This is pretty cool. Toronto is promising to build a city that thinks like the web. The first step in this progressive initiative is OpenTO, the City of Toronto's official data set catalogue. At OpenTO you can access City data, get information about City data and the City's OpenTO initiative.
I feel badly for Phil Kessel. Brian Burke paid a hefty price to bring Kessel to town, giving up a 1st and 2nd round draft pick in 2010 and another 1st round pick in 2011. The way this season is going, that 1st pick next year could easily be in
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "1901" by Phoenix. I friggin' love this song. In fact, the entire Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album it comes from is stellar. If you're digging this tune like I am, download the MP3.
I just checked my 680 News RSS feed to see the latest headlines. Here's a screen cap of the two items awaiting me.
Later this month, this blog will celebrate its 7th birthday. Seven years of constant blogging means this blog is older than the vast majority of blogs you read each day. Name a blog... I'll bet I beat it to the blogosphere. I've had this site for ten years, and I
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten keywords that brought people to this site in October 2009. sandra rinomato breaststoronto mikeparty playlistparty playlist 2009wedding songs 2009prima tvtorontomikefearless fredbig shiny tunes 2difference between cold and h1n1That last search term is interesting. People are searching for the differences between the
My son and I spent the afternoon at the Marlies game watching us beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 in American Hockey League action. Driving to the game, we planned to focus on three Marlies: Viktor Stalberg, Christian Hanson and Tyler Bozak. Bozak was scratched with the flu, so our
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father: 9 out of 10. "Dear Zachary" is a documentary by Kurt Kuenne for the son of his close friend Andrew Bagby who was murdered by Newfoundlander Shirley Jane Turner. It is the best film I've seen this year. Watching "Dear
I normally don't recap Leafs games until the morning after, to gain a little perspective, but I need to write this recap tonight. I hate the Montreal Canadiens. I hate the franchise, but mostly I hate the fans. With the Habs leading 4-2 late in the third period, the fans
The pumpkin is carved. Here's what our 2009 Jack O' Lantern looks like. The kids are happy, so I'm giving myself an A+. Here are a few other photos from a walk we took earlier today. There are some pretty cool Halloween displays in the neighbourhood this year.
A great site for reading about reported ghosts and hauntings in Toronto (and the rest of Ontario) is Toronto Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society. In their Toronto public buildings section you can read ghost stories about the Mackenzie House, Casa Loma, the Royal Conservatory of Music, Lower Bay Station, the
I had a game myself, so I only caught the first period of the Leafs - Sabres game last night. I scored a goal, thanks for asking. The Leafs, meanwhile, lost a close one in overtime. From what I've read, it sounds like Ryan Miller stole this one. We outshot
Below is a picture of a Toronto Maple Leaf. I'll bet you have no idea who this is. If you give up, you can find out who this Maple Leaf is right here. Shocking, isn't it?
I just realized tomorrow is Halloween. It's been that kind of week. I've got my pumpkin, but it's uncarved. I do believe this is the first time I'll be doing the carving on Halloween Day. The pressure is on... there's no room for error. Dare I cheat and download a
I've saved a lot of stuff. I've got scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, baseball sticker books, ticketstubs and a bunch of old Maple Leaf programs stored away in boxes. They're sitting in my basement right now. Here's a ticket stub from a game I attended at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 29,
Google just gave me a bunch more invitations to Google Wave Last time I had invitations, I gave them all out to people who requested one in the comments. I'm happy to do that again. If you want to use Google Wave, leave a comment and I'll hook you up.
The National Post could close after tomorrow. Creditors of the company have indicated they are no longer prepared to fund continuing losses at the Post, which employs 277 people, Canwest said.The creditor group “will not continue to support funding the National Post Company in the long or short term
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I come out yearly and encourage you all to get your flu shots. Here's the 2003 plea and here's my 2004 plea. I get the flu shot every year, as does my entire family, including my two young children.
We came so damn close to a bona fide winning streak. Nikolai Kulemin gave us the lead at 13:11 of the third period but we couldn't hold on. The winning streak is over, but the point streak continues. We outplayed Dallas and deserved the win, but one thing is
When I first read this story earlier this afternoon, I thought it was a joke. I read it in Wired which isn't Onion-like in its reporting, outside of April 1. So I checked into it and learned this is in fact true. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote a veto message
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. Headstones - Cubically Contained When I wrote about songs
The good people at Canadian Tire want to give one of you a Yardwords Lawn Vacuum. They tell me this thing retails for $199.99 in Canadian Tire stores. Last time we did this with a grass trimmer, Rob S. was randomly selected from the comments and shipped the trimmer
I used to do this every Friday, but I've only done it once this year. This isn't a Friday, but I'm doing this anyway. Who's going to stop me? You? Ha ha ha ha ha. Here are my favourite Simpsons characters that were killed off. Bleeding Gums MurphyBeatrice "Bea" SimmonsFrank
The Toronto Raptors kick off their NBA regular season tomorrow night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. I enjoy following the Raptors, and have been doing so since day one, but I don't know Raptors basketball the way Kic knows Raptors basketball. Throughout this season, I've asked the Kicster to submit guest
