Month: August 2004

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It Happened to Me Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

We’ll be the table of lithe and shiny people on the patio

For those of you who will be in the vicinty of Accordion City this evening, my BodyPump
class (bench presses to Alien Ant Farm, shoulder lifts to MC Hammer,
sit-ups and push-ups to AC/DC) will be having a “BodyPump night out”
tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Tortilla Flats (Queen Street, just east of Spadina) after today’s workout.

Why am I announcing this? Because:

  • The class is something like 28 women, 2 guys (and I’m already “taken”).
  • We’re all good-lookin’ and will have that post-workout glow.
  • I will gladly do introductions.

Photos tomorrow.

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It Happened to Me

The Wrath of Shatner

In lieu of the server-hogging “Screaming Doom Boys” video (a whopping 8MB file downloaded by a lot of people), I present to you: a teeny MP3 file (150K) featuring Master Thespian William Shatner not taking any guff from the director on the Star Trek set.

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Okay, I’m Going to Have to Buy “Doom 3” Now

Latest Update: Quentin Smith is hosting the file here. Muchas gracias, Quentin!

Update: The server got hammered, so the file’s been taken offline.
 

Judging by this video [7.8 MB Windows Media], Doom 3
is either a very scary video game, or these two have a budding career
in horror-slasher films playing “the killer’s first two victims”.

Warning: You might want to turn down your computer speakers before playing this video. These guys scream like hyenas in a wood chipper.

I’ll bet these kids look exactly the same when they place the winning bid on eBay. Click the picture to see the video.

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Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Viva Vivi

Tonight at the Drake Hotel (1150 Queen Street West, two blocks east of Dufferin) my friend Diana Galligan will be performing a one-woman comedic play she wrote called Viva Vivi! Here’s her synopsis:

It’s 1928. Meet Vivi Vitaly – a silent
film star with big problems. A runaway husband, a mountain of debt and
one shot to turn her life around. A comic look at changing with the
times.

The show starts at 9:30. I’ll be there a little beforehand to mingle
with the crowd, enjoy a pint of the darkest beer they have on tap, say
hello to my fellow members of the Thirsty People of Toronto and make sure I get a good seat.

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It Happened to Me

All in a Single Frame

Here’s a single frame from the “at the desk” sequence of my CTV interview from a couple of days ago, annotated. It tells a lot:

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Mixed Messages

A great photo from Satan’s Laundromat, a New York City-based photoblog:


Pondering
over the conundrum of the sign will prepare you for many things,
including dating, quantum physics and trying to make both marketing and
engineering happy.

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Geek It Happened to Me

CTV Appearance

Yesterday morning, David Akin in his CTV News guise (he’s also with the Globe and Mail) asked if he could drop by Tucows along with intrepid camerman Lucien and interview both Boss Ross and me about Google as part of a piece on their IPO. We said “come on down!” and an hour later, he was here conducting interviews.


Here’s Boss Ross in his office.


And
here I am. While “Technical Community Development Coordinator” is my
actual title, it’s just too hard to explain and wouldn’t fit on the
screen anyway.
“Carpenters need hammers, internet guys need Google.” Hah! I slay me! I am the Soundbite King!

Ross has posted the video in his latest entry — you can either get the video there or download it from me [1.9 MB Windows Media]. Take your pick!