September 2007
Mohamed Boudjenane, the NDP Candidate in my riding for the upcoming election, is hosting an interfaith Iftar this coming Friday for anyone interested in learning about the party and the upcoming referendum. All the big guns from the NDP party will be there.
10 Attributes of Really Lazy People →
One of the best blog posts I have read in years. I think it should be required reading for anyone on the web. Too bad most of the people in the comments are just dolts.
Those of you that missed Saturday Night Live last night missed a pretty fantastic show. LeBron James was hilarious as the guest host, and his performance in the ‘Solid Gold’ sketch was priceless. Kanye West’s performances were impressive, and he closed off his last set with a few minutes of freestyle that were pretty darn good. (His 106 & Park parody skit was...
“Never before have I seen such an abysmal start to an operating system release....”
– Don Reisinger
Hate Crime at Georgetown University
In one of those “I can’t believe it happened in my backyard” moments, a student at Georgetown University, my former college, has been charged with assaulting a student simply because he was gay. (Here’s a link to the video on NBC.)
This is stunning news to say the least, as I always found GU to be a very tolerant and accepting school — in the wake of 9/11, while...
“Everything about Steve Jobs’s history and character says “it’s...”
– Jack Schofield
Being a freelance worker, I’m often asked to estimate timelines for projects and have — more often than not — lowballed a lot of my estimates. I still get my work done, but I end up scrambling and charging much less than is warranted for the time I put in.
Luckily, Web Worker Daily just featured a post on the basics of project estimates, and it was perhaps the best post...
I don’t know…I just don’t see Jaden Christopher Syre Smith doing the whole “wax-on, wax-off” stuff convincingly. Is this remake even necessary?
I haven’t been the biggest fan of Joost so far, but this news that they will be airing all the MLB playoff games may get me to reinstall the client.
“Say Driftwood, if the mishap is at Driftwood Ave. Or say North York, unless it...”
– Royson James
WatchEverybody’s talking about Wes Anderson’s short film Hotel Chevalier — which will be playing before his feature The Darjeeling Limited in theaters this fall — mainly because Natalie Portman gets naked in the short. What they often fail to notice is how meticulously crafted and how intensely subtle the story ends up being, as well as the most awesome inclusion of Peter...
“It’s an interesting question why actresses are criticized for the moral...”
– Jack Faris
Oooh, Twitter launched a new tracking feature! I’m super happy about this, I’m already putting it to good use.
I’m going to have to be brutally honest: this post was written for me. I often take things a bit too personally.
Pema is reporting that all Starbucks locations in the UK will offer free wireless internet access tomorrow. What about Canada?
Sure, I may be a bit biased, but blogTO’s preview of Nuit Blanche is absolutely fantastic. The interactive Google Map is amazing: kudos to Adam for setting it all up.
“I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going,...”
– Mitch Hedberg
Apparently, more than half of executives and 63 percent of employees report that job performance improves when co-workers are friends outside the office.
“Shiny surface wins awards, real substance wins customers.”
– Gerry McGovern
I think I’m more of a Bed Head that wakes up early. And because almost 99.5% of the people I work with are Hat Heads that wake up late, this article on A List Apart is good reading for relationship management.
As I reported two days ago, the US State Department blog, Dipnote, just launched yesterday, and not only does it look super pretty, but it uses Expression Engine.
“I just find it really satisfying that the act of being public with a discovery,...”
– Anil Dash
Word on the street has it that Facebook will be launching the beta of a new IM client tomorrow. I’m no fan of IM, but this move might just cement Facebook as the ruler of all things online.
The NY Times has a fantastic set of infographics about the difference between grass, hard, and clay courts, and how they all impact the play of Rafael Nadal.
“For studio executives, supporting Wes is like collecting art. It makes them...”
– A friend of Wes Anderson
Cinema in Brief: TIFF Shorts →
Toronto is a city that has no shortage of film festivals, which is a great boon to the short film industry in Canada. After all, short films do not necessarily get the same kind of exposure and theatrical releases as their longer, feature counterparts, and so filmmakers are often dependent on the festival circuit in order to showcase their work.
Theater
Improv night:
where you and I both
practice
telling each other lies
— the more outrageous they are,
the more believable they seem —
in order to
create
a barely-plausible scene
where we go from being
simply stage hands
on each other’s bodies
to seasoned actors
in a sizzle reel.
- Sameer Vasta
Fray, one of the best websites ever, has now relaunched itself as a print magazine. Funny how they’ve gone the complete opposite way most other publications are going. I wish them all the success in the world, and I’ll be picking up their first issue the day it comes out.
“Now that America’s nightmares focus on Islamism rather than Marxism,...”
– Tim Footman
It looks like Jessica Biel is going to be playing Wonder Woman in the new Justice League movie. If you don’t get why I think this is big news, just remember this: Wonder Woman wears very little in the comic books.
“Good morning. Twitter, Facebook, iLike, and Word have imploded.”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
Today is the day I should rue being a tenor and wish I had continued pushing my voice to sing baritone: apparently, for many women, the deepness of a man’s voice is one of the most powerful aphrodisiacs.
Mike Gundy should read newspapers →
Let us, for a minute, consider the circumstances that caused Oklahoma State University football coach Mike Gundy’s exceptional tirade against sports media a few days ago. I’m aware that most of the readers of this site aren’t college football fans, so you might be in the dark as to the incident I am referring to in this post, so here’s a bit of context for you all.
Steam Engine
The slow rumble of the train
overhead
is our lullaby
that rocks us to sleep
as we lay in
suspendedmotion
in our hammock
tied under the elevated tracks.
I kiss you
vigorously
to chase the taste of
dripping axle grease
from our mouths
before
an errant wheel skid
sparks our passions
and our hammock
aflame.
Our embers will tell the story of our fiery romance.
- Sameer Vasta
“Fans who attended a sneak preview Monday of critically acclaimed director Wes...”
– The Onion (clip)
Yahoo! News is reporting that the new State Department blog is supposed to go online later today, but as of now, there’s nothing on the site just yet. Alright, but who decided to name the blog ‘Dipnote’? That’s just ridiculous.