Upcoming AuctionsThursday, February 28, 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:10 -0500 by DM SharedOn March 15th and 16th, 2008, Guernsey's Auction House will be auctioning off Anthony Pugliese's pop culture collection at The Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. It's expected that the auction will net more than $5 million.
New Canadian MusicThursday, February 28, 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:23 -0500 by DM SharedThe CRTC has a new plan to define what an "emerging artist" is and what can be defined as a "hit" in order to increase the amount of new Canadian music played on the radio. Presently, the CRTC requires radio stations to play at least 35% Canadian music, but there are no specific requirements for how much of that music has to be from new, emerging artists. Radio stations are loosely complying by playing only established, recognizable Canadian music which, most of the time, is 15+ years old...
MacBook Pro ProblemsMonday, February 25, 2008 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:15:18 -0500 by DM BlogLately I've been having some hardware issues with my MacBook Pro and some bad luck in dealing with AppleCare. A lot of you have been asking how things are progressing with these issues so I've decided to keep you all up-to-date through my blog. I'll also post any updates to these issues below, as comments to this post.
Winter 2008 Road TripWednesday, February 13, 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:00:19 -0500 by DM BlogMichelle and I rented a car last weekend with the intention to take Lorenzo & Daisy (our dogs) to their vet appointment on Friday. It turned out that Daisy isn't due for her shots until next month and Lorenzo not until July 2009 so we had to reschedule. We didn't want a perfectly good car rental (and weekend) to go to waste, so we decided to take a spontaneous road trip.
Earth Hour 2008Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:30:56 -0500 by DM SharedToronto, Ottawa and now Montreal have signed up for Earth Hour 2008. (There are already numerous Earth Hour groups on Facebook...) But somehow I get the feeling that Calgary will never sign up. Why is that?
Segregated SchoolsSaturday, February 2, 2008 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:30:10 -0500 by DM SharedOn Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Toronto District School Board Trustees voted 11 to 9 in favor of an Afrocentric school to open in September 2009, amongst three other "recommendations for improving success for Black students". You can imagine the amount of controversy that's been created...
I'm Credulous, Not GullibleFriday, February 1, 2008 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:30:32 -0500 by DM BlogI was searching the internet the other day and came across a very interesting site. I always use Google when searching on the net and if I don't find what I want on the first results page, I seldom check past the first page of results. Instead, I'll refine my search criteria to find what I'm looking for.
