Yes, I’m Canadian

After a week in Montreal shopping, touring, catching up with friends, and standing in line at La Ronde, Jess and I hop on the first of four planes that will take us to Lake Tahoe tomorrow morning, where we’ll spend the last week of our overseas holiday vacationing with my mom’s side of the family.
I’m […]

This entry comes to you from the failing battery of my laptop in a cottage that has been without electricity for over two days—
Correction, the electricity just came back on! (So much for my ultimate demonstration of geekery.)
Far from the cushy summer retreat by a lake that my friends from Montreal expected, we have had […]

Appearing in Monday’s National Post, A Barenaked guide to music copyright reform is a statement by Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page on behalf of the the newly-formed Canadian Music Creators Coalition.
Including Canadian artists such as Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sum 41, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, Dave Bidini […]

Just got off the phone with mom and dad, who have just bought their first post-retirement home in Ottawa. Mom happened to mention she was connected to the Internet via a free wireless Internet service that was apparently available to all Ottawa residents. My envy quickly turned to skepticism, however, when she mentioned the SSID […]

Listening to the excellent CBC Radio 3 podcast while at work these days. Aside from the occasional offensive hip-hop track (really not my thing), I’m loving most of the stuff they play.
The podcast makes great listening while driving too, but for the continual frustration of not being able to stop and note down the artists […]