I have been totally immersed in jPod over the last two weeks (both the CBC series and the Douglas Coupland novel from which the series is adapted). I can’t remember the last show on CBC I actively watched, especially one that was produced in Canada. The show is terrific, funny and full of quirky characters and unusual plot twists. Likewise the book is also a joy to read (currently two-thirds of the way in). Continue reading
I thought I’d share this neat video I came across on the Queen’s University Human Media Lab blog. A concept device from Nokia utilizing nanotubule fibers, which come together to form a flexible and versatile piece of wearable computing. Continue reading
I’ve been meaning to write about this past Tuesday’s Fair Copyright for Canadians Meet & Greet event at the Gladstone – however a few things came up in the meantime (a blizzard, a power outage, a road trip to Kingston, a 24-hr LAN party, and a craving for homemade baked goods, among other things). Continue reading
While sifting through a cardboard box of books last week in the basement of my parent’s house, I came across Glenn Reynolds’ 2006 book An Army of Davids: How markets and technology empower ordinary people to beat Big Media, Big Government and other Goliaths. Apparently it had gone unnoticed and was mistakenly placed in a neglected stack of books (along with my copy of William Gibson’s Spook Country!). Continue reading
Hip-Hop producer AmpLive has put together a superb 8-track remix/tribute project to Radiohead‘s In Rainbows album. After some legal/copyright disputes, his pleas over YouTube to release the album on the web for free were finally acknowledged. It’s well worth the listen. Continue reading