This has northeast surfers welcoming in the season that so many other people hate … “The disturbance off the SE coast has developed into TD #2 … The National Hurricane Center issued this special advisory at 8:20am EDT this morning:Satellite and surface observations this morning indicate the low pressure area located about 250 miles southeast of North […]

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Couple of quotes that I enjoy …. “More fearful demons live in our imagination than ever lived on earth.” — Brad Brown “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and […]

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Nice little read about the history of Hawaii from the travel section of the NYT’s… “Gathered around their radios, our grandfathers listened to Webley Edwards and his long-running show, ”Hawaii Calls.” They heard Bing Crosby crooning ”Sweet Leilani.” They sailed west, some of them, on the luxurious Matson liner Lurline; here they discovered the charms of […]

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Linda and I decided to drive around the west end of the island of Montréal yesterday, sticking as close to the water the whole way as possible. Hard to do in some parts as the road ends only to begin again a block or two later (intentionally to prevent through-traffic in some very rich neighborhoods). […]

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Fantasia - now in it’s 10th year - is half over. Once again I missed the one or two movies I wanted to see so I gave away my tickets. If you’re planning on going - get there early as shows do sell out. One thing everyone should go check out is the FREE films at […]

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Found this guy while reading the excellent DRAWN.ca “The Illustration and Cartooning Blog”. His personal blog has some great sketches and watercolors — especially the header artwork… “Lee Hyoung Chul, aka Bandalmass, is a character designer from Korea. His website features many wonderful character illustrations in handful of varying styles — all of which are lovely. […]

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Found this lovely map compiling much of the info about the show so far. It includes an event timeline, a corporate directory of the Hanso foundation, a map of the island showing event locations/routes/and important places, a large map of the world detailing more geographic clues. This map was created by the folks at ESRI GIS […]

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Still kinda weirds me out how a crappy service like this can become so immensely popular… but what interests me more is how long they can sustain this for, will Myspace still be as popular in 1 year; 2 years, etc… “The social networking phenomenon that is MySpace is now the most popular site in the […]

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I bought my 2001 Jetta 1.8T about a year and a half ago. I Love it. It was part of the CPO program from VW Canada — in which they take used VW’s under 5 years - completely fix them up - and then re-sell them through the dealership with a 2 year/40k warranty. I’ve […]

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Still one of my favorite fonts to this day, I remember using it when laying out Laidlaw’s online annual reports back in 1997. I always liked the Old style figures for the numbers especially when presenting dollar amounts or large numbers. “LONDON Log on to The New York Times’s Web site, and you’ll see it there. […]

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Some very nice photos of Japan, as I have a couple friends who will love these. Seeing shots like these, and some of the amazing work being posted to flickr on a daily basis, really makes me want to invest in a better camera. My little canon has served me very well - but it’s […]

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A story of rogue waves with some nice science of how these giants are created … “The storm was nothing special. Its waves rocked the Norwegian Dawn just enough so that bartenders on the cruise ship turned to the usual palliative — free drinks. Then, off the coast of Georgia, early on Saturday, April 16, 2005, a […]

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A nice little local site with a couple great writers (Nika among them) .. feed worthy… “Montrealers need Midnight Poutine. It’s a personal ongoing account of the city’s happenings. It’s a delicious high-fat source of rants, raves and musings. It provides the insight you never find in newspapers and the details and tangents that would never […]

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After a hot weekend stuck in the city with Linda feeling under the weather — we walked around the plateau this afternoon amid the honking of thousands of Italian football fans. Up Coloniale to Laurier and then down towards Mt Royal. Montreal always amazes me in its small details. Take this door-knocker for example - […]

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Phil Ryu has put together a well done list of the most aesthetically pleasing OS X apps, “Top ten lists are a dime a dozen, but I haven’t seen one floating around yet on the most beautiful OS X apps out there. And as someone who’s hitting MacUpdate daily as a small part of my job, […]

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