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

Movin’ Out

Well we’re movin’ on up, To the [west] side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin’ on up, To the [west] side. We finally got a piece of the pie. [Adobo] don’t fry in the kitchen; [Bagels] don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta [flyin’], Just to get up that hill. Now […]

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It Happened to Me

Some Mac Fans are Concerned

The recent announcement that Apple will switch from PowerPC to Intel chips had at least one Mac user worried: while pickup up some RAM at one of the computer shops along College Street West’s “Geek Row”, I overheard a guy say that he was a bit worried about it. “I’m afraid it’s going to change […]

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Habemus papam! Ubi possum potiri petasi similis isti?

(Translation: We have a pope! Where can I get a hat like that?) Congratulations to the man formerly known as Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI, or, if you’re into 1337-speak, P0P3 B3N3D1C7 0x10 (0x10 means “10” in hexadecimal, which is 16 in decimal). I’ll confess to a little home-team favourtism and say […]

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It Happened to Me

Nominated for the 2005 Bloggies!

As I write this, the official site for the 2005 Bloggies is down, so I’ll simply quote the entry from Rannie “Photojunkie” Turingan’s blog: To my surprise, Photojunkie has been nominated for Best Canadian Blog in the 2005 Bloggies. A title that I won in 2003. I never expected to be nominated again but I […]

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Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard

Remember this scene from The Simpsons? Lisa (thinking): Poor Bart. Always chooses rock. Bart (thinking): Good ol’ rock. Nothing beats that! There comes a time when you know someone so well that you can always tell which item they’re going to play in “Rock Paper Scissors”. For that moment, I recommend Rock Paper Scissors Spock […]

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Vote for "Accordion Guy" in Robert McLelland’s 2004 Canadian Blog Awards!

Robert “My Blahg” McLelland is holding a 2004 Canadian Blog Awards contest, and this blog has been nominated for the “Best Blog” category. To borrow a quote from the Simpsons episode in which Homer becomes an astronaut: I’d like to congratulate all those who made the “Best Blog” nominations — you’re all best blogs. But […]

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Chris Turner, Radiohead and Copyright

(I wasn’t going to post until tonight, but Wendy told me that the story I’m about to tell appeared on Copyfight. I’m not going to get scooped by BoingBoing this time, especially since I’m much closer to the story than their resident copyright guru, Cory Doctorow, is.) Chris “Turner” Turner is an old friend of […]