Google no longer has CBC in technical difficulties
March 31, 2006
A couple of days ago I posted a screen grab from a Google search, where CBC.CA’s subhead was “Experiencing Technical Difficulties”.
On the 30th Jason MacDonald from CBC’s PR department commented:
I suspect that this is showing up on Google because we were down for about 4-1/2 hours on Monday. It should disappear once Google crawls us again (hopefully today or tomorrow).
Today, the 31st, Google’s got it back to normal.
Wacky CBC
March 29, 2006
Here’s something.
Open up Google.
Search CBC.
The site’s working fine, so what’s with Experiencing Technical Difficulties ?
Maybe it’s a new show.
Sphere: Related ContentMagnolia time
March 29, 2006
British Columbia is busting out all over with blossoms.
This is one of the many varieties of Magnolia in our front yard.
Another good reason to by a 3,000 $ laptop
March 27, 2006
While strolling through a local electronics shop, I noticed that they had a new Mac hooked up to a projector and a big screen.
There was a lineup of people jostling to get in front of the machine.
But they weren’t lining up to try out the hot new Mac w/Intel chip.
They were lining up to play with Photo Booth’s crazy image mangler.
Nothing sells computers better. This effect is called Twirl.
Great for the kids who could spend all day playing with Twirl on my new MacBook Pro.
However, a far more realistic effect I’ve discovered is this one.
It’s called Bald, and wow is it ever realistic.
Look at this!
Another crap day in Vancouver
March 25, 2006
Former Guess Who Front Man Does Dauphin
March 23, 2006
Wow. In their heyday, the Guess Who would barely look out the window as they flew over Dauphin. Even in their less-than-heydays, they’d barely slowdown. Mind you, former Guess Who guitarist Kurt Winter (now deceased) was from Dauphin, and we used to see him up there occasionally.
But this is big news. Burton Cummings, the man who fronted the Guess Who when their 60’s hits kept the Beatles from hitting Number 1 on the Billboard charts, the very same Burton Cummings, is opening the new Credit Union Place in Dauphin.
He doesn’t own it or anything - he’s just opening it.
Holy Moly.
That picture of Burt has got to be 30 years old. It might even be at one of those shows the Guess Who did at Rainbow Stage in Winnipeg. That was me in row 12 going ‘wooowoo’.
And check out this pricing. “Default, Hedley and Guests” are 40 bucks, and one of the biggest names in rock history is only 60 bucks. More Dauphin bargains for you. I kinda doubt he hauls out the white grand piano for 60 buck-a-head gigs (tax and service charges included!).
I wonder if Burt’ll make an appearance at my old station CKDM (now thoroughly country I believe). What d’ya think Bruce? I’ll bet there’ll be more than a few 50-something babes cruising the stage door at the Credit Union Place after this gig.
I’ve met Burt exactly twice.
Once at his ‘after’ party when he was the host of the Juno Awards. The Toronto cops showed up at the party suite after some idiot called them because he dropped his wallet in the toilet. Toronto’s finest spent a few minutes at the door talking with Tiny (”nothing going on here officers”) then left after someone fished the billfold out of the john.
The second time was in Vancouver when he was a guest on Coast to Coast, a radio show I produced for CBC. He was totally charming.
So Burt, have a great show in my old home town, and do let me know what a Credit Union Place is, exactly.
Sphere: Related ContentAuthor Nathan Sellyn
March 17, 2006
We’re starting up the new season of podcasts for Raincoast Books with an amazing new young writer named Nathan Sellyn.
He’s still in his 20’s and creates characters that are gritty, flawed, and ever so real. Nathan’s first book is a collection of stories called Indigenous Beasts. One of the benefits of doing the podcasts with Raincoast is that I get advance copies of the books, and this one I couldn’t put down.
We’ve got a short preview podcast out now, and a full length interview coming next week.
Subscribe to the podcast at feeds.feedburner.com/raincoast
You can also get it for free at the iTunes store, just search ‘Raincoast’.
The book is also for sale at Chapters.Indigo and Amazon.
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