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"Preloadr" is really quite something. It uses the Flickr API to allow you to modify any of your images, via a web interface totally in sync with Flickr's style, as if you were in a "Photoshop-like" application. Awesome job....

Generosity is a gift, to be shared....

Michael finally went and got himself a "this is not personal!" weblog where he will talk about something that is central to everything he hopes and dreams about (in a non personal way! hehe). If you're interested in location based,...

Just because I came across it in my video archives (dated April 2000). An old TV commercial for a Sega Dreamcast game. At the time it was one the first things that made me really think "whoa, what's going...

Here is a "signature of the music I listen to", analysis of my iTunes playlist, based on 60 most listened tracks. Take a peek. Generated by the sparse yet full operational "iTunes Signature Maker" by Jason Freeman. Nicely done. Warning:...

Standing at the check-in counter at Narita last month, the white haired Québecois gentleman behind me started chatting when he heard me say "yes I am traveling through to Montreal, thank you." "You know hif you leave for more t'an...

"Everybody's Photos" on Flickr popped up this one. In it's "next" box was this one. The juxtaposition seemed obvious (even if my execution is terrible... ;) ooookay, back to work. :p...

So I've started playing with Vimeo since I got the email-over-WiFi from my mobile to work... ;) You will notice the new thumbnails in the left side navbar on the homepage here. So far, clips from the counter of a...

(seen here, via Michal) and (from Steven) (Mu)...

The irony. I have not been able, yet, to "moblog" from my new Nokia N80. I am able to browse websites and use a chat program, via both my mobile provider's GPRS and my WiFi networks at home and at...

They tore down the last of the old overpasses and Parc is now a straight line through. Either side though are still pits where the fancifully graffitied underpasses once glowed. See for yourself. (Mainly for the expats ;)...

I stumbled onto Wikipedia's entry for Moblog and damn near fell over. My name's not mentioned of course, but that is my design for Joi's moblog. I did that back in 2003. Custom solution, with a fancy Python-based email-to-xml-rpc script...

Give this a try, let me know what you get. First, let's search Baidu, one of the major chinese search engines, for "chocolate". Yum yum Ok now let's try... "Tianamen massacre", written in western script. Still works. Ok now try...

I've long been telling stories about how I seem to be quite aware of many of my thought processes, and often these stories take on computer jargon analogies. Stuff like "the scripts I have running in the background" to make...

Jan Chipchase draws a parallel between checking out of a Tokyo hospital and checking out of the U.S. Amazing coincidence, the two photos share many many similarities as well: - shades of green near center of image - large...

The big electronics chain in Canada is British Columbia based "FutureShop", now a division of (american electronics chain) "Best Buy". The FutureShop website has a promo section up, announcing the arrival of the new Nintendo "Wii" system. Clicking on "order...

Wow. Just a bit over a year ago I pointed to this homemade musicvideo by this band, "Ok go!", wherein they perform a quite complex choreographed dance routine in one take in a backyard. It went sort of viral at...

This came in via email and SMS just now: From: dav@ Subject: Baby Announcement! Date: July 5, 2006 2:16:07 PM EDT (CA) Dav and Mie are happy to announce the arrival of Tesla Rhea Yaginuma! She was born at 0920a...

I would love to see stats on requested engravings on Apple iPods. Surely there are all kinds of "customizations" that are requested over and over and over... I'd also like to see how unique a request of "Defective by design"...

Foreword: I am a long time Apple user BUT ALSO have ALWAYS considered Apple to be far far more evil than Microsoft, and more recently Google combined. Apple's fascist streak has been showing ever stronger since the victorious return of...

As the Wikipedia entry says, Tom Cochran's song "Life is a Highway" was huuuuge back in '91. It's a good song, really. I'm glad for Mr. Cochrane as it's getting success again, even though the "country music boy band Rascal...

Poking around I came across a very nice scenario by Jan Chipchase, which sounded downright Blogject-y to me: With vehicle mounted (weather) sensors and positioning tools its possible to collect highly localised weather information - trucks, cars, motorbikes and bicyles...

It's a beautiful sunday afternoon in Montreal, and no goddammit I do not feel like going out and enjoying the sun and getting some exercise today. I will NOT feel guilty for spending my afternoon on the computer in the...

From the Montreal Craigslist "Pets" listing: - Pet caretaker for hire (Plateau) - 2 cats for adoption - moving out of country, please help (montreal) - BEWARE: A cat killer/torturer is loose in Montreal! (Montreal) - Sweet cat about 2...