April 2009
45 posts
Ontario to table Ticketmaster legislation. All right! http://tinyurl.com/dabplb (via @TorontoStar)
Traffic is slow around the Tamil protests in Toronto, sounds like quite the crowd.
To: Mr. Smitherman, MPP, Re: Streetcar funding. Please ride the streetcar during rush hour for one week before talking about $ priorities
Heading out from work, but lots to do at home too. That’s all right!
I’ve become sufficiently frustrated with Twitteriffic on the iPhone that I bit the bullet to start trying paid apps. First, Tweetie.
Toronto FC is #1 in the East, and the Jays are #1 overall. Is this some kind of karma-thing related to the Leafs/Raptors this past winter?
Dear Fellow Rubyists « Dyepot, Teapot →
Just reading about the new TTC streetcar’s on Steve Munro’s website: all of the new downtown cars will have 5 accordion-joined cars
Fishing TV shows have come a long way: Stumbled onto a show called “What A Catch”, where a woman cut her own hair to make a lure.
RT @timbray - Dear Fellow Rubyists: http://dyepot-teapot.com/2009/04/25/dear-fellow-rubyists/ - Ruby’s all-male culture is sad, sad, sad.
Project Bookmark Canada posts book/poem excerpts near places they describe, encouraging reading about where we live. Neat! http://is.gd/uiHf
The product context model shows how the product... →
Home to watch new episode of Flashpoint on at 9 pm. So full of food!
Going to try the buffet at Woo, new restaurant at Yonge and Dundas. Any one tried it yet?
Woo was pretty decent for buffet food, sort of like Mandarin, but focusing on Asian fare, although less selection.
It is the weekend, hooray! Still lots to do, but at least less of it involves sitting at my desk. Nice weather too.
RT @mayormiller: Toronto supports High Speed Rail - Chicago, Windsor, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City.
RT @bradTTC - TTC staff report will reco a vendor today for 204 new streetcars. Comission will vote Monday. Report public at 11:15 am
RT @TorontoStar: Island airport to be ‘revitalized,’ Porter says http://tinyurl.com/cqmebu
RT @yahoo: It’s true. GeoCities http://geocities.yahoo.com is closing down later this year. Prioritize we must. http://bit.ly/23PJe
RT @scottweisbrod (via @davidcrow): How to Save Newspapers (Or, Why the NYT Should Buy Twitter) by Umair Haque: http://is.gd/u5DW
Tom Rand is adding a state-of-the-art environmentally friendly hotel in Kensington Market, called “Planet Traveler” - http://is.gd/u58J
RT @amgbell: “Canada’s sexiest new academic destination, Waterloo” http://is.gd/u5es. Time to look up “sexy” in the OED
Toronto school board allows use of Future Shop colours in computer labs - http://is.gd/u4nz
bunnyhero dev - Scaring people with fullScreen →
RT @sbartholomew (via @MikeG1) : Best code comment ever: http://tinyurl.com/dkvq9x
Time for bed!
City of Toronto has issued a request for expressions of interest to run the “Toronto Public Bicycles Project”: http://is.gd/tXLM
Reading two interesting articles about “Lettuce Eatery” rebranding as “Freshii”. Before: http://is.gd/tVVR After: http://is.gd/tVWl
Cufón vs. Typeface.js, which one is better? •... →
China is developing two aircraft carriers that could be ready for launch by 2015, seeks “a harmonious ocean.” http://is.gd/tSgU
Cufón & Typeface.js are methods to show custom fonts (like sIFR), both are couple of months old & use canvas/VML. Compare: http://is.gd/qS7G
Trying out TweetDeck after a bit of a Twitter hiatus. Nice to see improvements, TweetDeck now supports Facebook status updates
Rails Pub Night tonight at the Rhino… too bad I can’t attend this month!
Osteria Ciceria e Tria (by Terroni’s) last night. Portion size dictates lack of leftovers, but antipasto were fun and tasty! Yum, try it!
Full will a delicious family Easter dinner!
Hypothetical Q: If John Tavares was drafted to the Leafs, would people hate Tavares, or would the Leafs raise their ticket prices? or both?
TTC Fantasy Maps ~ The Intrepid →
Unlimited Novelty: Twitter: blaming Ruby for their... →
With the the new Metric album out today, I have a feeling I am going to have “Help, I’m alive” stuck in my head again.
CSS is awesome: http://is.gd/qRst
CRTC is welcoming public comments on Net Neutrality in Canada: http://isppractices.econsultation.ca/
At ruth’s chris steakhouse for a bachelor party, going to Madison after food here.
Quick dinner at Chipotle, then off to do some errands.
RT @MikeSoron, via @remarkk: Obama depressed, distant since Battlestar Galactica Series Finale - http://is.gd/pY1f