Wendy and I went to Mirabelle Wine Bar (2112 Yonge Street, a couple of blocks south of Eglinton) for Valentine’s Day dinner, and it was excellent. For that night, they cancelled their regular menu and presented a special menu with three appetizers, three main courses and three desserts. We both opted for the prawn cocktail, [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Feb
17
2008
How ICT Toronto Sees the Local Tech Community
ICT Toronto is a City Hall initiative whose goals are, in their own words, to make Toronto a place that “will become, and be acknowledged globally, as one of the 5 most innovative, creative and productive locations in the world for ICT research, education, business, and investment by 2011″. They’ll be lucky if they manage [...]
Feb
17
2008
Responses to “Ideas to Steal from Silicon Valley and Seattle”
A couple of articles have already appeared in response to Ideas to Steal from Silicon Valley and Seattle:
Chris Ragobeer: An Open Letter to Toronto’s Technology Community
Over at The Toronto Marketing and Technology Blog, Chris Ragobeer wrote an article titled An Open Letter to Toronto’s Technology Community. In the article, Chris lists these things:
Things that Toronto [...]
Feb
17
2008
More About Those “Obay” Ads
Photo by Jonathan Goldsbie.Click the photo to see it on its original page.
Kudos to Torontoist, who’ve been looking into what the mysterious ads for “Obay” (which I wrote about in this entry) are all about. According to their article, The Ones That Mother Gives You, although it would be more fun if Scientology (whose anti-psychology/psychiatry [...]
Feb
16
2008
Silicon Island: Montreal’s High-Tech Community
Montreal!
I fell in love with Montreal in my late teens. It’s quite unlike most cities in North America — you can practically feel the place’s history, and everything from its architecture to the “feel” of its streets just seems different. It’s like having a little bit of Europe, but closer by and cheaper to get [...]
Feb
16
2008
Ideas to Steal from Silicon Valley and Seattle
Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley
Jenny Lam, Hillel Cooperman and Walter Smith of the software company Jackson Fish Market.
Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley is a recent New York Times article that opens with a pretty dramatic statement that I hope we’ll someday say about this weblog’s home city, Toronto: “Many communities dream of becoming [...]
Feb
15
2008
Three Hours of MTV from 25 Years Ago
The hair! The awkward VJ delivery! The public-access TV production values! Night Ranger! It’s all here in the two Google Video clips below, featuring three hours’ total of MTV from 1983, back when it was a channel that showed music videos…
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Feb
15
2008
Mysterious Ads for “Obay”
Weird ads for a product called “Obay” have been popping up all over Accordion City for the past week:
Click the photo to see it on its Flickr page.
It’s obvious that the product doesn’t actually exist and that it’s some sort of viral marketing campaign. As for what the campaign is meant to promote, most people [...]
Feb
15
2008
“Stuff White People Like”
A very snarky and amusing blog has popped up in the past few months: Stuff White People Like, and the title is a pretty good summary of what it’s about. Among the stuff covered are:
Hating their parents.
Asian girls.
Wes Anderson movies. See the links here for more on the debate about his films.
Religions that their parents [...]
Feb
14
2008
Me Love You Long Time!
This old Valentine’s Day card would be offensive if it weren’t so pathetic and laughable. Has someone notified Angry Asian Man?
Click the card above to see others.
Click here to see some equally bad Valentine’s Day cards along the same theme.
Feb
14
2008
Happy Valentine’s Day, Icky-Creepy “Brady Bunch”-Style
“It’s cool, Jan, we’re not really related…”
Card courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Feb
14
2008
Happy Valentine’s Day, Arcade Fire-Style
Courtesy of Catbirdseat, here’s a Valentine’s Day card inspired by The Arcade Fire:
Click the Valentine card to see it on its original page.
Feb
14
2008
The Church of Scientology Sign Generator
From the people who brought you the Church Sign Generator comes the Church of Scientology Sign Generator!
Click the photo to visit the Church of Scientology Sign Generator
