Indigo does a BOOKface
Indigo’s Community - where Canadians booklovers connect!
Chapters.Indigo.ca has just unveiled its community social networking site. Think of it as a niche Facebook for books, DVDs, and music in Canada. Overall user experience is good, with unobtrusive AJAX making data input clean. An honourable mention goes to respecting privacy, asking for only an […]
Distilling Lester McLean Trio
I spent the afternoon yesterday walking around the Distillery District looking at the Pure Spirit Lofts and the newly opened showroom for the http://www.clearspiritliving.com/Clear Spirit Lofts, the only 2 residential buildings in the pedestrian only area in the District. The units are nice and well appointed, but the premium for the location is pretty […]
World Water Day & BRTC
Wars have been faught over gold and coal, they are currently being faught over oil, soon it will be over water. In North America and Europe we are sheltered from the fact that clean water is becoming an ever scarce resource. When that fact is realised by the masses the […]
Maven or monkey?
So I’ve been doing a lot of reading of late, trying to improve on my preparation to really contribute to society. (Luck/Success = Preparation + Opportunity) I have an enormous (but self-under-valued) skill set in my field of study (Software Engineering –that is, use of software to solve engineering problems–), little of which I […]
K-os, listen, feel it
K-os‘ latest album, Atlantis - Hymns for Disco, must be heard and will be appreciated. I don’t normally review music here, but this album is a must. It seems to span the last 40 years of music with soul, funk, and disco sounds. The R&B tracks are true to the genre Rhythm […]