June 2008
“Regarding Bell’s P2P throttling CRTC filings: “I’m still...”
– Bell Canada Offers ‘Proof’ Throttling Was Necessary - Responds to Canadian regulator demand for hard data… - dslreports.com
Bringing Down Bear Stearns: Politics & Power →
At 10,000 words, Bryan Burrough’s article in Vanity Fair about the demise of hot-shot, cocky Bear Sterns is weekend reading, but scintillating and intense. The story of Bear Stearns is made for movie material (“you can’t make this shit up”) in its twists turns and “oh my God” moments. Burrough’s is fair and balanced but imbues the story of the richest of...
Google to Make History with Exclusive Animated... →
Stuff White People Like in stores tomorrow →
CBS Finishes Acquisition Of CNET; Leslie Moonves,... →
Would-be Canadian iPhone buyers ticked off, start... →
Who Killed Bear Stearns? →
Fantastic: “Since the days when the Goldmans and Morgans cared mostly about hiring young men from the best families and schools, “the Bear,” as old-timers still call it, cared about one thing and one thing only: making money. Brooklyn, Queens, or Poughkeepsie; City College, Hofstra, or Ohio State; Jew or Gentile—it didn’t matter where you came from; if you could make money on the trading...
Online petition protests Rogers iPhone plan →
More news that Rogers is a terrible company, and that Canadian telecommunications sector is monopolistic, anti-competitive, and downright lame.
The Structure of Serendipity →
I commented: I think your description captures the correct notion of serendipity. As a librarian it is commonly suggested that a scholar who browses the stacks serendipitously makes a new connection or finds the missing pieces of the puzzle. What is ignored, however, is the millennium of formally organizing information and developing structuring systems that enable such “serendipity”....
“Yet to liken serendipity to luck reflects a sloppy reading of the 16th century...”
– The Structure of Serendipity « orgtheory.net
“Portland is adopting high-visibility green paint for its bike lanes and bike...”
– Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Painted bike (and bus) boxes
What Happened To Palm? →
Macho man is going out of fashion →
Teen decapitated at theme park, police say -... →
The Interactive Linux Kernel Map →
Fake cops stop videographer in London,... →
The Daily Photoist: June 27, 2008 →
Rogers Launches Flexible Price Packages for Apple... →
Rogers 3G iPhone voice and data plans are out! It’s not as bad as I thought: other than the usual (crappy) 3 year contract, it is only $60/month for 150 voice minutes and 400MB of data. Of course, add on taxes and service fees and you are looking at $75/month—far from cheap.
Virgin Mobile acquires Helio for $39 million →
Backyard Shed Turned Home Office [Featured... →
First stimulus checks arrive - What you need to... →
Minsky moment →
U.S. economy perks up but still looks weak →
Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft →
: rather bored today.
“In April, Umair Haque posted a manifesto on his blog on the Harvard Business...”
– Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change - ReadWriteWeb
qwantz.com - dinosaur comics - June 26 2008 →
American Express: More Customers Paying Late →
The Rodriguez File (part 2) →
Mexico ready to eclipse Canada as continent's No.... →
Moo Grows Up, Gets Business Cards - GigaOM →
Moo now has full sized business cards! Great service, great product. Go buy some cards already.
Amie Street Lands Big Content Deal With The... →
I use Amie St. all the time to get great Indie music. They have a great business model which actually supports the artists, and now they just got a huge catalog from The Orchard.
Gender-bending: the original spirit of Pride →
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Downtown Toronto will shut down Sunday as people gather to celebrate homosexuality and gender-bending. The occasion is Pride Day, one of Canada’s largest cultural events.
Some complain that the event’s mainstream acceptance has left Pride without soul, a massive corporate-sponsored opium-farm. Where, the radicals ask, is the deep iconoclastic spirit of the very first Pride...
Breakfast at Sneaky Dee's →
U.S. copyright renewal records: One click or so to... →
Using Google Earth to Find Unguarded Houses →
Vancouver police to get armour on wheels →
Two Trojans For Mac OS X →
Residents upset by swingers clubs →
“Just weeks after residents of a gradually gentrifying west-end neighbourhood protested against the surprise appearance of a strip club on Toronto’s Lake Shore Boulevard, they are now aghast that two so-called swingers clubs have recently set up shop nearby.”
“Appalling” Market Fundamentals, Not Inflation, Is... →
Crawling + SQL injection with Scrawlr →
Google Browser Sync for Firefox goes open source →
: going home. Huzza.
: working late again, I guess. After tomorrow I am going to stop working late, and have fun instead.
Richest Canadians have largest ecological... →
aTunes Organizes Your Music Collection [Featured... →
The Underpass Project →