Here’s a photo that my friend Eldon just sent me — it’s the chalkboard at the Golden Griddle on Eglinton:

Here’s a photo that my friend Eldon just sent me — it’s the chalkboard at the Golden Griddle on Eglinton:


This story in the Poughkeepsie Journal would be just another story about a police car chase if it weren’t for the name of the driver who was arrested: one Landocalrissian Butler, age 27. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t let us know whether his parents named him after the Star Wars character or if he had his name legally changed.
Here’s a photo to remind you that TSOT’s Second Ruby/Rails Project Night is just over a day away:

For more details about Ruby/Rails project night, see this blog entry.
Here’s a photo to remind you that DemoCamp 17 — the “show and tell” gathering of the bright lights of Toronto’s tech community — is just over a week away:

For more details about DemoCamp 17, see:
Here’s a photo to remind you that SciBarCamp — the unconference where scientists, technologists, artists and other thinkers come together for a weekend of exchanging knowledge and ideas — is just over a month away:

Photo by Matt “Black Belt” Jones.
Click the photo to see it on its Flickr page.
For more details about SciBarCamp, visit:

Click the illustration to see it on its original page.
Illustration from The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories.
Merlin Mann (of 43 Folders fame) wrote on Twitter:
Pockets of the Bay Area tacitly run on that mix of navelgazing and arrogance you perfect around Christmas of your freshman year.
I’ve lived there. It’s true.