Archive for January, 2005

Kronos Quartet

Monday, January 31st, 2005

On Thursday Jan 27th Kronos Quartet did a sold-out concert and Brock University. I got into Kronos because I’ve always liked strings and because they’ve worked with so many amazing artists. In fact, David Harrington DJed an hour of some of his favourite music over the lunch hour. It was a smattering of American classics… Continue Reading Kronos Quartet

Inaugurations

Friday, January 21st, 2005

Mr. Bush was inaugurated yesterday, and as he swore into the office he wasn’t the only person on this planet swearing about his second term. I am looking forward to the inauguration of Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday [Globe]. At least when Ukrainian elections have suspicious outcomes they hold new ones. Mr. Bush should take note… Continue Reading Inaugurations

Peter McOneLadiesMahon

Monday, January 17th, 2005

Had a great time at Pete’s stag party on the weekend. As this picture taken after we left le Biftheque proves, Pete was making the most of his last few days of single life. It was also good to see Mr. Mike Stewart!  

Macworld and the new Mac explained

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

The annual Macworld conference in San Francisco was held today. As usual Steve Jobs gave his keynote and proved why he’s always been Apple’s best sales person. There were lots of new announcements, here’s my take on them. Tiger: The new version of OS X, looks nice, but I’m not clamoring for it like I… Continue Reading Macworld and the new Mac explained

Google news goof

Monday, January 10th, 2005

Be on the lookout for this Canoe.ca journalist! Maybe the reason the article was a 404 error was the police got him! – From Google News Canada [news.google.ca] at 9:10 EST.