We got into a (2 1/2 hour) discussion at work today about the direction of our next project. While thinking about how we can push the boundaries of what a website can do, it really struck me how limiting working within a traditional web-browser is. The web-browser really is a compromise. You [...]

I was searching my code-addled brain trying to remember where I’ve seen the new girl on “24″, Marisol Nichols, before and then it hit me: Beverly Hills, 90210!

Are you telling me this season has Doctor Bashir, the dude from “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”, Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius McQueen and Weyoun?! SCHWEET!

UPDATE: Woah, [...]

I was on the CBSC’s website the other day (don’t ask me why), and I noticed they now have a search of all the letters people send them complaining about stuff they saw on television. It’s good to know the lost-art of crazy-people-sitting-at-home-writing-pissed-off-letters is still alive and well in the 21st century

If you [...]

The wait is finally over; the Tricia Helfer Playboy photos have finally made it to the web. I have to say, they are everything I hoped they would be Well, they could have used a cylon basestar

UPDATE: Here’s an ex-playmate revealing some of what goes on in the Playboy mansion. [...]

Chris already noted the new Official Google Mac Blog. The project I’m most excited about at the moment is their implementation of the MacFUSE project.

FUSE is a great userspace filesystem program on Linux that’s used on many projects including flickrfs, GMail Filesystem (gmailfs), crypto filesystems, and many others. I’m sure Google’s work [...]

If you’re Canadian and have recently tried filing your taxes online, ordering a passport, or changing your address, you’re familiar with the ePass Canada system. Chris and I have already detailed how frustrating it is to use, but my experience has also revealed that the system is fundamentally unsecure. Obviously I’m not willing [...]

Let the record show, this was not created by me, but I will laugh at it

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I wrote the charts for a girl I dated in Toronto in December of 2004. We never really meshed on the same level. She stopped dating me shortly after that, and she stole [...]

Screw the iPhone, I’m getting one of these!

(Thanks Ryan)

I had to post this for my girlfriend

(Thanks Neil)

Great, just great Passport Canada. Way to let me fill out my entire passport application online until the final stage, then throw a 500 error. You’re a classy b1tch, Passport Canada.