Toronto West, 6:30PM 31 May 2008

A Third-Rate Christo Knockoff

A Large Universal Remote

A New Ringtone

So, there’s this cool bit of software, Image Mender, which does one thing and one thing only: it removes flaws or extraneous material from image files. Sure, you can do it in PhotoShoppe, using the Stamp tool and whatnot, but Image Mender applies an algorithm which recognizes background patterns and applies those patterns to the [...]

Into the West (Toronto, 30 May 2008, 7:30PM)

We’re at Week Five of this pile of construction detritus just sitting on the sidewalk, steps from the most recognizable intersection in Canada. My money’s on a September removal…

Team Shabby Toronto!
And? In the same way that if The Toronto Star reports on a “hip and happening” trend, it’s guaranteed to be laughably passé, when Fab [...]

Bad Gay

Date: Friday, May 30th 2008
Time: 8:00AM
Place: 1 Bloor
Bloor & Yonge

You know, I knew this good mood wouldn’t last.
I mean, the eyesore at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets is being demolished as I type this — and I’m exceedingly anxious to see if they’ll unearth the neighbourhood’s long-buried soul in the process (I mean, if there was such a thing; a soul, that [...]

The first time I watched Durham County, I thought it was a pretty-good Canadian television miniseries, which is shorthand, I guess, for “barely watchable”. Which is also hugely unfair, because on closer, properly-attentive viewing, it’s gripping and good, creepy fun. It could stand alongside a Showtime or (minor) HBO miniserieses.
But, to get to the point [...]

Some crusty, agit-prop pop from those commies, The Gang of Four:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlWFu9MQ1BM

Warning: Some offensive, racist commentary at the end, courtesy Gen. William Westmoreland. Dick.