The Canadian Press is reporting that a likely meteor lit up the sky in Edmonton, Alberta last night. Here's the very cool footage from a police cruiser's dashboard camera.
May 18, 2026
The joke at work is that I'm a Google bigot. I'm the only one who found a way to kick Outlook to the curb so I could live in Gmail. I prefer to Gtalk over MSNing. I won't tell you how much money I spend with Google Adwords, but it's
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When Twitter first took off, I was sceptical. I didn't think it would make it, but I kept my good eye on it to see if it would fizzle out or reach the mainstream. I think it's now safe to say that Twitter has gone mainstream. I don't have an
Watching 30 Rock tonight, I just heard special guest star Steve Martin, playing eccentric businessman Gavin Volure, make the following statement. Toronto is just like New York but without all the scum stuff.
As a primary school student here in Toronto, many a field trip was taken to the Young People's Theatre at 165 Front Street East. I remember several of the plays I saw there, including The Story of Anne Frank, which has stuck with me to this day. The Young People's
YouTube user Retrontario frequently uploads fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips never fail to bring back a ton of memories for me, so I feature them from time to time. If you're a Torontonian who was around in the early 80s, you remember the "Be Nice, Clear Your Ice" campaign. It
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby I realize it's
When people ask me something that can be answered by a simple Google search, I usually send them to http://fuckinggoogleit.com/. Unfortunately, that site is a little crude for the delicate amongst us and those you have to be politically correct with. Now we have a hilarious solution that
Speaking of the mid to late 90s, one of the television shows I enjoyed at that time was The Drew Carey Show. Although the show aired for nine seasons, there was a dramatic drop-off in quality after the first few years. I think I stopped watching Drew back in '99.
It's been 30 years since the Jonestown massacre. That got me interested in learning more about the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project formed by followers of the Reverend Jim Jones and Peoples Temple. That led me to NPR Online where you can listen to a great doc entitled "Father Cares: The
When I was driving an '85 Ford Escort in the mid-90s, I wouldn't fill up the tank if the price exceeded 50¢ a litre. I'm not kidding. I managed to drive this way for years and years. About six years ago, prices hit 80¢ a litre in these parts and
A package arrived for me today with a letter. Here's how that letter started. You are one of only 25 individuals in Canada who will receive this exclusive XMp3 Kit!Your XMp3 Experience includes:1 XMp3 player1 XMp3 accessory kit (earbuds, remote control, home antenna, home dock, and more)1
Last year I wrote about the Yahoo! float at the Santa Claus Parade. This year it was back, but there was something extra. A young woman was biking alongside the float taking pictures and sending them to Flickr in real-time. Here's my pic of the Flickr Lady promoting Yahoo!'s
Before we panic about Vesa Toskala's .878 save percentage we should remember that in the early part of last season there was actually a goaltender controversy in these parts. Tosky, apparently, is a slow starter. He'll heat up, you'll see. I missed this game because I was 351 metres above
I'm about to do something I haven't done since I was in primary school. I'm on my way to the CN tower. I'm playing host to a bunch of out-of-towners and taking them to the top of the CN Tower seemed like the thing to do. I get to play
It's been crazy busy today, but I wanted to share an email I received from Matthew Ward. He stumbled upon my site and asked for the Gord Downie "Hallelujah" MP3, a request I get at least twice a week. As usualy, I obliged, and then I got the email below.
I've just returned from taking the kids to the 2008 Santa Claus Parade. We got there nice and early and secured a perfect spot across from Toronto General Hospital on the divider island. That way you score a seat that's far more comfy than the curb. This is my fifth
There's something appropriate about Kyle Wellwood tearing it up and scoring the opening goal last night. Poetic justice, perhaps? We actually outshot the Canucks 30-15. It wasn't long ago that we weren't outshooting anybody, and now we regularly outshoot our opponents. When your starter only makes 5 saves on 9
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada invited me to an advanced screening of Bolt this morning, but they had one request. They asked that I not review the movie until it opens on November 21. As a result, this is not a review of Bolt, merely some notes about the
Last week I played my first game of hockey in about 21 years. My goal was to survive, and I accomplished that objective with ease. Ok, it wasn't with ease. I was pretty winded by the 40 minute mark. We only had one sub, so I was out there for
The media lines continue to blur. I know this because I have a great view from where I sit. As a blogger with some Google juice, I've seen first-hand a dramatic expansion of the term "media" the past six years. The traditional media are the journalists who write for newspapers
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Hopefully Blake has had his wake up call. Leading 3-2, Jason Blake assisted on Ian White's goal for some much needed cushion. Throw in a goal and we've got a great effort from an underachieving winger who was a healthy scratch in Calgary <rant> I heard on The
Last December, I wrote an entry entitled "The Story of Stuff." It was about our mega-consumer society and the stuff we accumulate, particularly at this time of year. In the comments of that entry, I wrote a comment that's been bouncing around my skull all year long. Here's what I
