Category: Personal
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Twitter Weekly for December 2010
#Koodo swapped my "Unlimited Web Browsing" add-on for a 100 MB Social Networking one. Gee, thanks. #dropped # My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Dio (5), Whitesnake (3) & Quiet Riot (3) #mm http://bit.ly/8YhquK # RT @perky_goth_13: I'm DJing at Swizzles in Ottawa this Saturday with @deathdiscottawa. Be there!!! http://ow.ly/3hFNO http://ow.ly/3hFOa # @melanie_ching Well, yeah……
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Originality or Frequency
For some time I’ve been grappling with what this blog should be. It’s distinct from www.toddlyons.ca in that the content is broader — less social media and government-focused. While all of the content from that blog ends up being cross-posted here, there are plenty of satirical, technical, and personal bits in this space which won’t…
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Twitter Updates for November 2010
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Gandharvas (11), Blonde Redhead (1) & The Court & Spark (1) #mm http://bit.ly/8YhquK # SunChips bag not too noisy for Canadians: “Once again, Canada proves itself smarter than the ‘land of liberty.’” http://bit.ly/bs1O0W # A Patent Mistake? DOJ’s Reversal on Genes Raising Questions – Law Blog – WSJ…
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Who am I?
Occasionally, in times of stress I think back to the man I once was, recall the activities of his daily life, and think, “I’m a has-been.” Fortunately, I soon remember that in terms of my present-day accomplishments, that person of my past life is also a “never-was.”
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Phase IV – Ottawa/Gatineau Time Warp
IMAG0047, originally uploaded by toddlyons. I love the architecture of Place du Portage IV. It’s still so unabashedly 1970s; evocative of a time and place out of childhood where Ottawa was remote and near-mythical. I never believed as a child, nor as a young adult, that I would ever live or work in the National…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: No Kill I (12), SomaFM (5) & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2) #mm http://bit.ly/d3P3n9 In the 80s, music videos were art and story unto themselves. Exhibit A: “Herbie Hancock: Rockit” | http://bit.ly/arvjXz In the 80s, music videos were art and story unto themselves. Exhibit B: “Thomas Dolby – She Blinded…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24
Making a Facebook clone with Elgg. Have a look. Sign in, even. – http://toddle.ca/elgg/ # My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: No Kill I (12), SomaFM (5) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2) #mm http://bit.ly/d3P3n9 # Android users have downloaded Angry Birds over two million times in three days. Me? Considering it. # Bad name, bad…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17
Why the CBC banned Creative Commons music from its shows | http://bit.ly/9ZTiNf Firefox beta for Android and Maemo phones – http://firefox.com/m/beta Sally Davies McDonalds Happy Meal Project – a set on Flickr – http://bit.ly/cj8tzN Thinking of switching to Linux on your laptop, netbook, desktop, or kids computer? Need a friend in Ottawa to help? I’m…
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Get a Grip
Get a Grip 1, originally uploaded by toddlyons. My wife loves me, This I know, For her gag gifts Tell me so. Just about ever Saturday, my wife brings me home something from the second-hand shop she works at. Often it’s clothes, but occasionally it’s a novelty gift like this one. Yeah, sometimes I do…