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“Valtines” Day is Coming!

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

Chalkboard in restaurant window: “Join us for Valtines Day!”

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His Namesake Would’ve Escaped

Lando Calrissian running from police cars

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.

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TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night: February 12th

Here’s a photo to remind you that TSOT’s Second Ruby/Rails Project Night is just over a day away:

Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien and Stephen Colbert fighting over a Rails logo

For more details about Ruby/Rails project night, see this blog entry.

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DemoCamp 17: February 25th

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:

DemoCamp 17 - Monday, February 25th: Photocollage of past DemoCamp events

For more details about DemoCamp 17, see:

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SciBarCamp: March 15th and 16th

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:

Storefront in London: “Let’s fill this town with scientists”
Photo by Matt “Black Belt” Jones.
Click the photo to see it on its Flickr page.

For more details about SciBarCamp, visit:

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Sexsomnia

It’s the word of the day in Toronto news and a good name for a band!

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Merlin Mann on the Bay Area

San Francisco hipsterette
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.