October 2011
halfdeadbears replied to your post: I had a whole bunch of plans for today/tonight
Well at least tomorrow will be fun, right? cB
That’s just it—I can’t come. So, tonight was supposed to be that fun night. Oh well…
I had a whole bunch of plans for today and...
then, one by one, they all fell apart.
So I’m spending my evening doing laundry and playing silly games on my phone instead.
September 2011
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Help Name the Spadina Extension Subway Stations |... →
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Watch“Watch” (Richmond and Spadina 2008) by David Rokeby
For years I have been constructing artificial perception systems, electronic systems that are able to see. Usually, the actual images are seen only by the system, which replies to what it sees with interpretive sounds or music. While I am continuing to create works in this vein, I have started presenting the live processed images...
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Glen Hansard - Lies
bgilliard replied to your photo: The new bike path running through a hydro corridor…
All paved?
I’m not sure, but the section I rode between Keele and the Black Creek was paved nicely. One day before the weather gets cold I’ll bike the entire length of it and see.
I’m bored. It’s Saturday night. I’m bored.
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Devotchka - The Winner Is
(Little Miss Sunshine...
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thisriver:
Frying up sausages and making pasta...
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Sitting on minecraft, Dylan and Mitch are in the...
halfdeadbears:
All you hear is “GIVE ME YOUR HANDS AND LET ME CRACK THE FUCK OUT OF YOUR FINGERS.”
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“When photographers begin to conceive their art as the making of visual networks,...”
– Paul Berger - Radical, Rational, Space, Time: Idea Networks in Photography, 1983.
BBC News - Speed-of-light experiments give... →
Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away seemed to show up a tiny fraction of a second early. The result - which threatens to upend a century of physics - will be put online for scrutiny by other scientists.
In the meantime, the group says it is being very cautious about its claims. “We tried to find all possible explanations for this,”...
Watch(via Google Earth Bridges | Clement Valla)
Google Earth has developed an extended network of automated cameras, operators, satellites, aerial photographers, programmers, and terrain and map information to assemble an ever more convincing representation of the planet. This mostly automated system sometimes produces unexpected and wonderful artifacts. The bridges in these postcards are glitches...
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“Everyone likes to live in the suburbs. Everyone pokes fun at the suburbs....”
– Humphrey Carver, Cities in the Suburbs, 1965
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“When we engage with people who have different assumptions about what is right,...”
– Why demographic diversity is key to the fight for the creative class (via curiositycounts)
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WHY AM I GETTING A COLD SORE
I haven’t had one of these since I was at least 12, why now?… Ughhh
My Commute
On a normal day:
30 minutes on the subway 5-10 minutes waiting for the bus 10-15 minute bus ride (40-60 minutes total)
Today:
60 minutes on the subway 25 minutes waiting for the bus 20 minute bus ride (1 hour, 45 minutes total)
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Ford support plummeting, poll suggests -... →
“He campaigned on a gravy train, none was found and the reality of cuts to services that residents rely on, often daily, is setting in. That has shaken public confidence in his ability to handle the job of mayor.”
What Toronto Said →
Response #: 11788
What do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011?
#1 ChildCare #2 lower the price of admission to the ex #3 increase plastic bag fee
LOL, at least they’re concerned about childcare! I guess being able to bring their kids to the ex simply stems from that (the ex is expensive!).
Click through to find out what Torontonians listed as their top...
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“The meaning of the photograph does not reside in its physical structure, but...”
– Paul Berger
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“The unrelenting flat suburban grid of the northern suburbs surrounded them. The...”
– Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap
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WatchTTC Weekday Service (HD) (by Kieran Huggins)
An entire day of TTC service.
Grey dots represent buses and streetcars. Yellow, green, blue and purple represents subway and RT trains.
I swear things like this are like porn to me. Look, I can see the 106!
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Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B...
Petition to Protect Arts Funding to Keep Toronto... →
