My 2 Cents
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I enjoy following Scroll on Twitter because he's always thinking aloud about the new media and traditional media and how the two should coexist. Earlier today, he made the following tweet: I will peg the current number of active Twittererers in the Greater Toronto Area at 8,000; too high/
My mom received a Cadillac Fairview Gift Card as a birthday gift a couple of years ago. You can use these gift cards as cash at any Cadillac Fairview Shopping Centre. Last weekend, my mom tried to use her gift card at Sherway Gardens. I say she tried to use
The Republican Party in the USA has been singing the praises of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Some in that circle see Jindal as the Republican answer to Barack Obama. I first learned all about Jindal recently on 60 Minutes, and he sounds a great deal more George Dubya Bush than
I actually feel sorry for the newspaper industry. I don't know about you, but I read almost all of my news now online and I don't pay a cent for any of it. I want it all, I want it instantly and I want it for free. When people Google
Whitby Dunlops' defenceman Don Sanderson is dead. Sanderson, a student at York University, and a native of Port Perry, got into a fight with Corey Fulton of the Brantford Blast in the third period their game back on December 12. Sanderson lost his helmet during the altercation and both players
Twenty years ago, most of my music was on cassette tapes. When I wanted to take my music with me, I'd actually put the tape in a dual cassette deck boombox, cue it up, place a cued up blank cassette in the other deck and simultaneously press play and record.
I sometimes wonder what the poor Winnipeg Jets might have done had they not shared a division with the mighty Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s. The Jets were always an exciting team, and very likable. In 1996, Jets fans were dealt the worst blow imaginable when they saw their team
In "This Note's For You," Neil Young sang about not selling out. Ain't singin' for Pepsi Ain't singin' for Coke I don't sing for nobody Makes me look like a joke This note's for you.It's easy for Neil to make these claims as he's a multi-millionaire with a popular
When was the last time you saved a file to a floppy disk? It's been a while for me. In fact, I doubt I've saved to a floppy disk any time this century. Since the floppy we've advanced to CD, DVD and USB. Now that saving to floppy disk has
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
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
The big hockey story around here today is the leak to the Globe and Mail that some NHL governors would like to see a second NHL team in Toronto. Of course, Research in Motion CEO Jim Balsillie's name is getting tossed into the mix and there's chatter about moving a
Not only did I catch Teen Wolf at the old Humber Odeon during its initial theatrical run, but we recorded it onto VHS when it played during a free preview of First Choice - Superchannel and watched it incessantly. My brothers and I knew every line by heart and we
Often, when I need to learn about an event, a person or a thing, I start with Wikipedia. For everything from sports to music to politics, Wikipedia serves up a ton of great info. Sometimes, however, you have to wrestle with wikiality. When Gregg Zaun came to the plate today
I just wrote about the Ford Focus I'm test driving for ten days. That meant meeting Zoe from the Social Media Group who contacted me in the first place and a few very nice people from Ford. Obviously, Ford expects me to write about this test drive, but they never
When you go to the theatre to see a family film like WALL-E you get inundated with previews for upcoming cartoon movies aimed at kids. One of the coming attractions we saw yesterday was for a movie called Beverly Hills Chihuahua and as I watched the trailer I couldn't believe
An anti-spanking bill has passed third reading in the Senate and is heading to the House of Commons. Bill S-209, which needs House approval to be made into law, proposes to eliminate Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code, which allows parents, teachers and caregivers to use reasonable force to discipline
I'm not the world's biggest golf fan, but I pay close attention to the major tournaments. For example, I made sure I was in front of a television to watch the last few holes of this weekend's US Open. Why was I interested in watching? Because Tiger Woods was in
A colleague was just telling me about her night at the Alicia Keys concert. Alicia Keys played the ACC and I'm told it was a fun show. My colleague was particularly pleased that she was able to sit for 90% of the concert. I don't know how many concerts I've
I love to camp. When people talk about vacationing and getting away from it all, they speak of resorts and five-star hotels and casinos and I cringe. I far, far prefer the idea of pitching a tent and roughing it in nature as a fun escape from it all. Many
For the past few weeks, we've been getting the Globe and Mail delivered to our home each morning. There's nothing particularly interesting about that fact, except we don't pay for it. We pay for the Saturday Globe and Mail, but I'm guessing they've been sending us weekday papers in the
Doctors are debating who would die in a pandemic. A list of new recommendations have appeared in the May edition of Chest, the medical journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. To prepare, hospitals should designate a triage team with the Godlike task of deciding who will and who
Call me old school, but I don't believe in hitting the streets in celebration until your team has won it all. In years past, when the Leafs would win a playoff round or two, I'd cringe when I'd hear about the mini-parades and street celebrations. I've only hit the streets
I don't like Steve Avery. I don't know many hockey fans who do. He's a grade A jerk and nothing he does surprises me anymore. I alluded briefly to the latest Avery silliness in this recap of night five of the NHL playoffs. Avery pulled some school yard stunt where
Humble Howard is trying to promote use of the term vagenius when referring to "a good looking, smart chick". His examples include Tina Fey, and that got me thinking about the wonderful world of stock photography. In my 9-5 world, I spend a lot of time with stock images. I'm
