Archive for January, 2006

Dr. Davis, telephone please.

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

So there is this sound clip out there, which I originally heard at the beginning Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime album, way back in 1988. Since that time, I’ve heard the clip on hundreds of films and television programs, the fact is if there is a scene in a hospital there seems to be a pretty good […]

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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

How to Win Friends & Influence People - Basic Summary
Like a cliff notes version for doing something which takes more time and dedication than reading the book itself ever will. Never the less, a good refresher.
(tags: advice business)

Extratasty - Drink recipes - Get your Booze on!
I ignored this the first 100 times I saw it, […]

The television habits of cats.

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

This article talks about people claiming their cat’s are more enthralled by television programs ever since they got HDTV. That’s all well and good, but the most interesting part for me was at the end where I learned that the Oxygen cable channel had launched “Meow TV”, a “30-minute program featured videos of birds, squirrels […]

Like throwing pearls to swine.

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

File-swap.com seems to be making the blog rounds as of late. On the surface it’s an interesting concept, upload any file and get another file in exchange. But I wonder if anyone has actually tried it before posting.
Not wanting to fill the system with garbage I took a few moments to look up some quality […]

Cost vs. Value TorCamp Roundtable Notes

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Last night was a TorCamp roundtable discussion on charging clients for the “cost” of what you provide vs. the “value” of the work provided. Judgeing by the notes from the event posted by Jay Goldman it looks like it wasn’t an event to miss if you were interested in the topic.
It’s interesting to me that […]

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Friday, January 13th, 2006

desktop organizer? | Ask MetaFilter
I personally don’t have a need for the suggestions offered in this article, but I thought someone my wife might find it useful.
(tags: organization)

Marketing without Fingerprints.

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Church of the customer has an excellent podcast interview with Bill Samuals Jr., CEO of Makers Mark Whiskey about the role marketing, played in his company’s growth. In this he talks about the potential “snowball” effect that marketing to evangelists can have on a company.
“…and see that’s the snowball that’s got me concerned. It’s ‘cuz […]

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Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Taking Professional Looking Photos Without a Professional
Great resource to have on hand for those times when yoou just need to fake it.
(tags: photography howto tutorial)

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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Toronto streetcar system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia article on the Toronto streetcar system.
(tags: urban canada)

CinemArcade - Whatever
Godzilla, Mothra and all the big Toyoko monsters in an icon set.
(tags: design freeware fun)

pligg-o-rific / published news
Opensource “digg.com” type community news platform.
(tags: web2.0 opensource software)

The Free City of Leslieville (Joe Clark: Leslieville.org)
A website dedicated to the Toronto […]

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Eva Solo teamaker
I’ve been on a tea kick lately, and this looks like a damn sexy way to brew a pot.
(tags: design cooking)