….be so damn busy? Just in case anyone wanted to know what’s happening around here at the moment, I’m currently involved thusly: 1) Emo Walleye co-chair/tech coordinator/marketing coordinator, six weeks away. Buttloads of stuff to do; 2) Emo Waterpark chair, trying to raise $150,000 to build a waterpark in Emo. Just starting up; 3) Working… Continue reading How can someone who’s unemployed…
1986 April Fool’s in Vancouver
Reading Breitbart.com’s story this morning about the top ten April Fool’s Day hoaxes, I was reminded of what I to this day think was one of the best — ever. Like the hip kids say, Vancouver got punk’d. I remember in 1986, Rock 101.1, a Vancouver radio station, announced that Howard Hughes
Hey! Another link to another site…
I love this idea. Bum Rush the Charts is an effort to use social networks to influence the positioning of a music artist on the charts, without the ‘assistance’ of media monsters and record labels. From their site: We can match and exceed the reach of big media, corporate media, labels, and the entrenched interests.… Continue reading Hey! Another link to another site…
Clark, The Canadian Hockey Goalie
Courtesy of Tyler G, hilarity from Video Dog @ Salon.com. By the way, Video Dog — your embed code is a nightmare.
One-deal-a-day sites
I was checking out The Tyee, a BC-based online mag, and noticed an ad in the sidebar for “Hammer Drop. One Product. One Deal. Every Day.” It turns out that Hammer Drop is a product of Home Depot, but is virtually identical to the offbeat one-deal-a-day site and (I think) the originator of the idea,… Continue reading One-deal-a-day sites