It was July when I decided I'd try hosting a podcast of my own.  With access to the Humble and Fred studio and a thorough knowledge of the back-end of XML and iTunes, I just needed a theme song and an awesome co-host. The theme song, "Toronto Mike'd (City Love)

Someone shared their minimalistic business card on Reddit today and it inspired me to give it a whirl myself. Really, this is all I'd need.  All the pertinent information, including my name, is right here in black and white.

It was ten years ago tomorrow that I changed my personal home page into a blog.  Not a lot of blogs have hit the decade mark, so I'm pretty proud I kept this up.  It's still fun. The Tale of the Tape # of entries (including this one): 11,653# of

I wrote about Mother's Pizza way back in August 2007.  As a kid, that was the local family pizzeria we'd visit and my memories of the restaurant are pretty good. That entry attracted a new comment this month from someone who claims there's a sign in Hamilton on Queenston Road

They're spotting robots everywhere. There are more videos at http://brilliantmach.tumblr.com and on Twitter if you search for the hashtag #brilliantmachines. Am I crazy, or is there a simple explanation of all this?  The Omnibot 2000 lives!

This past Saturday, I found myself in Sherway Gardens.  For the initiated, Sherway Gardens is the go-to South Etobicoke mall, located at the junction of Hwy. 427 and the QEW.  I wasn't there to shop, I was there to walk and rewarded myself with a McDonald's coffee. As I walked,

It's only me. Happy Halloween, everybody.

Keep Calm and Carry On posters have become iconic.  You see them everywhere, in original form or parody, a relic of the second world war. The poster is so iconic you'd be excused if you thought these were all over Britain during WWII.  In reality, they were rarely used by

Something wonderful arrived in the mail today.  I received my copy of The Best of Down Goes Brown, a collection from the funniest hockey blogger I know. I can't remember when I first discovered Down Goes Brown, but it might have been when he was fake Brian Burke on Twitter.

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is a propaganda film by Walt Disney released on January 15, 1943.  It's one of 32 short propaganda films Disney produced for the US government at $4,500 each. It's also in the pubic domain.

This is what you see in Google Maps for a home in Detroit. View Larger Map Nobody said driving the Google Maps car would be easy...

I was lucky enough to get an invitation to RL Solutions' open house today.  RL Solutions is a Toronto-based company that makes healthcare software, and they recently moved into the 23rd floor at 1 Yonge Street. Tonight was an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink bonafide par-tay. I should point out I don't work

I totally meant to snap a pic of my car rolling over to 250,000 kms, but I missed it by that much. Next pic: 500,000 km.

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I made my coffee this morning at 9am. At 2pm, I saw this in the kitchen.  I had completely forgot my morning coffee. It's been that kind of day...

I received an email from Toronto Police Service this morning.  They're going to use their Facebook page to remind Torontonians to use caution along river banks and fast moving waters.  They were searching Google Images for the ideal image to accompany this warning, and they came across a picture I

I was invited to a Ferrari Racing Days VIP Cocktail Party last night.  It was at the Gardiner Museum with food prepared by Jamie Kennedy and I watched Ferrari after Ferrari pull up to the valet parking before I handed Dylan the keys to my Mazda. It was a surreal

This impressed me.  I made plenty of audio cassette recordings of myself being a DJ when I was 12, but damned if I know where any are today. Well played, 12-year old guy.

I wanted a proxy for the Oxfam Trailwalker 2012 100 km hike from Wasaga Beach to Midland and I've found four chicks ready to take the plunge for a good cause.  Actually, I've found 4 chicks in the woods who need your donations. 4 chicks in the woods are Heather

Parking Ticket Guys just bought a textual link on the left side of the home page.  The value isn't so much in the click-throughs as it's SEO.  Search engines dig it. If you're looking for exposure for your company, and improved organic ranking in Google, you may want to join

I have some loose ends I need to tie up, so this entry is a 3-for-1 treat. Oxfam Trailwalker I mentioned I'm looking for proxies to participate in the Oxfam Trailwalker hike from Wasaga Beach to Midland, Ontario.  I've since adopted a team called 4 Chicks in the Woods, which

The fine folks at Ferrari are giving me 10 Ferrari Fan Zone tickets to give away to readers of this blog.  The Ferrari Fan Zone is a dedicated area just for enthusiastic Ferrari and racing fans at the Toronto Indy on July 7 and 8. To enter, go here. This

My July is going to be messy.  I'm literally on call to go to Europe, so I can't commit to participate in the Oxfam Trailwalker.  In the Oxfam Trailwalker, teams of 4 hike 100 km in 48 hours, from Wasaga Beach to Midland. I think it sounds amazing.  Each team