Monthly Archives: July 2007

Hillside Festival: Some Thoughts

Posted on July 30, 2007 by

I am the worst blogger ever. Well maybe not the worst but I have some pretty half assed moments. Like I’m in the car driving back from Hillside, writing this blog on my Blackberry, and looking through my pics for … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia

Posted on July 26, 2007 by

On my endless wanderings over the internet, I find many roads lead back to Wikipedia. Every now and again I’ll add something or make a correction to something totally wrong (see Misinformation). Then after scouring our Dears entry and following … Continue reading →

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Murray’s Food Blog?

Posted on July 25, 2007 by

Since we’ve been home, we’ve been watching a lot of Food Network, and doing a lot of cooking. I actually started a very normal habit of buying Martha Stewart Living every time we go to the Costco (it doesn’t get … Continue reading →

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Abandonned CDRs 2

Posted on July 21, 2007 by

Murray had a very good theory on the CDR thing. We have crackheads who every now and again like to break into cars. So they probably just grab everything they see, then toss away all the CDRs, since they can’t … Continue reading →

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Misinformation

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Where do journalists get their information? Even more frightening is the question of how bloggers get their information. Just this week I’ve read the following: 1) Gang of Losers was written by Krief (link to source): WRONG. If the journo … Continue reading →

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And the Nominees are…

Posted on July 18, 2007 by

Hi…so The Dears have collected a few Canadian nominations for Gang of Losers. The most notable would be the Polaris Music Prize (our answer to the Mercury (UK) or the Shortlist (US)) judged by a jury of I guess Canada’s … Continue reading →

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Abandonned CD-Rs

Posted on July 17, 2007 by

Found this one yesterday. In very bad condition. Why? Read Neighbourhood Phenomenon here.

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Review: Transformers (The Movie)

Posted on July 17, 2007 by

When Murray and I actually have a chance to go to the theatre, it is inevitably to see something with lots of explosions. Our last outing was no exception: we went to see Transformers (or as our friend Renaud would … Continue reading →

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Neighbourhood Phenomenon

Posted on July 14, 2007 by

Every few days, I will leave my house and somewhere on the sidewalk or in the alley I will find a scratched up CD or DVD (see photo), which I am assuming are mixes tossed out of the window of … Continue reading →

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$100 Laptop, Second Part

Posted on July 14, 2007 by

In my post, I talked about this lame situation with the $100 laptop (for students in underdeveloped countries), where the two corporations that were manufacturing them were getting into a price war. Here’s that post, about half way down: Crazy … Continue reading →

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