It Happened to Me

“Thank You, Mask Man!”

Way, way back -- I'm talking about twenty years ago -- my friend Yann and I decided to go catch…

17 years ago

Alex is Missing

Amidst the merriment at Pete Forde's 29th birthday party last night (Happy birthday, Pete!), I got a bit of news…

17 years ago

Encounter with a “One Laptop Per Child” Computer

I got my first real-life look at one of the One Laptop Per Child laptops at the CommandN party last…

17 years ago

Notes from FacebookCamp, Part 1

Facebook's Caitlin O'Farrell gets the ball rolling at FacebookCamp Toronto. Accordion City loves Facebook -- we've got 725,000 Facebook users…

17 years ago

Scenes from the High Park Organic Market

The High Park Organic Market has become a Saturday morning ritual with me and the Ginger Ninja. We set out…

17 years ago

A Fortnight Without Caffeine

Back during the dot-com bubble, I worked with a programmer who liked to experiment with caffeine. When he wasn't wasting…

17 years ago

It’s Due for a Comeback, You Know

The scene: The kitchen at the house party at Mark Kuznicki's house last night. Dude 1: So, have you picked…

17 years ago

Help Identify This Plant!

While walking a friend's dog in the Swansea neighbourhood (that's the residential area south of Bloor between Runnymede and Jane),…

17 years ago

Toronto Moving Companies: I’m Still Getting Comments [Updated]

Long-time readers of this blog will remember an article titled At Last, My Blog Lands Me in Hot Water!, in…

17 years ago

You’re Bummin’ Me Out, Man

Photo by Will Pate. Click to see the original. When I got onto the elevator in my building this morning,…

17 years ago