Press Record.

Hiya, these are those services I was talking about.
Both websites are horrendously terrible. But hell, at least it works.

Vbuzzer Callback
The first is completely free (for now) at least and requires no sign up or credit card information at all.
Call 416-273-8883. It will ring busy, costing you no outgoing minutes. Vbuzzer will call you back, asking you to tap in a number, which it then dials and connects you. The downside is it will call you back, but you'll need to then type in the number you wish to dial manually.
Great if you've memorized the number, otherwise you'll need to look it up before the process
http://www.vbuzzer.com/callback.php

MobileMiser
Requires a signup, but no creditcard unless you need to top up your minutes.
This service gives you 8 callback numbers that you match to frequently dialed numbers.
You dial the number paired to your friend, you'll get a busy tone and it calls you back as Vbuzzer does.
The difference is the service then calls you, and immediately after you pick up, begins ringing your friend.
Whether they are in Canada or the United States, minutes are 4.9cents. You get 40 minutes free (2.00 credit)
if you add the "secret word" miser.
http://mobilemiser.com

For dead cheap traditional long distance using traditional outgoing minutes, I use both http://Callzone.ca and http://644free.com/.
Onlinetel (Callzone's parent company) ran the hugely successful "Labatt Blueline" service in 2002/3, and now has a yearly flat rate for most southern Ontario for $37.50.

http://644free.com/ began around the same time as BlueLine, and follows a similar model, listen to a 15 second ad, get access to an expanded local calling area.

Here's Brighton's Darren Foreman, also known as Beardy Man, also known as the beatbox champion of the United Kingdom.
He's not a real woman, but all the sounds are real and they're made with his real mouth.
Hopefully this will distract you for another six days while I get round to writing something bloggy.
Look at the funny man in a wig. Look at the funny man in a wig...
*Types frantically.*
clever text stolen from fatroland

Share the Love - Hug Day Jan 27th

On Saturday January 27th, Torontonians from of all walks of life are invited to spontaneously hug by the thousands at 3 pm at Nathan Phillips Square. The amazing candy pop band, the Bicycles will be on stage and at 3
and will ask for a mass hug.

Mass hugging is becoming an international trend some say in response to a gloomy world state of affairs. Hug Day is being put on by the Toronto Hug Coalition which also points that hugging has incredible health benefits including stress reduction and boosting the immune system as well as
improving your outlook.

Saturday January 27th, Share the Love in Nathan Phillips Square, at 3pm for
Hug Day.

Shout Out Out Out Out
Lee's Palace, Toronto,
Sat, Mar 3, 2007 09:00 PM
$13.50

 

 

If you have tickets for Saturday, please get sick and give them to me.
Seriously.

Labels: places

Introducing the Heroes 360 Experience
As dark forces gather to spell doom for the city of New York, it's become clear that the Heroes universe is missing one more person who can help stop this terrible disaster.
That person is you.
Each week, immerse yourself in the Heroes 360 Experience where you become part of this season's biggest hit. Through original content created specifically for TV, online, and mobile, the Heroes 360 Experience lets you explore, interact, and discover exciting new characters, sneak peaks, new and expanded storylines and much more.
So be sure to log on each week to NBC.com (and mobile WAP site) to participate in the Heroes 360 Experience where you become part of the show that everyone is talking about.

-I totally missed this, I know video archives of the full shows don't work in Canada (100miles outside of North America) without some "finesse" but it'll be interesting to see if they make the extra content region free.

Labels: tv

Are you ready?

edit: "In Sudbury, about 100miles outside of Ontario..." c'mon heroes
uhh durr? Try 237 miles outside of Toronto maybe? Sudbury is in Ontario, but I'm sure our provincial bredren enjoyed the nod.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ramsey

Other than the broken geography, an awesome episode thus far.
in other news:
Panda is now sick too, the circle is complete.

Labels: tv

http://www.tribemagazine.com/board/showthread.php?t=127972

missed this... was sickly and catatonic by 10:00. rock on.
Reviews here:http://www.tribemagazine.com/board/showthread.php?t=128891
Freddy Fresh and King Sunshine next month?

Free concert series coming up @ Nathan Phillips Square
The Philosopher Kings Friday, January 26 8 pm
Sloan Saturday, January27 8 pm
Mobile Friday, February 2 8 pm
The New Pornographers Saturday, February 3 8 pm
+others

see more at: City of Toronto: WinterCity 2007

One Laptop per Child

Video URL: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid79489195/bclid60818931/bctid336122058

Video Description:
The creators of a cheap, networked, rugged laptop want to change the world.

From MIT's: Technology Review

Friday January 12th, 8 - 11pm
Promise Dj Skating Party at Harbourfront Centre

Ever let a whole winter slip by without going skating? You should go at least once a year and so you should come to this. Children are totally welcome, or bring a date, or even a bunch of rowdy friends for fresh air before going out clubbing. This was an awesome evening last year so really make a point of coming out. Here's the information:

DJs
Violet (deep dub)
Benjamin Boles (funk and disco)
Jonny White (techno and house)

We've again been invited by Harbourfront Centre to host a skating night down at the Natrel rink. It's a truly gorgeous venue with a stunning view right beside the water. The rink is outdoors and there's an indoor bar service, snack shop, and complimentary hot chocolate supplied by the rink sponsor Natrel, which is nice.
If you don't have skates, rentals are available at the rink as well as lockers and a sharpening service for your old blades. Owing to the high romantic quotient of this event we recommend you bring someone to snuggle.
And, as it's Irving birthday that weekend, we'll be celebrating it at the rink on friday. If you have a birthday coming up and would like to celebrate it there too that would be great, let us know and please come down. The music ends at 11pm sharpish, so come down nice and early.

Info on Harbourfront Centre events:
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/news
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=internal&addtohistory=&latitude=vbD5cQZZR%2bw%3d&longitude=LDjyKMDwmNc%3d&name=Harbourfront%20Centre&country=CA&address=235%20Queens%20Quay%20W&city=Toronto&state=ON&zipcode=M5J%202G8&phone=416%2d973%2d4000&spurl=0&&q=Harbourfront%20Centre&qc=Theatres%2dLive

Update and strategy on summer Cherry Beach parties.

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-01-04/music_vibes.php
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-12-28/news_story.php
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-10-05/news_story4.php
http://spacing.ca/wire/?p=1233

Thanks to Now magazine and Spacing and others who have taken notice about the changing situation down at Cherry Beach this year and are supporting our intentions. We are currently embarking on a strategy to find out how to continue our Sunday Afternoon Soundsystems as an ongoing part of the city. There are numerous examples of similar events all over the civilized world - so for Toronto it's an obvious match.
If you have tips or suggestions or moral support to offer us, we would very much appreciate it. If you are in a local arts or political or business organization and would like to offer a few official words of local support for these events, that will serve to help our case as a community. As well, if you have any interested contacts in City Council, these are the people who decide on all our behalf the type of city we live in, so pass on any contacts who will help us. Thanks recently for advice from Yvonne of Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington market, Alex D from Tribe, Mike Layton from Environmental Defense, Ari from the drumming circle group and Frances from Moog Audio.

Thanks, and see you at the rink on friday!
cheers,
David and Irving

1. go to any website
2. delete everything in the address bar
3. paste the following code in the address bar:

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from digg.com ->http://www.destructoid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1271

basically takes every graphic on the page, ranks them by size, then sends them spiraling around the page in a set pattern. crazy.

a word from Amon Tobin:
"for the past eight months I've been collecting field recordings for work on a new album. it's the first time I've ever done this. the process is completely at odds with how I normally do things (strictly from vinyl) and involves machines and animals as well as people, none of which I can claim to fully understand."

Trailer 1: from the upcoming documentary "Foley Room" to be released in March, 2007 along with his new album.



Trailer #2