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Archive for April, 2006
Nintendo Wii
The new Nintendo system has gotten an official name.
Canadian Artists Fight For Fans
The Barenaked Ladies, Sum41, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Billy Talent, Broken Social Scene, Sloan and more Canadian artists have created a new coalition against suing file-sharers, and against digitally locked files (for example, everything on iTunes). The CMCC site outlines their policies, and their initial press release. The Nettwerk music group, home to some of these artists, has spoken up on these issues before. (Thanks to Slashdot for the link)
Video games are not the same as real life
However, it can be funny when people pretend it is.
Prince of Persia
Tetris
Super Mario (Don’t try this one at home!)
Katamari Damacy
Paperboy
Using The Internet at Work? No Problem!
A judge in New York has ruled that casual Internet usage at work is like reading a newspaper or taking a personal call on the phone. Thanks for the link, Slashdot!
Rube Goldberg Machines of the Week
Some neat little Rube Goldberg machines made by some Japanese.
Thanks to Danipage.com for finding these videos.
End of a CIRA-Era
The CIRA, known best for their 21 cents per-CD levy and their inability to sue file sharers, may be falling apart. Does this mean the end of the CD levy? Or the calm before the war on file sharing starts in Canada? Perhaps we should ask Sam Bulte.
Race in the City
Ever wanted to go on The Amazing Race, but didn’t think you could make the cut? Or perhaps frustrated because of their overly strict requirements?
Well Toronto’s “Race In The City“, presented by some avid Scrabble players, may offer you the fix you need. Director Heather McCall blogs about the available spots in the 2006 season, which includes various themed editions all summer long.
Lost ARG
That’s right folks. An official Lost ARG is coming soon. To quote from the article:
ABC, Channel 4 Television in the U.K, and Australia Channel 7 will launch the “Lost Experience,” a revolutionary interactive experience based on the international hit television series, “Lost”. Working together, more than 30 broadcasters from Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East will release clues with new information regarding the mystery and mythology of the island featured in the series. Fans looking to solve the puzzle will find audio, video, and text clues in locations around the world, along with an online community in which to connect and collaborate with others. Just like any other good mystery, clues can and will happen anywhere at anytime across multiple platforms.
Oh, and Discussion is always ongoing at UnFiction.
Toronto of the Future
The Toronto Star had a feature in their Sunday edition involving various essays on the potential future for the city. An introduction by Mayor David Miller is followed by ideas about reaching out to more ethnic groups, how to tackle the hot-button gun issue, and legalizing all drugs.
The main spread features a collection of articles that try to solve the commuting problem that has been steadily getting worse in the GTA. 
Jennifer Wells writes about the idea of the Velo-City, a series of highways for biking (and perhaps roller-blading as well). Gabe Gonda references Andrew Alfred-Duggan’s Toronto Rapid Transit Guide of the TTC. This popular imagining of a subway map set in the future includes express lines in the downtown core, an Eglinton line that stretched from the airport to Guildwood, extending the Bloor line to Square One and the zoo, and a few new lines as well. This map was notably featured in uTOpia.
To top it all off, Rita Daly writes about the idea of a inter-connected mini cities built around train hubs, such as Oshawa, Peterborough and Barrie. The idea of building places of work directly into these destinations reduces the need for last-mile bus networks and allows urban transit providers to focus on dedicated regular service between major hubs, reducing the need for workers to commute from suburb to suburb.
