious to see that ( Read more... )

The CBC just ran a story on what happens to defunct bank accounts in Canada ( Read more... )

That makes it an even dozen for the house that Horton built.

[shakes fist]

In completely unrelated YouTubing, everybody should watch this (and I swear that it's not a Rickroll!). Some of you will already have watched it, given that I took it from a (locked) entry on my flist.