January 2010
Just used a ridiculous amount of technology to quickly copy and paste 90 lines of text
When did LinkedIn redesign? (And is it telling that I may not have noticed for a while?)
For the second year in a row, Canada’s government silences debate about its actions by shutting down Parliament http://tgam.ca/Fph
#10yearsago my transition from business reporter to online journalist to web designer was well underway, no thanks to Netscape 4.x
Harper to shut down Parliament - The Globe and... →
Prime Minister will prorogue the current session for a two-month break, effectively shuttering several bills and committees; Liberals call manoevre “shocking insult to democracy”
TMZ.com as the future →
Convincing argument that the gossip site points to the future of news sites
December 2009
Just used a ridiculous amount of technology to quickly copy and paste 90 lines of text
For the second year in a row, Canada’s government silences debate about its actions by shutting down Parliament http://tgam.ca/Fph
It’s official: music from the early-’80s has supplanted ’60s era tunes as the radio filler of choice
A Twilight Christmas dinner with good friends an Neil Diamond
Spending more on meats, cheeses, pastries and fruits than on presents - as it should be
Heading to the market to continue a holiday tradition
Interesting how yesterday’s suburbs have been modified over a century, Toronto 1915: http://bit.ly/91Rb92 & 2009: http://bit.ly/7hhrHM
Create a crisis enabling a draconian solution that triggers another crisis conveniently solvable in a way furthering one’s own agenda
James Horner really needs to let go of the “My Heart Will Go On” schtick
James Horner really needs to let go of the “My Heart Will Go On” schtick
Family’s (virtually) here for our tree decoration
Family’s (virtually) here for our tree decoration
Thanks to a tasty holiday brunch at @imjay and @afuller, @leerichmond and walked our Christmas tree up the Madison hill
Buy more stuff
Easiest tax return ever = GST return with no income earned or expenses accrued
Easiest tax return ever = GST return with no income earned or expenses accrued
Pushing it to 11!
Pushing it to 11!
Stunning sunrise over the Cascades this morning http://twitpic.com/u0yt8 (the iPhone’s camera really doesn’t do it justice, tho)
Attending the fourth art opening for @leerichmond in four months - this time it’s the amazing 5” x 5” series, Life Plan #11
Attending the fourth art opening for @leerichmond in four months - this time it’s the amazing 5” x 5” series, Life Plan #11
Wondering why I never heard before today that Chrysler was renamed “Old Carco”!?
Wondering why I never heard before today that Chrysler was renamed “Old Carco”!?
Best words of the decade →
Picks from the Guardian’s Books blog
Could almost excuse the blotches of trapped whitespace were it not for the lossy JPGs which should’ve been saved as PNGs to begin with
Five years of infosthetics →
Great use of elastics lists to create a interactive archive
Trying to think of reason why Microsoft’s Expression Web doesn’t have an obvious way to comment out code…
Trying to think of reason why Microsoft’s Expression Web doesn’t have an obvious way to comment out code…
Trained toasters →
Advertising cutting edge technology circa 1936
Portraits of world leaders →
The New Yorker has a stunning set of portraits taken by Platon
OH: Taking the back button to the Google
Someone’s in a good mood
Pleased that @hellbox is officially on the job
Someone’s in a good mood
The overt displays of quirk are what I find so entertaining about life on campus
The overt displays of quirk are what I find so entertaining about life on campus
Recovering from the unrecoverable →
Did you get an unexpected signal 10 from VMFusion that prevented starting a suspended version of Windows? Try this
Funny that I saw snow in Buffalo a few days ago, and again today in Washington DC, but during my entire time in Canada, I saw none
Funny that I saw snow in Buffalo a few days ago, and again today in Washington DC, but during my entire time in Canada, I saw none
For the price of a Saturday night in Buffalo I could have flown home
Chopping wood, rye and gingers, and now making butter tarts again - where am I again?
Reuters redesigns →
Huge new redesign of Reuters.com offers a lot of nice details
