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Sweet Success and a CupcakeCamp prize! 27 Jan 2009 | 06:42 pm
Finally recovered from the crazy that was CupcakeCampTO! If you missed it – details and recaps here, here and here! For more, including videos and links to tons of photos, check out the official site...
My City, Rewound 22 Oct 2008 | 08:15 am
I was skulking about on the City of Toronto‘s website the other day looking for some information about our house and I came across their scanned image archives that have been made available online. Q...
Economy 1, Heather 0… or the one about getting laid off 17 Oct 2008 | 02:47 pm
Startups + failing economy – VCs = layoffs. Many friends and acquaintances have already faced the dreaded “we’re sorry but we have to let you go” lately… and today I joined the club. Yep, still feel...
Explosive Photo 11 Oct 2008 | 01:35 am
Well this doesn’t look very safe, does it? Firecrackers burst around celebrants at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand… Image: Chumsak Kanoknan / Getty See more of Time’s Pictures of the Wee...
Sarah Silverman and the Vote for Obama video 26 Sep 2008 | 03:58 am
This video is brilliant. Kudos to JewsVote.org for their bold move, calling on young Jewish folks to “schlep” to Florida to get their grandparents to vote for Obama. And Sarah Silverman? A perfect ch...
Ebert reviews Sarah Palin, gives her two thumbs down 13 Sep 2008 | 06:23 am
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. It’s not getting better, is it? Well, yesterday Roger Ebert kept at it with a scathing review of Palin as the VP candidate for the Republican party. It’s worth a read. Here are a...
What I’m reading – Tiny Gigantic 11 Sep 2008 | 07:29 am
Here are a few of my favourite posts from the folks at Tiny Gigantic (the blog from the team at Language in Common). I happened upon their blog when they posted a little comment about Idée and TinEye...
Anthropology and new media 15 Aug 2008 | 08:31 am
Michael Wesch’s insightful video “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” from his recent Library of Congress presentation is worth a look if you haven’t had the chance yet. (A long look, it’s jus...
How big is the net? 31 Jul 2008 | 02:49 am
Although you might guess that I’m talking about the internet, I was actually thinking about Guy Kawasaki’s recent post about golf, hockey and how imagination affects perception. How big is the ‘net’ ...
Banksy Rocks 23 Jul 2008 | 03:48 am
Whee!
