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I finally went out and got a cameraphone. Well, it's actually way more than that but anyways. So I have begun "moblogging" like a fiend. You may have noticed. I am sending pics to both my own MT-based MobiLog AND...

Google is your friend. Accept it....

For the time being, sure, we step "away" from our computers... step away from the attention of our IM buddies... But when this goes mobile? "You are in my pocket." "My attention is not on this interface at the...

I just logged in to friendster to see to my extreme surprise files ending in .php! They redid the system in PHP! Oh and did I say it is WAY faster? Zing!...

My 2nd generation iPod, which I bought back in November 2002, had become essentially unworthy of it's carrying weight. The battery, freshly charged would run out in under two hours. On my last trip to Tokyo I ended up not...

Here I am, the de facto über geek of my local social network, and I am left ex-communicado ... Just received an SMS from a buddy asking me what the plan is for tonight. Said buddy has never called or...

AlterNet: EnviroHealth: Condom Wars Lethal new regulations from President Bush's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, quietly issued with no fanfare last week, complete the right-wing Republicans' goal of gutting HIV-prevention education in the United States. In...

Ok, got the info straight. The Aprils will be performing as part of the "Club Par Avion" Summer 2004 tour at Saphir (next door to 4 Brothers grocery store) on St-laurent on Wednesday July 7th at 10pm. For an idea...

Takeshi "Beat" Kitano as Zatoichi, the legendary wandering blind swordsman. What a riot! I liked it a lot, despite the totally absurd tap dancing routine. ;)...

(german for: "Your papers please.") Boing Boing: You are now required to show ID to police for no reason at all Interesting how the Bloomberg article phrases it in a more sugar coated way: Police can arrest criminal suspects for...

So the rumor was true. There will be no official St-Jean Baptiste celebrations on St-Viateur this year. THAT... is a travesty. A crime even, I'd say. Then again, it's not like the Mile Enders need an excuse to hang around...

エイプリルズオンライン（ライブインフォメーション＆ニュース） Aprils online (English) Oh yay!!! This the band I saw with Patrick in Tokyo! July 9th in Montreal! Doesn't say where though ... In fact, it is "unconfirmed". Hm. I have emailed the organiser. I may be able to...

Seb Paquet (Seb's Open Research) has a special request today. Seb's work is funded by the Government of Canada. This funding covers not only his research, but also the fact that he is able to, and does, share much of...

Click opera - Interview techniques of the insane Shelve your ADD, sit back and take five minutes, as this is well worth listening to. The question and Momus' answer. (No it is not highbrow, it is smart and playful.)...

Cory Doctorow gave a presentation on DRM (Digital Rights Management) at Microsoft and shares the text with us. Beautifully explained in an accessible way... and of course in Cory's inimitable style. :)...

Following the dreadful email mentioned in the previous post, I was contacted with the following suggestion: ... should we put something onto the bulletin board at Friendster for the non-bloggers who know her there? It seems like a grim task,...

With heavy heart, I sent the following email to some of my fellow YULBloggers (Montreal Webloggers): Last fall we had the pleasure of being introduced to Andrea "Space Cadet / Piglet Posts" who had joined our little community of Montreal...

Mark Federman over at the McLuhan Program says this about the upcoming Canadian elections. I've been meaning to write about the imminent Canadian election, scheduled for June 28, because the message of the discourse has been bothering me tremendously of...

RSS-Newsfeed: Immer wissen, was es Neues gibt - Der Tag - SPIEGEL ONLINE German news magazine Der Spiegel (think: germany's Time magazine) does RSS feeds of their online edition. Most impressiv... ja, ja... ;)...

In a quiet backstreet of Kyoto, after visiting a temple there last year, I came across one of innumerable cigarette vending machines. My eye was caught by the aesthetic beauty of a single pack displayed. A bronze box, silver...

Breakdancin' Deceptacons!...

Mike, of Ile Sans Fil, grinning as we test out their newly activated free hotspot at the trendy Laïka Café/Bar....

The trailer for Michael Moore's new film, the Cannes Palme D'Or winning Fahrenheit 9/11, just went live online. Check it out. I've heard alot of left-leaning people refer to Mr. Moore as a quack, self-aggrandizing big mouth, what have you...

Warning: The following may be profuse in profanities, obtuse in obscenities and generally not fit for reading by good christians. I do not mean to offend, only to perhaps displace, for a second, faith. A temporary suspension of belief, as...

MJ: Well... we have come to the conclusion that tornados and the like must have tastebuds. KB: Do go on. MJ: And that trailer parks must taste like bacon....