February 2009
13 posts
“Jesus, Barry, get a normal dog, not a Portuguese Snobhound named Raoul Xavier...”
– The Obamas choose a Portuguese Water Dog
Feb 26th
Listen to Neko Case's new album Middle Cyclone at... →
Feb 24th
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Wheat before people
I’m sitting on an Ottawa-bound passenger train marvelling at the Government of Canada logos plastered all over the freight train that just passed us. Freight trains take priority in this country and apparently the government needs to remind me that it likes it that way. No government in this country has the long-term foresight needed to improve passenger rail even though Via Rail is a total...
Feb 19th
meshU →
I’ll be speaking at meshU in Toronto on April 6. Come join the fun and some other awesome speakers.
Feb 17th
Bespin →
Mozilla’s new web-based text/code editor
Feb 13th
Feb 12th
Speaking in Tongues →
Zadie Smith on accents, voice and Obama (via Hendrik Hertzberg)
Feb 11th
Feb 11th
Postbox is now in public beta →
I’ve been using it for a couple weeks now and while it has some minor flaws, it beats Mail.app hands down for speed using IMAP
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
The League of Moveable Type →
Quality, open-source typefaces (via I Love Typography
Feb 8th
Feb 6th
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Feb 5th