Posts Tagged: Things that Happened
Pedro Just Played
I just got back to the hotel after the Noise Pop concert at the Great American Music Hall tonight. Wow, that's certainly quite the venue. Old theatre with two floors and a classic stage. The opening act was an all-instrumental group called The Advantage that played rocking guitar interpretations …
Mozilla in the Morning
I just arrived in San Fransisco last night for the Mozilla Developers Day with my two cohorts Steven and Stephen. The Mozilla headquarters are hilariously cliché dot-com. Within view there is a set of oversize chess pieces, a huge Golden Gate Bridge made of soda cans, a Gollum statuette, and …
Pig Found in the Underground
Paul Middlewick has discovered numerous animals, including the pig below, in the map for the London underground. Apparently he discovered an elephant while staring at the tube map during his daily journey to work fifteen years ago and has since found several more. I've been hunting in there for an …
A Ghost is Born Etc.
Not only is Wilco a great band, they also gave some of the inspiration for the name of this site with their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. For those interested in the band, there has been a ton of Wilco news lately. Lead singer, Jeff Tweedy has released a book of his poetry called Adult Head, which I …
New Zealand Shenanigans
Some kiwi friends of mine have made a hilarious video (6.5mb mpeg) of themselves hanging up a poster for a dance festival on a public sculpture and almost getting arrested in the process. Apparently the competition was just to make a poster for Destination and display it somewhere. There are 20 …
Mr. Matt Mays
Last night Haligonian musician Matt Mays won the East Coast Music Award for best "Best New Artist." I had the good fortune of seeing Matt open for Billy Bragg this past summer at the Marquee Club in Halifax and then again opening for Sam Roberts just last month. The first time he was singing solo …
Heading for the Sunshine
A number of us silveroranges are heading down to San Francisco for the Mozilla Developers Day at the end of the month. Steven, Stephen, Dan, and I will be in the city from Thursday, February 26th until the following Tuesday. San Francisco is yet another city I haven't had the pleasure of visiting …
Mmm Mixin' Martinis
I finally got a cocktail shaker and a set of cocktail glasses this past December (thanks to my lovely girlfriend) for my birthday and I've been mixing drinks ever since. My repertoire is still somewhat limited, but the chocolate orange Martini is my latest favourite. • 1 oz. Vodka • 1 oz …
Wi-fi Meets Lo-fi
About a month ago I was toying around with my laptop in my apartment and discovered that a neighbor had installed an open wi-fi access point that enabled me to get free wireless internet access right in my living room. However, only a week later the connection was gone and I figured I had lost my …
Playing Sloan Standards
It just came to my attention that the Sloan website we developed has been featured on Adam Howell's Daily Standards. His site has consistently updated features on standards-based websites. It's a really nicely designed site itself and his content is superb (he even has RSS sydication). Really nice.