Archive for July, 2006

CBC’s The Current, Transformers/GI Joe style

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

I found this video in Google Video today – It’s CBC radio’s the current with video added from an old episode of The Transformers. I can only assume it was created by Cambrian House, the topic of the original CBC video based on the attibution Google video has. In this episode of The Current Maureen… Continue Reading CBC’s The Current, Transformers/GI Joe style

digg.com

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Apparently people are interested in this thing. Digg.com has been mentioned numerous times at every conference I’ve been to this summer: Random people talked about it in presentations, Keynotes including Tim Bray of Sun, BlackBoard’a CEO Michael Chasen and David Weinberger (of the Cluetrain Manifesto) all mentioned it. At WebCT’s Chicago conference this year someone… Continue Reading digg.com

Flickr & Photocasts

Monday, July 24th, 2006

If you bought a copy of iPhoto ’06 or bought a new mac in ’06 here’s how you can subscribe to someone’s flickr photos: First head over to the flickr home page of the person or group you would like to subscribe to and find the feed at the bottom of the page. Follow that… Continue Reading Flickr & Photocasts

New Phone: Motorola RAZR

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

I upgraded my phone to a RAZR yesterday. It’s still on Telus, so same number, but the fancy Motorola RAZR V3c (c for CDMA, not the GSM technology the rest of the world is on) is like a Ferrari with a ford engine. I have upgraded my plan and now can check my E-Mail from… Continue Reading New Phone: Motorola RAZR

More Chicago

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Monday of this week I had a full day (baring the time I spent responding to frantic E-Mails from Brock) to explore Chicago. I used this opportunity to head out to Wicker Park. On the Blue Line El’ on the way from O’Hare to downtown I noticed that there were a lot of nice lofts,… Continue Reading More Chicago