A friend just pointed me to a great ska band from Montreal called The Delegates. You've got to love any band that is powered by no less than two trombones. And... they've got full MP3s on their website of several of there songs including "The DJ Stole My Girlfriend" and "Another Crappy Song about …

At the end of my quiet little street is a small, unassuming store called The Sacred Seed. Despite its claims to be an "exotic seed and houseplant shop specializing in medicinal, rare, and otherwise intriguing plants" it carries a wide range of cannabis seeds including varieties such as Island …

A friend just turned me on to a weblog that is entirely about cover versions of songs. Copy, Right? is dedicated "to share my love/hate relationship with cover songs" according to Liza, the site's owner, and each post includes downloadable tracks and witty commentary.  •  The August 30 entry is …

Over the time I've lived off Church Street in Toronto, I've eaten at the 5 Alarm Diner at least once a week and often more often than that. The food was excellent, the staff were fabulous, and I was actually treated like a regular. Several of the waiters knew what I would eat before I had even …

In a couple of days, I'm driving my twin brother and his girlfriend (and their cat, turtle, and dog) down to Chicago where they'll both be starting graduate programs at UChicago and Northwestern respectively. Incredibly, I've never before been to Chicago and I'm really looking forward to finally …

I've got a big old picture frame I've been meaning to fill with something interesting for quite some time. I really liked the poster (look on the right) that Jay Ryan, from The Bird Machine, designed with Coudal Partners a few years ago. So, I was looking around The Bird Machine site and …

The third annual silverorange frisbee golf tournament for charity is now scheduled for Sunday, September 11, at Strathgartney Provincial Park. The last two years we had over fifty entrants and raised lots of money for the charity Habitat for Humanity.  •  As in previous years, you don't need any …

Over the past couple of months, I've been working with Kevin Rose on his enormously successful new venture Digg.com — a news aggregation website with a twist. Digg is sort of social bookmarking mixed with peer reviewing, so someone submits a link to a technology story they thought was cool and, if …

Congrats to silverorange alumnus and all-round talented designer Geoff Gibson for winning the latest snowboard design contest put on by GNU snowboards. The horror-themed contest had some great entries, so Geoff's design was in good company. I think he wins a new snowboard that he can strap to his …