August 2008
iPhone Power Miser →
If any of you out there have any iPhone app building skills, make this app. I guarantee you tons of people will pay at least $5 for it.
“The Democratic party officially nominated Barack Obama as their candidate last...”
– Christopher Bird
moviesTO: Film Festival 101 →
One of my favorite podcasts of all time — which went on hiatus several months ago — is back for one show only with a dissection of the schedule for the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
“Some will make a moment feel like forever. But the people who really change your...”
– The Difference in Scale (via)
WatchI’ve been using Ubiquity since yesterday afternoon and it has already fit into my workflow seamlessly. Can’t remember the internet without it.
“True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it’s...”
– Ed Scholssberg
“I’m starting to think there’s this “new generation” that has grown up online...”
– Matt Haughey
“Beware of whores who say they don’t want money. The hell they don’t....”
– William S. Burroughs
“Falling in love during a dream makes waking up the worst kind of hurtful.”
– Lee Dale
WatchGuess what movie I’m going to be watching in two weeks? Yes, this one.
Elsewhere
For those of you that only follow me on Squandrous, here’s a quick look at what else I’ve been up to this week.
On i tell stories:
Ballooned.
Anti-social.
Bucket List
Olympic: China
Olympic: Phelps
Olympic: Gymnastics
On blogTO and Metronauts:
Congested? Maybe you need a charge.
Morning Brew: August 21
Morning Brew: August 22
“Blogs make fart noises and occasionally vex readers with the degree to which the...”
– Merlin Mann
“When I saw you from across the room, I passed out cold and hit my head on the...”
– Pickup Line Generator
Anti-social. →
I’ve never understood why people assume that going to the movies is a social event.
Cinema-going is not a task that can be done effectively with others. Far from it. Going to watch a film (especially a good one) is an activity best pursued alone and independently.
“A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth. Life...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Parked. →
The new Metronauts blog is live, and last week, I added a post about commuter parking lots and why a lack of parking is causing more congestion in the core:
The problem of inadequate commuter parking doesn’t seem like a pressing concern until you realize that it directly correlates to congestion issues in the Toronto core. With fewer options to park at transit hubs, more people are forced to...
Ballooned. →
Yesterday, as I was sitting by the waterfront in Toronto, getting some work done with my Macbook Pro and sipping on a lemonade, three kids started running around throwing water balloons at each other.
Cute.
Until one of the water balloons hit my computer and exploded, also tipping over the lemonade on my table which subsequently seeped into the cracks of my computer. My screen went blank and I...
Watch
My Yearbook Photos →
Have you ever wondered what you would have looked like if you were born a few decades earlier?
Yeah, me neither. Until I found YearbookYourself.com via Kottke.
“They need to start giving platinum medals or something. Phelps has to be sick of...”
– Commenter on ESPN.com
Doughboy. →
It isn’t easy being ticklish.
In fact, being tickled too much is often akin to torture. The only problem is that the person tickling you doesn’t realize how much pain and agony you’re in because instead of screaming and wincing, you’re laughing and rolling around on the floor in the fetal position.
I am and always have been ticklish. Very ticklish.
I often start clenching my muscles and...