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Rick Segal has two articles: this one and this one
John Battelle’s defense of O’Reilly
The first official response from O’Reilly
The follow-up official response from O’Reilly, in which they say that the mark applies only to live events and conferences (meaning [...]
It’s that time of the year again: Doors Open Toronto takes place this weekend. 140 buildings of architectural, historic or cultural significance will open their doors to the public for free so that you can explore! It’s a great way to get to know the city and you’ll be surprised at the treasures we’ve got. [...]
Me outside Fry’s Electronics in Silicon Valley, circa 2000.
Time is short today, so I’m going to be brief with this “Silicon Valley” post…
Nearly a hundred comments so far: Paul Graham’s using the site reddit.com as the comments section for his How to Be Silicon Valley essay, and he’s getting comments aplenty.
Ethan considers Canadian cities with [...]
Speaking of Silicon Valley, here’s a photo that captures the spirit of the San Francisco - San Jose drives that Cory Doctorow and I used to make:
There’s been some interest in yesterday’s posting on Paul Graham’s essay, How to Be Silicon Valley, so I thought I’d answer some of the comments.
Other papers on Toronto as a high-tech hub
The first comment comes from an “Ethan” who chides me for not pointing to the following reports:
High Technology Cluster Evolution: A Network Analysis of [...]
Wendy “Girl on the Right” Sullivan, whom I met a couple of months back and lives near me has started an organization called Canadian Angels.
In the U.S., there’s an organization called Soldiers’ Angels that sends letters and “care packages” to soldiers abroad; Canadian Angels is the Canadian analogue. There’s more in this National Post [...]
Can you believe it’s been eight months since we’ve been married? This calls for a celebration! In the words of Homer Simpson:
“Marge, we’re goin’ for drive-through and we’re doin’ it twice!”*
* Do not interpret this exactly or literally. This ain’t Jennicam, you know.
(This article was also posted in Tucows Farm. Estelle, if you’re still reading this blog, please read this entry and show it to your influential friends!)
In this blog, I’ve talked about an initiative called ICT Toronto, whose goal is to move Toronto from it’s number 3 position in terms of people who work for information [...]
Gotta love YouTube — someone’s posted the video for Lee Aaron’s Metal Queen! For those of you who didn’t watch MuchMusic in the 1980’s, this video was a key element in my sweaty teenage fantasies. It featured the lovely Lee Aaron (nee Karen Lynn Greening, according to her Wikipedia article) as the Metal Queen, who [...]
As I promised in this entry, I’m going to write about my primary personality defect.
It’s cool to say on your blog that those online “What {insert thing here} are you?” tests are passe, but I think that some of them are still fun. One of them is the Personality Defect Test, my results for which [...]
Back in high school, after reading Space-Time and Beyond for the umpteenth time and drinking one too many zombies with my friend Henry, we came up with a theory:
In the infinite set of universes, there had to exist a particular universe in which the events in our lives were being watched as a TV show.
We then made a solemn vow to live the kind of life that got high ratings.
This is the continuation of that story.
