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Reminders of Days Past

Reminders of Days Past

I’m playing with a new tool called MemoLane which Tara introduced me to.  It consolidates all your social media activity into one cronological stream… a Timeline or Lifestream one might say (if you wanted to risk infringement on a what I’m sure are becoming trademarks as I speak). I’m finding it interesting but not really hugely compelling. What I do find compelling is their MemoMail feature which combs your lifestream of social media spaces you’ve configured and sends you a daily email reminding you of something interesting you were up to a couple of years ago on this same date. …

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Tweets for Today

Sorry if this isn’t all that interesting, I’m testing out the ability to create a blog post automagically from twitter tweets. The goal is to find something that will let me publish some of the microblog posts to the CheapEats blogs. [www.cetoblog.com www.ceotblog.com] For things like – “It looks like a new Ali Baba is going in at Church @ Dundas” and “Terroni on Victoria has probably moved to Adelaide… more details soon.” Okay… off to do the dreaded “The guests arrive WHEN?!?!” cleanup. [Blog] Tweets for Today: Sorry if this isn’t all that interesting, I’m testing out the ability…

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Monkey see. Monkey do.

Monkey see. Monkey do.

Inspired by andrea’s recent post with the same title (different punctuation), and for my own amusement, I decided it was time to get this blog rated. “This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words: dead (3x) hell (1x)” If I’m getting PG from that, I’m wondering what some of my reading list will get rated.  So I’m tagging: creampuff, deadrobot, m.tinto, Venus and ScribeMama.

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All Around The World

All Around The World

Have you ever wondered where all your blog hits are coming from?  Who’s reading you and where did they come from?  I’m fascinated by this, so when I read about the new tool globetrackr, I thought I’d plunk it onto my sidebar and see how it worked. I’ve had it up on unsweetened.ca for under a week and already the traffic report indicates readers from around the world.  That gets me wondering who they are, so  I’ve tried guessing who’s in each of these towns.  I’m at a loss for most of them.  Did I get you right? (The naming…

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Light Box For Lexa

Light Box For Lexa

Gerry made me a light box… let’s see what trouble I can get into now. Ger did a GREAT job making this and I love the results so far.Check it out We’re already talking about Lightbox 2.0 for bigger items and shots and I haven’t even had it for 12 hours yet. I am lored!

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Squidoo Two Woo Hoo

After the positive response to Squidoo Lens #1 – Gourmet Gifts, (completely ignoring Venus' comments on my grater-fetish) I figured I'd spend a little time finishing  up Squidoo Lens #2 – my Essential Cookbooks lens.   (Yes, this squidoo thing is almost as addictive as vox… and damned near as easy. But I didn't believe Katr when she said it months ago, why would you believe me?) Yes… yes… there is a point.  I'm testing out the Plexo feature that *should* let me "Add this Plexo list as a widget on your blog, site, forum, whatever."   If this works anyone  who…

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Joby Joins Us

Joby Joins Us

A wonderful gift, so precious and sweet.Our hearts are full, our lives complete.* We welcome our new arrival Joby Gorillapod Thorpe-Clark January 19, 2007 at 4:34pm9.8 inches, 0 pounds, 5.8 ounces Joby is already showing his flexible and playful side to the world. Proud Caregivers: Lex ‘n Ger [No One Cares... #25 - Offer classified information]  * wording thanks to Announcingme.com 1. Gerry, Joby & Juice, 2. More Than Just A Gorllia Pod, 3. Gorilla Pod Man, 4. GorillaPod’s Gonna Getcha!  

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Favourites of 2006

Favourites of 2006

For my birthday last year Gerry bought me a Pro membership on Flickr and this year my gift to myself was to renew it. My “gift” to you is this collage of my photos which flickrites tagged as their favourites from 2006 1. Branching Out In Hemp, 2. Crabapple., 3. Street Grass, 4. Berries To Go, 5. Saturation, 6. Ungodly Early, 7. Bursting with Colour, 8. Speed Past Keele, 9. Raccoon, 10. Nachos, 11. Run Gerry Run, 12. Soap Dome, 13. Foggy Afternoon, 14. OH BOY!, 15. Flaky, 16. Not Your Day, 17. Stripped, 18. Strawberry & Nutella – YUM!,…

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I’m The Answer To Everything.

I’m The Answer To Everything.

I’m posting quickly random bits about my day to address those concerned that I’ve been abducted by aliens. (You know who you are.) For those of you who called, or emailed, or just thought about it.. yes, you got it right, today is my b’day.  My 42nd b’day in fact.  Which means, I’m the answer to Life, the universe and everything.  Though I think the pressure is getting to me, I barely slept last night.  Not due to excitement really… just … well… I’m not sure what. But I watched a LOT of late night tv and it sucked.  So…

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4 Ways My New Cell Kicks Ass!

4 Ways My New Cell Kicks Ass!

Just before heading to the cottage I picked up my brand new cell phone from the folks at Matchstick. it was free. Rannie hooked me up as part of a blogger’s buzz marketing promotion from Matchstick. Free! Now that kicks ass! it has a built in 1.2M camera. I know, everyone has one now… but did your phone take a video of Tiny Tom’s donuts at the Ex? Mine did. all my other tech toys that are all metalic grey, but my new cell phone has a really slick and sophisticated pearlized cover that’s kind of pinky-beige. It makes me…

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Base Camp, Campfire, Backpack, Writeboard, Ta-da List – hunh?

Base Camp, Campfire, Backpack, Writeboard, Ta-da List – hunh?

One of my very smart blogging buddies pointed me towards BaseCampHQ.com in a post the other day. (Which very smart blogging buddy, I can’t remember due to the large quantity of wine consumed at the 40th and 60th b’day parties this weekend… feel free to step forward identify yourself for smart-blogging-buddy  credit!) ANYWAY, the guys over at 37 signals have produced a whole series of award winning Web 2.0 tools for working collaboratively over the hinternet.  Perhaps useful working on restaurant guides with teams in cities that are far. I’ve taken a quick look at their portfolio of apps and…

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I’m Peeking At You

I’m Peeking At You

If you are paying close attention, you might have noticed me peeking at you, kilroy-esque, from your navbar when you are checking out the posts on unsweetened.ca. Or if you are a reader of the CheapEats Toronto blog:  www.cetoblog.com or CheapEats Ottawa blog: www.ceotblog.com – you might have seen one of these or appear in your RSS reader. Inspired by the cool kids and thanks to some expert advice from Kate, I’ve been able to setup favicons for all our blogs.  (okay, I don’t have one for spunkymonkey.ca yet… but hey, when was the last time that guy blogged anything…

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