On geograhic content restriction

I’ve seen some amazing touring exhibits of Egyptian and Roman antiquities.  What if the geographic restrictions that corporations use to limit the viewing of online content were applied to physical art?  This piece by Paul Mutant puts it in perspective.

Firefox wants… a day off?

I LOLed my dog. It was actually one of my kids who asked me if he was a Firefox.

Phase IV – Ottawa/Gatineau Time Warp

IMAG0047, originally uploaded by toddlyons. I love the architecture of Place du Portage IV. It’s still so unabashedly 1970s; evocative of a time and place out of childhood where Ottawa was remote and near-mythical. I never believed as a child, nor as a young adult, that I would ever live or work in the National [...]

Children Really Are Animals

IMAG0030, originally uploaded by toddlyons. I walk past this sign every day on the way to my office. Am I the only one that’s struck by the amusing juxtaposition of children and animals? Thankfully, my kids are allergy-free, but just the same I’d prefer if they weren’t fed by passing strangers.

Bad name, bad placement, bad… bad.

IMAG0005, originally uploaded by toddlyons. I saw this at the Uniprix pharmacy near my workplace. I’m not sure what the marketers were thinking when they named the product. I’m not aware of too many runaway best sellers (well, any) where the treatment was named after the disease.  Evidently, someone slept through that semester of university… [...]

Get a Grip

Get a Grip 1, originally uploaded by toddlyons. My wife loves me, This I know, For her gag gifts Tell me so. Just about ever Saturday, my wife brings me home something from the second-hand shop she works at.  Often it’s clothes, but occasionally it’s a novelty gift like this one. Yeah, sometimes I do [...]

On FarmVille…

Constance Bay Business (?) District

I haven’t seen that sort of open advertisement of adult services outside of Amsterdam. Oh Canada! Constance Bay, it turns out, has not designated its downtown a red-light district, despite what its signs may have indicated. The City of Ottawa sign, which was erected about a month ago, directed travellers to Constance Bay’s “business district” [...]

…Because the Cops Were Chasing Him

I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me…

At my workplace, people will periodically upload snapshots of their workspace to allow remote co-workers a virtual visit via Twitter.  I was asked to contribute this photo on Friday. Visible are: An obviously fake Master of Locksmithing degree from Yale University, a Doctor of Esotericism degree from Billy Bo Bob University, Opus the penguin, a [...]