My grandmother Vivienne died last Friday; succumbing to a weakening body, and a failing heart. She was 86, but it was extraordinary that she had lived this long. For half of my life, she was plagued with health problems that pushed her so near the edge, I lost count of the times that I rushed to a hospital to see her, fearing that it would be the ( Read more... )

This is the top rated entry in the Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song contest:

I am totally pumped for hockey now!

(Background on this amazing song available here: http://torontoist.com/2008/07/logan_aubes_hockey_night_theme.php)

Just in time for the long weekend, grab a patio table and bench for only $15 each! Table legs are removable.

Let me know if you're interested, and I'll save it/them from Craigslist.


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Start the summer off right with a new propane grill - my propane grill! I'm moving to a building that doesn't allow propane appliances, so I have to find it a new home. Features include:

• 40,000 BTU
  
• Stainless steel enclosure
  
• Warming Rack
  
• Side burner
  
• Comes with
  • Propane tank
    
  • 5-piece tool set (spatula, knife, fork, tongs, basting brush)
    
  • Long shish ( Read more... )

As I just posted an article on the CBC's first baby steps into Bittorrent distribution, I thought I should also post about some of the basics of Bittorrent security ( Read more... )

Early Monday morning, the CBC hit a new milestone by being the first major North American broadcaster to distribute an episode of television for free, with no DRM, over Bittorrent. They did just about everything right: they provided two versions of the content in XviD and in h.264 (for ipods) and posted them to the popular and easy to find torrent ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who came out to dinner on my birthday, or messaged, or called, or posted, or took me out for lunch or coffee - it all added up to a very memorable and appreciated day for me. Now I just need to get through the next week of school and work, and the holiday can begin!

The one unexpected side-effect becoming a Mac owner, was my introduction to CBC Radio 3. It's at the top of the Public radio list in iTunes, and so far, I've been really enjoying it. It has the same general playlist as I listen to from eMusic, but with a Canadian slant - I feel kind of stupid for knowing it existed for all these years without ( Read more... )

Yanked whole from matthewgood.org.

Let’s take a magical journey back in time to 1994 so that we might watch, listen, and learn…

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No, you’re not dreaming.

The next, inevitable video game franchise movie:

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