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Monthly Archives: June 2010
The weekend Toronto can never forget
First: disclosure. I have no affiliation with any political or activist group. I have previously been a member of the New Democratic Party, I’ve been to my share of rallies and demonstrations, and I generally identify myself as a strongly …
Posted in Politics, Toronto
Tagged bad ideas, G20, protesters, Stephen Harper, tear gas, Toronto
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Critical Mass
On Friday, Tay & I rode in our first Critical Mass. On the last Friday of every month, cyclists in cities across the world meet in their cities’ core and ride en masse around city streets. There is no leader, …
Building a phono preamp, part 2
Turns out this series will have multiple postings, as a result of severe failure. Which I should have been anticipating, probably. In part 1 of this series, I explained our partial success in finding a record player at Value Village, …
Posted in Technology
Tagged bad ideas, electronics, preamplifier, stereo equipment, technology, vinyl
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Earthquake!
So, unless you’re living under a rock, or you really REALLY don’t pay attention to the news, or maybe you’re just not from east-central Canada or the northeastern US, you’ve heard by now that there was an earthquake today in …
Vinyl odyssey part 1
Tay & I have wanted a record player for a while. I sort of inherited my grandfather’s vinyl collection when I moved to Toronto and cleared out mom & dad’s basement for spare dishes and empty boxes. He was from …
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Tagged bad ideas, circuits, electronics, preamplifier, technology, vinyl
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Of Bikes and Bards
Yesterday was a warm day, but it was the first really nice day without a brutal north wind this week, so I hopped on my bike with its new inner tubes to head to work. My “fast” route to work …
Toronto’s progressive political void
Toronto’s 2010 civic elections look to be very disappointing for progressives of all stripes, with local media having decided on an unapologetically right-wing slate of mayoral candidates (except maybe Joe Pantalone), blatantly ignoring the multitude of other candidates completely, snubbing them from “public” debates, and generally avoiding them.
[myth]TV in the bedroom
I’ve been thinking about how to do TV in the bedroom for a while. Like, a while. Because I’m cheap and don’t want to buy a new TV. That’s the simple idea, of course, to get another cheap TV and …
Theme ADD
If you’re a regular reader of my blog, first off thanks, but also you may notice over the next little while many sweeping changes happening to the site. It’s always going to be up for expansion of course, but I’ve …
Another rant about the TTC
It’s Monday morning, 9:30am. At Broadview subway station, on the surface bus platform, a sheet of pink paper is taped to a pillar. It reads “504/505 shuttle bus, BOARD HERE”. A handful of confused riders stand around looking bewildered. This …
