The Toronto Star recently redesigned their website. Here's a screen cap of their current Sports page. I like it. It's clean and simple, and content is king. I like their use of white space and padding. It's definitely an improved site. It's tough going for the newspaper industry. Their web
0-6-1. Hell, that's flattering, it's 7 games, 7 losses. We've been outscored 11-2 by opponents in first periods this season. Overall, we're averaging 2 goals a game while opponents are scoring an average of 4.57 goals against us. It's so bad, I'm running out of adequate adjectives. We didn't
I finally mustered up the courage to check out CFNY / 102.1 The Edge's "Top 200 Songs of All Time". This is the list they played last weekend. I immediately noticed the complete absence of new rock pioneer bands like The Clash, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, The
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. When I was a kid, a few cereals we were never allowed to have were Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo
Remember when we were all calling H1N1 the swine flu? We've come a long way since then. Nobody's calling it swine flu anymore and pigs throughout the world are grateful. We're being bombarded with H1N1 awareness campaigns, and we're all being told to stay home if we have H1N1 flu
I've had a few days with Google Wave and it's not the most intuitive tool. It's actually pretty complex. To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my feeble brain around the possiblities. The key to Google Wave's success is going to be widespread adoption, as its true power is
I play hockey every Friday night. This is my second season of adult rec hockey and I absolutely love it. For 75 minutes every Friday, I'm playing in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Until last week, I played with a full cage. I always felt it blocked my
I was busy yesterday afternoon and missed the entire Balloon Boy episode. You've heard it all by now. Six-year-old Falcon Heene from Fort Collins, Colorado was thought to be travelling in a home-made helium balloon resembling a UFO. There was a lot of media attention, a big search and little
In March, CTVglobemedia pulled the plug on 1050 CHUM and introduced CP24 Radio 1050, a simulcast of CP24 television. It sounded like an awful idea then, and now that we have Portable People Meter (PPM) technology, we know nobody's listening. Over on the SOWNY forum, there's a glance at Toronto
It's a busy Thursday, but I've got a couple of minutes so I'm going to tell you about a few web-based services I use on a daily basis. All of these can be used for free. I'm going to skip services like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or Linked In and stick
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. Captian Lou Albano - Captain Lou's History of Music
Captain Lou Albano was 76. He was a professional wrestler, actor and all-around legend. If you don't know Captain Lou Albano as a manager in the WWF, and I personally loved his persona, you probably know him from his many cameos in Cyndi Lauper videos. Here he is in her
Al Martino was 82. He played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and recorded hits including "Spanish Eyes" and the Italian ballad "Volare" in a 50-year musical career.
I'm not sure what to say. The Maple Leafs (0-5-1) have yet to score first this season, rank last in the NHL on the penalty kill with 10 power-play goals surrendered, and have held the lead for exactly six minutes 41 seconds through the first six games - all losses.
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has a third arm. That must be the case or this picture of her and her son Peter was Photoshopped, and the Toronto Star wouldn't do such a thing. If you click over to that same article now, you'll see the Toronto Star has cropped the
Earlier this month, there was a shitstorm swirling around Mr. Sub's Gay Dad Dinner ad. I got an email from the ad agency, BOS Toronto, asking me to remove the YouTube video of the ad I embedded in my original entry about the ad. Shortly after I wrote about this,
Google sent me my invitation to preview Google Wave. Wave is Google's shot at what email would look like today if it hadn't been invented yet. Here's Stephanie and Greg explaining the features of Google Wave. Google Wave looks cool and all, but it's a bit boring if you have
Admit it, you're surprised we're this bad. I know I am. I've learnt to lower the bar for this team, but I didn't see this new bottom coming. This is our 5th loss to start the season. The loss kicks off the worst start for the Leafs, since 1917's 0-3-1
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project: 7.5 out of 10. Full disclosure: I've always loved Rickles. He's the best of the insult comics, and I love insult comics. Rickles is damn funny, and I love funny. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project is a great little documentary by John
On this Thanksgiving Monday, I'm thankful that I've never had to see I team I love move away. My Leafs are still here, my Jays are still here, my Raptors are still here... I've never had to experience what fans of the Vancouver Grizzlies, Montreal Expos, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg
The Buffalo/Toronto Bills faced a winless team this afternoon, managed to hold the opposing QB to a mere two completions for 23 yards and zero TDs, yet still managed to lose. That's unbelievably brutal. A full week before this epic FAIL, the Bills were busy losing to another winless
Here in Canada, we're smack in the middle of our Thanksgiving long weekend. My family carved the turkey yesterday, but most are doing that today and some are doing that tomorrow. If you need a Thanksgiving playlist, here are songs from my collection with "thank" in the title. Give Thanks
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "Sick Muse" by Metric. "Sick Muse" would be Metric's 7th song to make it onto an edition of SLS. I like this tune, and because Metric gets it, I'm able to embed a high quality version of the official video without
Stephen Gately was 33. He was a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone. I must admit, I can't name a single Boyzone song. I'm told they're a great deal more popular across the ocean than they are here in Canada. If you'd like a taste of what we're missing,
