I love playing tour guide, and I got my chance to do it for Bridget and Joe. They're from Minneapolis,…
Along with getting back to more regular posts in this weblog, I'm also double-checking the links in the right-hand side…
From Giles Coren's column in The Times:I READ this week that Leonardo da Vinci’s blueprints for advanced machines of war…
Looks like I'm not the only programmer in with a cash-flow problem: fellow P2P programmer Darius Bacon is also selling…
You can't make up headlines like this: Mormons Again Promise To Stop Baptizing Dead Jews:SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon…
The scene: Velvet Underground, last Friday night. The DJ starts into a set of '80's hits. Madness' big mainstream hit,…
Before I can discuss how the neighbourhood might change, I need to first describe it to you, especially if you're…
This weekend, I was triple-booked: a birthday party for my friend Eldon "Gumby" Brown, who's just returned to Toronto from…
Roger Highfield's very entertaining book, The Physics of Christmas (a Christmas present from my sister from a couple of years…
My sister-in-law Grace is in town for a little while and staying over at my sister and brother-in-law's place out…