Yes, I’m Canadian

While I wait for the rest of the trailer to download, I thought I’d post about just how jaw-droppingly awesome the upcoming film A Scanner Darkly looks.
Yes, it’s got Keanu Reeves in it. I still haven’t forgiven him for his role in Constantine (which could have been a brilliant adaptation of one of my favourite [...]

As a dedicated reader of a number of comic titles that are “suggested for mature readers” (e.g. Y! The Last Man, Lucifer, Fables and Hellblazer), I enjoyed the most recent issue of comic strip Dork Tower. It’s all true.

Kathy Sierra’s Creating Passionate Users blog is always great reading, particularly if you’re interested in how people take in information. Though it has a definite tilt towards the world of Java development, most of the articles speak in general terms about learning and design — you won’t see any code here.
Kathy’s recent article The myth [...]

Went with Lox and Tom (and, it turned out, John) to see a lecture by Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing fame tonight. He’s an extremely talented speaker, captivating a full house for over 90 minutes without budging from his lectern or throwing up a single visual aid. With a couple of high-profile speaking engagements looming large [...]

Check out my podcast! It’s called Lost Out Back, and my friend John and I have been working on “lost episodes” for a couple of months. It’s not perfect, but it’s fun. I hope you think so too!
A podcast about Australia by two unlikely candidates: a geek from the Great White North and a lad [...]