So I was at the Massive tech expo at Science World today, and in about 30 minutes flat, a picture of me appeared on Flickr looking really dumb.
I also ran into these fine fellows from Bryght, who it turns out I already know from the Northern Voice blogging conference about a month or so back.
Here’s a cool story of sewer workers in London. And here’s a story about how Microsoft might be sliding into irrelevance. They aren’t related in any way, but I like to link Microsoft and crap as much as I can. 🙂
Mehhh, I says. I only use Yahoo for their maps, which are actually pretty decent. I head straight to Google for practically everything else. But according to broadband guru Om Malik, Yahoo is striking back at the Google juggernaught with a vengeance, with moves like buying Flickr and creating new blog-friendly tools.
The Globe and Mail has a nice big article on our favorite Timelord. The first episode of the new series gets a big rave, as well it should.
People saying stuff in New York. From what little I’ve read, they’re amusing jerks.
I’ve always been interested in the life of bicycle couriers; partly because I like bikes, and partly because it’s something fairly far our of my work experience. At any rate, here’s a good story about a guy who went from being a cubicle coder to a spoked-steed delivery guy.
Glassdog has a pretty straightforward analysis of Boing Boing’s relatively recent switch to advertising, though I think he’s a little more worried than I am. The content hasn’t changed any, and if I could make a buck on this website (and you skinflints virtually assure I can’t 🙂 ), I would too. Still, it’s good to have people wave a red flag at a sacred cow every once in a while.
We were flipping the dial on the television this morning, and we stumbled across the most drugged out kid’s show I’ve ever seen (and that includes 1960’s Spiderman.)
But go check out the Boobah website for yourself, and see if it doesn’t reduce you to a vegetative state.
According to the New York Times, more and more strangers are making contact online and via cell phone. I can buy that, though choosing John Perry “the Web will walk my dog in the future” Barlow as a subject is a little questionable.
Hong Kong is top dog, followed by New York. Vancouver gets 25th spot, and Edmonton….is 97th. But the ancestral manse beat out San Diego, Tulsa AND Mandaluyong! Yeah!