Luckily some people are more aware of local events than I am. Yesterday, my friend Melda gave me notice that chef, author, traveller, Anthony Bourdain was going to be in Toronto today to do a book signing so we headed out north on a cold blustery day to attend.  •  Bourdain is chef at Les Halles …

As Steven and Peter just pointed out to me, it's been a whole year since Delta Tango Bravo was first published (if that's the correct term to use). Almost exactly one year ago, I was lamenting the untimely loss of my digital camera by means of the wash cycle and... drum roll please... then the …

Several months ago, my friend and coworker Steven Garrity started displaying Google AdSense advertisements on his weblog as an experiment. Thankfully, he's using some simple filtering so the only people who see his ads are those that arrive via a search result, so regular readers never see them at …

Just to add to the overall noise level around the web today, Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 launched last night to great fanfare. As I'm writing this, the Mozilla site is very slow, but it is eventually loading and the download speeds for actually getting Firefox are fast. Have patience it's worth the wait …

Edward Tufte has posted a chapter from his soon-to-be-released book Beautiful Evidence on his website. The chapter, titled "Mapped Pictures: Images as Explanations and Evidence", contains the type of beautiful data-filled imagery you might expect from Tufte. The Albrecht Dürer woodcut and …

Following the unfortunate1 result of the American election, some witty disillusioned Yankees have been redrawing their maps. Instead of leaving their country in disgust, they're carving it up. Gone are the red states, or at least parts of them, and a new type of nation, filled with liberal …

I'm a real sucker for trashy novels, especially in the action genre. There's something incredibly enticing about books with bullets shot into the cover, simple plots with a twist you'll never expect, and simple clichéd characters. My new favourite page-turner of all time is Frederick Forsyth's The …

I had an interesting experience earlier today, appearing for the first time on television to talk about CSS and web standards on Canada's G4TechTV show "Call for Help". I was invited to come to the show by co-host Amber MacArthur and I agreed to appear because the novelty of the whole situation …

I heard rumours a few days ago of some trebuchet action out in Whitby, Ontario, where they're sending pumpkins airborne for a good cause. Earlier today we had the chance to get out there and experience the action for ourselves.  •  For five bucks (which goes to the Cancer Society) the guys at …