As you may already know, Paul Farmer is a personal hero of mine–and he’ll be in Montreal tomorrow. At noon, he’ll be speaking with Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne at UQAM and at 5:30pm they’ll be speaking at Concordia. Here’s a taste of the kind of thing those going to see him will be in for [...]
The new Beastie Boys video, directed by MCA, has premiered that features fresh new tracks from the New York threesome. The music is refreshingly amazing. Almost a psychedelic take on hip hop that I’ve never heard before. Nice indeed. But also, this almost-thirty minute video has so many actor cameos it’s incredible. It stars Danny [...]
I hope none of my profs read this because I’m about to completely regurgitate a story that was told in class today. It’s a short story and it involves a very famous statistician, Abraham Wald, who worked for the British Airforce during World War II. The basic idea was simple. Being a mathematician, they asked [...]
Most participants do not run a marathon to win. – Wikipedia On Sunday I will be honouring Wikipedia’s knowledge by trying not to win my first marathon. When I mention I’m running the marathon, the first question I get is: “Crazy. How long is a marathon?” The answer, 42.2km, usually prompts this question: “Weird. Why [...]
My apologies to those outside of Montreal for taunting you with an event like this but, those who live in this great city should head over to Santropol Roulant‘s Iron Chef Cook-Off tomorrow (Thursday) night. From their Facebook page: Come join us for Santropol’s first ever Iron Chef cook-off! The event will take place on [...]
It’s Friday! Get outside! Unless you’re at work. Then get back to work. But put your earphones on and listen to Gimmee Gimmee from Bonjay’s 2009 EP of the same name. Some love for this Toronto duo include making CBC’s top ten Canadian bands to break out in 2010 and two appearances on The Mirror’s [...]
My grandmother turns one hundred years old today. Every time I visit her I ask her about what it was like to grow up on the frontier in Saskatchewan in the first half of the twentieth century. That was a long time ago. My favourite story, one I’ll never forget and one I think of [...]
Starting today at 11am ET, researchers at UC San Diego will begin slicing up a human brain into about 2,400 slices each thinner than a human hair. The project will be carried out in one continuous session and you have front row seats. The entire 30-hour event can be viewed via a live video feed [...]
Meet Jamie Couper. If there’s one thing I could say about this guy it’s that he’s dedicated. Dedicated to highballing Pilsner intake under the waning harvest moons of Manitoba skies and clearly dedicated to fighting prostate cancer. This moustache is so delicately perfect I almost wonder whether he consciously pushed it out of his face [...]
“Hi Montreal! It’s beautiful to be here, in digital form. This is our first time visiting another country as a band, we hope you will listen with warm welcome. That’s Ryan from the band Candy Claw saluting the Montreal internauts during the band’s Montreal “stop” of their virtual tour. They’ve searched out local blogs to [...]
