Personally I'd be put off by the use of Bogart's face in that montage (never mind the hole in the elbow, which I didn't see until I tilted my glossy screen.)

I'd like to know where exactly; I'd pop round and see for myself.

I don't know McTeague from Adam, but it sounds like I'll be writing some more letters to MPs today.

And I will indeed use the nefarious powers of the internet to 'threaten' politicians whose policy positions I dislike. It's part of my democratic right as a Canadian citizen, just like writing a letter to my MP.

@14 - I'm feeling a bit green with envy over that house!!

I have my bookshelves on an exterior wall, but given that I rent (and thus am moving every year or two), I've had to cap my numbers at around 500. Even so, that's still a lot of books to shift.

Totally love Cory's office; it looks comfortable, cosy, and with enough interesting stuff that I imagine most of his visitors are hard-pressed to leave.

I'm currently looking for a new ISP (I'm a Shaw customer in Western Canada), and I'm at the point where I really can't find an ISP that doesn't throttle its traffic, or have its traffic throttled by the telco that it leases from.

Does anyone have a list of ISPs that don't throttle?

@19 - Bowie did the sensible thing, and it was 10 years and $55million. I bet he invested it... Jacko probably frittered it away.

I wonder if these wealthy fans will manage to 'save' Neverland or not. Hopefully not.

Awesome idea - almost makes me wish I was in highschool again so I could take advantage :)

Looking good BBers!

@4 - is it because Cory's wearing a hat? Or that Xeni's the one without glasses? Or that Pesco hasn't any hair?

Antinous, I'd buy two - one for each cat. But I wouldn't be putting glasses of water on top, because if they start startling each other, that water's not going to last very long...

I know I've had a long day when I read the headline as "Methblogs"...

The bottom line is not always about money. Any company that micromanages their employees like that deserves to lose money.

I'd like one of those key switches to be rigged to the outlets for the television, so then I wouldn't have to listen to my roommate watching tv all night long.

@ Kit: That advert was really dreadful.

I was aware of her work with the French resistance, but I don't think it was ever covered in her autobiography, or in recent films (La Mome).

Congratulations!!
Absolutely fantastic news to wake up to this morning.

Glad to hear it - I've been waiting for it to be more than just the USA.

@ Powers (#1) - I'm in Rob Anders' riding, where a lamppost with a Conservative sign on it could win the election. Nevermind that we're also the riding of the University of Calgary. Too many stalwart Tories here.

Happy Birthday BoingBoing :)

My electric kettle is my best friend - I use it many times daily (esp. when I'm not at work). So this Canadian finds it as useful as the Brits. I even grew up with electric kettles, though my mother did have a stovetop one for awhile. I used to hate how long it took for the water to heat though.

Definitely an essential kitchen gadget, and well worth the (very little) counter space it takes up in my small flat.

I was at Disneyland once, in '98, and the improv of the Jungle Cruise and the Haunted Mansion were the best parts of the park. (Sure beat the cruddy Mulan-themed parade).

Such a shame to squelch the improv. :(

The Source (by CC) store nearest to me has had some helpful sales people, but I rarely ever expect sales people in retail in general to be very smart. The turnover rate in retail jobs here (from what I can tell) is pretty stepp, and even in my current job, the long-lived employees have only been there 1.5yrs.

These days I usually do my research online, then figure out what store might have what I need.

I bet Cory would get one of these capsaicin molecule ones :)

I sent another round of succinct emails first thing this morning; I'll continue to update and send more emails throughout the entire process if they don't change things up. I hope that now it has been delayed they will actually take the public's view into account in wording the bill.

It's a shame I have to work and can't get to the open house. I will be calling though, and expressing my regret.

I have doubts that my MP will even get off his butt to do anything (I am unfortunate enough to live in Rob Anders' riding!) but I will definitely be sending letters to Jim Prentice, Anders, and the lot. Does Mr Geist have a form letter of some sort that I could alter to my tastes?

That is incredibly scary to read. However, that it is happening in the UK doesn't surprise me (as previous posters have mentioned) - the UK is home to a massive CCTV network, among other things.

I would hope that this doesn't pass, though.

Which torrent client for Mac uses encryption?

I'm pretty sure my ISP (Shaw cable in Canada) screws with Bittorrent too... it takes ages to download anything, and I have to reload the program when it slows to a tiny trickle.

I suspect there are more ISPs than we know who control their Bittorrent traffic.

I recently had to call to the Apple support line as my Macbook's battery was drastically losing capacity. (I'd found out that it was within the period where I could get a free replacement).

No matter when I call (early morning, later evening, etc.) I am nearly always on hold for at least half an hour. I've given up believing that "Based on current times, your wait should be X minutes long or less..."

I ended up having to call them again when I needed the DHL package re-routed to my work instead of my home address, and I was bounced around a couple times, again with more time on hold. And I've repeated my work address so often that it's burned into my brain.

So, overall, yeah, what I needed to get done was done, but I would've been much happier if I could have done it in less time. And I wish that there was an Apple store here, as I'd've just made an appointment with the Genius bar instead.

when and where are the events in Vancouver and Calgary? I popped by the website but couldn't find any info. Thanks :)

Would be interesting if I actually had a floppy drive...

I'd certainly be bored to tears with this sort of game, but I know my cousins (girls of varying ages) would probably enjoy them. That being said, it would be one game of many, with most being more action or quest oriented.

(and just a quick note that my mother is addicted to the Mario games on the DS... and she's nearly 50. I can't see her playing anything really girly.)

It seems like pricing (though I too had to sign up via my current eMusic account) and it signed me up at $9.99/month for one audiobook, and I could upgrade to $19.99 for two (eMusic Audiobook Plus). And there's also the annual subscriptions, which offer a discount, but I couldn't get to those until I'd already signed up...

I'm not overly impressed with how that was done, but I may try out the service for awhile. I like audiobooks, and I'm glad they're DRM free. I've avoided audiobooks on iTunes due to the DRM.

I've stopped buying CD-Rs because of the copying levy, even though I only was using them for data backups. They don't yet charge the levy on DVD-Rs, so I use those instead.

Of the dozen or so albums I've purchased in the last few months, the majority were purchased at shows, or were direct downloads. The more money that goes to the artists, the better.