Category Archives: Music
iTunes' Golden Ticket
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willie Wonka sends out five Golden Tickets inside candy bars. The winners get an invitation to the mysterious chocolate factory. Alex Ostrovsky received a Golden Ticket of sorts this week from Apple after he … Continue reading
The Wireless iPod
We're having a quasi-Valentine's Day party tonight so I'm trying to get together music that fits my taste (Jayhawks, Wilco, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond) with those of my lovely wife (any thing World Music-ish). Anyway, I just hooked my iPod … Continue reading
An Microsoft xPod?
So Microsoft's thinking of developing an iPod-killer? So says BusinessWeek, which reports that Microsoft hasn't decided whether to go ahead with the “xPod” project yet. My advice is simple: don't do it, Bill, because it's already too late unless you … Continue reading
Bulte Loses; Did the Blogs Help?
In a tight race, Liberal MP Sam Bulte lost her seat in the House of Parliament to Peggy Nash. You have to wonder how much of an impact the blogosphere had given the big election issue in her riding – … Continue reading
Bulte Defends Copyright Reform; Bloggers Respond
For anyone who questions the growing influence of blogs, check out Liberal MP Sam Bulte's editorial in yesterday's Toronto Star. After weeks of criticism from the blogosphere, Bulte finally provided her views on why she supports copyright reform. Mind you, … Continue reading
Sam Bulte's Bad Optics
It took awhile but I waded into the Sam Bulte copyright controversy with this week's column in the Financial Post (it's tucked behind our walled garden so you'll have to buy the paper to read it). I look at the … Continue reading
