Via Boing Boing: In an attempt to circumvent city signage bylaws Audi defrauded the city of Toronto by applying for fake film permits. Audi wanted to erect six foot signs to advertise their new TT automobiles. They applied to the city of Toronto for permits to shoot a fictional film from the Film and Television…
Sign Of The Apocalypse #54
Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher will be having a candlelight dinner together. Why are they having dinner together? Well, apparently they want to see if they can rekindle their romance. You remember their romantic tale. It ended with Joey going to jail for a few months for statutory rape and Amy serving seven years after…
Wilkins Can Shut Up Now
The drone of criticism, coming from the US on Canadian copyright law is growing thicker. But under no circumstances should Canada follow the US lead on this issue. The state of copyright law in the US has become ridiculous. It’s almost as though the large US media companies have decided that litigation, not sales, should…
Just For Laughs, Indeed
If someone told you the American network ABC had just announced one of its upcoming midseason series (what replaces the crap in the fall) would be the original version of a Canadian series (a pretty historic thing), could you guess that Canadian series? Degrassi? Already a big hit on digital – which does kinda mean…
Listen to Young Canadian First Nations Girl Tell the World!!
Call me a cynic but in many ways I do agree with the Olympic Games protesters but certainly not their methods.What was once a world stage focused on amature sports has now evolved into a mega billions corporate greed event where winning is the goal at just about any cost; performance enhancement drugs, some medals…
Microsoft Claims they own Linux
Since it’s inception in 1991, Linux, an open source operating system, has been worked on by thousands of developers. It was seen by many to be a viable alternative to Microsoft’s (proprietary, expensive, unstable and security deficient) Windows operating system. The idea behind Linux and the software that goes with it, like other open source…
Expo 67 and DNTO
Passing along the email from the folks at Definitely Not the Opera in it’s entirity. Hello DNTO listeners, DNTO’s got an exciting project coming up, and we’re looking for your help. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Expo ’67, a turning point in Canadian culture. To celebrate, we’re marking the anniversary by devoting our…
CBC on YouTube
Via the Hour’s blog: the CBC has finally gotten themselves a YouTube channel. – Not much there right now, but there are a few from Jill Deacon, Rick Mercer and a few from the archives. Including this old Jim Carrey interview about “Earth Girls are Easy”
Keep The Car Running
A performance by the Arcade Fire on Saturday Night Live. The New York City audience was excited to see them. This is a great example of the following AF has around the world.