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"Y’know What They Call a Quarter Pounder in Israel?" (Part 1 of the "Hamburgers" series)

Check out this funny McDonald's ad from Israel for the McShawarma [3.0 MB MPEG Video; enclosure]. The guy playing Travolta…

22 years ago

"You are in a series of small twisty passages, all alike."

On IndieGameDev (one of the blogs I'm paid to write): An in-depth article on Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. "IF" or "text…

22 years ago

An Incentive to Read the Blogs I’m Paid to Write

Hey, programmer-types! There's lots of good stuff on The Farm (Tucows' programming-in-general blog) and IndieGameDev (Tucows' blog for indie game…

22 years ago

It’s "Bling Bling" Dance Time Again

The investment service FindProfit.com announced its "Top Five Internet Stock Picks for 2005", which were featured in Sunday's edition of…

22 years ago

"It’s not sour grapes! It’s UMAMI grapes!" (or: Better Living Centre’ s Annoyance with Malcolm Gladwell)

Judging from the last entry in the Toronto-focused blog Better Living Centre, my blogging co-conspirator (conspiracy coming soon) Marc Weisblott…

22 years ago

IndieGameDev: Another Blog They’re Paying Me to Write

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm announcing the "soft launch" of IndieGameDev (http://indiegamedev.tucows.com), a new Tucows blog being written and edited by…

22 years ago

Okay, Just ONE Bloggies Plug…

L:ast year, I was nominated for the 2004 Bloggies. I lost to the 800-pound gorilla of the blogosphere, BoingBoing, but…

22 years ago

Know Any Cheap Places to Stay in Montreal?

Prentiss Riddle wrote in a comment to this blog: Other than a friend's apartment, do you know of any good…

22 years ago

Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard

Remember this scene from The Simpsons? Lisa (thinking): Poor Bart. Always chooses rock. Bart (thinking): Good ol' rock. Nothing beats…

22 years ago

Quick-Claiming Your Blogware Blog in Technorati

Quick Claim The fine folks at Technorati have made it easier for users of Blogware-based blogs to claim their blogs.…

22 years ago