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
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This one goes out to those of you who were old enough to read and grok pop culture back in the 1970’s. The cover stories on this September 1976 edition of Teen Beat — I was 8 at the time — are pure unintentional comedy gold:
I have trouble believing what sort of “love talk” advice [...]
…we had Jane Badler playing evil alien commander “Diana” in the miniseries/series V:
My favourite ’80’s sci-fi villainess! Click to see at full size.
Over at the Tucows Blog, I’ve just posted a podcast about Tucows’ new-and-improved email service in which I interview:
Elliot Noss, Tucows’ president and CEO
Kim Phelan, Director of Product Management
Rick Yazwinski, Director of Technical Operations and Planning
The podcast is the first in a series of posts that I’ll be making on Tucows’ email service over the [...]
Sunday was the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking the colour barrier in Major League Baseball. In his honour, I present a collection of photos from those days, courtesy of my file trading friend, Miss Fipi Lele.
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Andre Fenton dressed up for his “Millennipalooza” bash, which took place ar Zamek Roztez, Czech Republic, on December 31, 1999.
Before he was Dr. Andre Fenton, noted neurobiologist, he was just Andre, my friend from high school and valedictorian of our graduating class. I took the photo above while attending “Millennipalooza”, a New Year’s Eve party [...]
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.
