Hey folks, you should check out this concert series coming to Toronto called New Noise Live.
It features some really great up-and-coming artists from Canada(yes artists, not Will.I.Am types who fart into a Moog and call it music).
"The New Noise Live is a monthly showcase, providing a professional platform for independent Canadian artists to present their music to industry professionals and music fans alike."
I had the pleasure of creating the website for the series so you may think i'm a little biased, but you'd be wrong. As a music lover, this is the kind of monthly event i keep...
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my hero of the day this time is very difficult for me to put into words. this week we here in canada lost not only a great politician (yes they do exist from time to time), but also a generally great man who truly loved our country and did everything he possibly could to make us the great nation he knows we can be.
Jack Layton was a rare breed in the world of politics. his love of canada and the people in it has been very well documented. you can find numerous stories of his passionate support of environmental issues, cyclists, the LGBT community and so on. you know those bike posts...
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Dear Mr. Ford,
On Sunday, June 26, 2011 my family, friends and I participated with thousands of others from all over Ontario in the Walk Now for Autism in Toronto. This was my family's 4th year participating in the annual event and we've seen it grow each year in attendance and funds raised. My nephew has autism. His name is Ethan and he is without a doubt one of the best things that's ever happened to me.
We gathered at Nathan Phillips Square around 8:30am to meet with other families who have been touched by Autism. The kids were kept entertained by bouncy castles, games, face painting...
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hello all.
i know i never blog much here, and i know that for the 2 of you who read this(my mum and myself), it's quite painful to not hear random nonsense from me on a daily basis. well, it's a new year and i thought why not start blogging more?! then i remembered i don't have a lot of free time to blog and threw that idea out the window, but i will try my best to at least post more regular updates.
with that in mind, here's my first post of 2011 and it's aptly nerdy. i found a post the other day from the good folks at Web Designish of the 38 best CSS3 tutorials of 2010. there's...
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the title should actually read 'hero of pretty much always' but then i'd have to create a new category and section for it and...well, i'm lazy. today's hero : ok go!
i've loved these guys since 2002-ish when a whopping 2 copies of their self-titled debut were shipped to the record store i worked at during that time. i loved the cover and gave it a listen on my break. by the end of my 15 minute break, i had purchased the cd and it still remains one of my favourite music purchases to date. i also got in some crap by my boss because i put their cd on the stereo in the store, when we were...
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