Don’t forget: DemoCamp 9 takes place on Monday, September 25th, starting at 6:30 p.m. at No Regrets restaurant and lounge (42 Mowat Avenue, near King and Dufferin).
For those who don’t know what DemoCamp is: think of it as a Toronto-and-area “show and tell” session for people working in the technology industry. Once a month, the [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Sep
22
2006
DemoCamp 9 This Monday!
Sep
22
2006
RSS, Explained Oprah-Style
If you’re a reader of blogs and keep seeing references to “RSS” but never quite get what it’s all about, you’re in luck. This explanation is probably the most layperson-friendly article describing what RSS is and what it’s for.
(I also covered this article in the Tucows Blog.)
Sep
22
2006
A Nerd-a-licious Graphic
If you thought the last entry’s graphic was nerd-a-licious, take a gander at this one, courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele:
Click the graphic to see it at full size.
(What? Don’t know the bases for this joke — the planet Alderaan and “Han shot first” — are all about? Shame on you!)
Sep
22
2006
A Nerd-a-licious T-Shirt
Here’s a great new t-shirt design from the creator of the Diesel Sweeties webcomic:
(What? Don’t know what carbon-14 dating is? Shame on you!)
Sep
22
2006
Ruby Library for the Kiko API
For those of you who are programmers who were looking for the Ruby library for the Kiko API, it’s alive and well — you can get it from this entry in the Tucows Blog.
Sep
22
2006
A View of the World from Japan
Here’s yet another entry about my 1998 trip to Japan, inspired by Sarah “The Hollywood North Report” Marchildon’s blog entries about her moving there to teach English for a year.
Depending on how old you are — or what magazines you read — you may or may not be familiar with Saul Steinberg’s cover for the [...]
Sep
21
2006
Japan’s Worst-Named Non-Dairy Creamer
Another moment from my 1998 trip to Japan:
One of the first things I did upon arriving in Japan was to pose for a photo with the worst-named non-dairy coffee creamer anywhere: Creap. As the label implies, it’s meant to be an amalgam of “creamy” and “powder”.
Still, it’s not as bad a name choice as Darkie [...]
Sep
21
2006
NOW Magazine: Still Waving the "Stupid" Flag
More often than not, my reaction after reading the editorial pieces on Accordion City local alt-weekly rag NOW Magazine is to respond with one of my favourite retorts: “Wow. I’ve seen better paper after wiping my ass.”
I have to react that way again after Doug sent me the link to NOW’s editorial piece on Kimveer [...]
Sep
21
2006
Go Check Out The Tucows Blog!
The Tucows Blog is at tucowsblog.com. In addition to news and announcements about the company where I hold the position of Technical Evangelist, there’s also lots of articles of interest for anyone who does business on the web.
