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Free HDTV for all of Toronto and Vancouver… and nobody knows
I walked into a Best Buy store in Toronto a few weeks ago, and asked a sales assistant: “How do I get all of the main US stations (ABC,...
Jan 31, 2011
The Buffer Zone
Canada is a big and small country; big in size, comparably small in population. People drive in biggish cars, live in biggish houses and...
Dec 19, 2010
Stand Up Paddle Boarding – the best exercise nobody knows about
Here’s a video of me doing SUP Boarding down in Costa Rica. This is a relatively new sport / exercise that has a lot of potential to...
May 18, 2010
Will the magic of Panini stickers ever die digitally?
As a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970’s and 1980’s, I used to collect hockey cards. The company that manufactured them was...
May 3, 2010
BBC 6 Music Fans – Use Your Brand Brains
Thanks to Paul, the webmaster of the immensely popular activist site www.love6music.com for placing my article about BBC 6 Music on the...
Apr 25, 2010
Acronymity in Canada
Where do you buy liquor in Ontario? The Liquor Control Board of Ontario store of course. LCBO for short. How about Manitoba? Manitoba...
Apr 19, 2010
Disney World’s Restaurantosaurus and co-branding (or lack of)
In the Dino-land area of Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park, there’s a small restaurant that looks like this: After a fun morning...
Jan 27, 2010
I’ve never tasted a flame grill
Tastes like what? I tried this Burger King branded potato chip-type-snack (processed potato kind of like Pringles). Flavour Advertised:...
Jan 4, 2010
Twenty-Ten or Two-Thousand-Ten?
In 1901 they said nineteen-oh-one In 1910 they said nineteen-ten Nineteen-Hundred and One-Thousand-Nine-Hundred were both hard to say, so...
Dec 31, 2009
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