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How long was it?

The lineup at Tim Hortons was insanely long this morning. I mean, from the back of the line, I couldn’t even see where I’d order my coffee:

Still, I joined the line and waited.

Pro Tools on Leopard

A little more than a year ago, I picked up an Mbox Mini in hopes of teaching myself Pro Tools at home. I played around with it a for a bit, but I always seemed to fall back on other multitrack editors. Because I didn’t have to get good at it, I didn’t get good […]

Why Man Creates

Via Jean Burgess’s creativity/machine, a link to the first five minutes of Saul Bass’s Why Man Creates:

Had I only seen this earlier, perhaps I could have forgone FYP.

Jim Dupree: Magic Enthusiast

We’re releasing episodes of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast Season 4 according to the Fibonacci sequence. The seventh and most recent one is Jim Dupree: Magic Enthusiast. We shot it a few months ago in the Distillery District. Here you go:

Personal recaps

I promised a few people that I’d send them copies of my recent appearances on GO. But instead, I’m putting them online for anyone who’s interested. Yesterday I posted a piece on slowing down time.
From March 1, 2008, here’s a piece I did on what would happen if my life had recaps like TV shows […]

Jim Dupree: Photography Enthusiast

Hands down, Jim Dupree: Photography Enthusiast (released yesterday) is the best episode released this season, and in my opinion, closest to “vintage Dupree.” If you’ve been holding out on watching the exciting fourth season, wait no longer:

Unlimited data from Rogers. Not.

It’s a few days old now, but Torontoist has a great post on how the new unlimited data plan from Rogers is actually very limited. My unlimited data through Fido should last another two months, but I have no idea what I’ll do when it expires, now that I’m addicted to their ubiquitous (though slow-as-molasses) […]

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night


Miro reaches 1.0

It’s been a long time coming, but Miro (nee Democracy) has finally reached 1.0.
This magical piece of software has almost single-handedly changed the way I watch television.
Congratulations!

Meryl and Ira in Cleveland

If you’re a fan of This American Life, if you’re an Ira Glass fanboy, or if you’re generally a radio geek, you need to read Meryl’s blog post about seeing Ira and David Rakoff at the Ohio Theater.
It’s a wonderfully told account, with some great moments:
Ira and David both said that a lot of times […]