No blogging today, folks. I’m at a conference in Mont Tremblant, and the Internet here is, as they say, “le sketchy”. And long form blogging on an iPhone hurts my thumbs. But I will see you hep cats back here on Monday.
After 67 years of baffling celibacy, beloved comicbook redhead Archie Andrews will marry cruel heiress Veronica Lodge, forever forsaking hottie-next-door (who bakes!) Betty Cooper and long-term homosexual life partner Jughead Jones. Reggie is likely to remain nonplussed. But the world will never be the same. Archie Comics have announced that an upcoming six-part series will [...]
If you were born between the years 1975 and 1985, congratulations. Your childhood spanned the most culturally interesting period in human history. How else to explain contemporary Hollywood’s ruthless pillaging of cherished shows from this era? Transformers, GI Joe, Thundercats and now…Flight of the Navigator. Walt Disney Pictures has announced plans to remake the 1986 [...]
An announcement on the King streetcar this morning: “This isn’t that Queen car, people. The next person that enters through the back door, I’ll take this car right out of service.” Strong words. Of course, unless the TTC has some sort of ubiquitous omni-intercom wired through all of Toronto, the hypothetical individual who next enters [...]
I prefer steel bikes. Sure, aluminum and carbon fibre is lighter and a bit stiffer. But you can’t beat the smooth ride and clean lines (not too mention the old-school appeal) of a CroMo frame. So, I was pretty excited to see that Specialized is issuing a steel version of their popular fixed/singlespeed Langster. This [...]
I enjoy all of the Call of Duty games, especially the ones where you get to kill Nazi Zombies. But in terms of sheer quality, the jewel in this franchise’s crown has to be Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Infinity Ward’s finest creation is just really, really good. And the multiplayer is epic. COD4 [...]
In the course of an average week, I come across a lot of cool movie trailer. But I usually don’t post them, mostly because they don’t really stand alone interest-wise. But as I awoke this morning, it occurred to me that I could combine many trailers into one awesome post. So here you go. The [...]