The recent arguments over the Kathy Sierra situation as well as the battle between the “cowards” and “armchair Bruce Willises” over what they would have done had they been at Virginia Tech on that fateful day have led me to declare the classic and much-parodied Star Trek fight theme [1.8 MB MP3] as the official [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Apr
29
2007
Connected Venture’s “Flagpole Sitta”
Here’s something that you might find entertaining: a video of various people from a company called Connected Ventures (”a group of friends who work for: Vimeo, CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, and Defunker“) lip-synching Harvey Danger’s 1998 hit Flagpole Sitta.
In the beginning, the video threatens to be just a slightly better-than-average YouTube lipsynch featuring a cute girl, [...]
Apr
27
2007
“Lord Diller Presley”
Every day, I check out my friend Fipi Lele’s offering of interesting picture files. Today, one file with the title Lord Diller Presley caught my eye, so I opened it and found this rare treasure: a photo featuring Elvis Presley, Phyllis Diller and Jack Lord (Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five-O):
Click the photo to see it [...]
Apr
26
2007
Shiny New Domain, Same Crappy Accordion-Playing Egomaniac Nerd Blog
In case you haven’t been looking at the address bar on your browser, this blog isn’t located at accordionguy.blogware.com anymore (although that address will work for a few months). From now on, the official URL for The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century is:
joeydevilla.com
What better and more graphic way could I illustrate the [...]
Apr
25
2007
DemoCamp 13, The New Sound System and Geeks & Guitars
David’s Report
Most accounts of last night’s DemoCamp say that it was a good one, and it seems that the new format is helping. David’s got all the details in this entry on his blog, which not only covers what happened but also what can be done to improve DemoCamp.
The New Sound System
If you were there, [...]
Apr
25
2007
Open Coffee: Tomorrow at Tequila Bookworm
Don’t forget: Another Open Coffee gathering takes place tomorrow (Thursday the 26th) at Tequila Bookworm (512
Queen Street West) from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. I’m going to try and catch the first hour, but I’ll have to run after that to catch a meeting.
Open coffee takes place every Thursday and is an informal [...]
Apr
25
2007
Wax On, Wax Off
Oh, the high-larious differences between British and North American English…
Click the photo to see it at full size. Photo courtesy of Fipi Lele and wxsnoozle.
Apr
25
2007
"In the Year 2000…"
My friend Fipi Lele has provided me with a scan of old German postcards with illustrations depicting what life would be like in the year 2000. I posted one of them below — “Theatre in the Year 2000″:
Click the photo to see all the postcards.
Note how practically everyone in the audience is on the phone, [...]
Apr
24
2007
Barack Obama Conspiracy Photo
Now you conservatives can’t say I never did nuthin’ for ya…
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Apr
23
2007
Open Coffee Thursday
I’m going to simply quote the announcement:
What is Open Coffee? A weekly informal opportunity for the startup
scene (entrepreneurs, developers, and investors) to Percolate,
Discuss, Demo, and Meet!
Where is Open Coffee? Tequila Bookworm. A cozy coffee shop at 512
Queen Street West. Free WiFi and ample parking across the street. We
[...]
Apr
23
2007
DemoCamp 13 Tomorrow
The 13th DemoCamp — the regular show-and-tell gathering for Toronto and area’s developers, businesspeople and creatives — takes place tomorrow at No Regrets Restaurant and Lounge (42 Mowat, not far from the corner of King and Dufferin). The presentations start at 6:30 p.m. and run until about 8:30 p.m., after which the social part of [...]
Apr
23
2007
Quickie Report on My KRZR Experience
A quick report on the Motorola KRZR that Ian Barr sent my way: damn, this phone has serious battery staying power! I’ve haven’t charged it for a week, during which I’ve taken and placed a few calls, shot some video and taken some pictures, and the battery indicator says that I still have two-thirds [...]
Apr
23
2007
Song of the Week: "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb (1966)
For those of you living near Accordion Cityt’s weather system, I hope that you had a chance to enjoy the sun and nearly-summer-like temperatures. The Missus and I went out on a picnic in High Park on Saturday and had a relaxing time reading, people- and dog-watching and drinking ice tea at the nearby [...]
Apr
20
2007
Self-Defense, Part 1: Blasted are the Meek
In the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech, you’d expect some debate about gun control and whether or not lives could have been saved if some f the students were armed.
What you might not have expected is the debate currently going on in some of the more right-wing corners of the blogosphere over whether [...]
