All quickies
Rogers is now using pictures of crying children to trick me into signing up for digital TV service
EVER SIGN UP. I get mail from them every week in unmarked envelopes with similar
images — maybe all the postage is what your outrageous Rogers bill is
being used for.
Would you hate the Twilight Series as much if it earned you 24 cents? Adventures with Amazon’s referral program.
Halloween 2.0: Social Media Edition
Youtube / Facebook in costume format
Continuing in the tradition of computer-science-students-do-awesome-Halloween-costumes (see: Halloween TF2), my friends Lori and Ian:
Apparently the most common reaction was “OMG Facebook, I use that website!” — just more proof that the key to a successful Halloween costumes is to keep it simple enough so that even the drunkest idiot can understand it.
No details were overlooked. We all know how horrifically bad Youtube comments are:
Who is this chick? Halloween rox omggg
Or the Related Videos:
Or the meta Facebook wall comments. It gets even more meta:
All photos courtesy of Lori Lee.
Laila’s, my favourite Lebanese food in the city, got shut down this week.
The full list of violations is pretty egregious.
I ate there at least a few times a month. Not only did the food taste exactly like my Lebanese grandmother’s cooking, they always kept a chess set around. Andrey and I used to play all the time when he still lived in Toronto.
Here’s a picture of a typical plate.
Sigh
Update (Oct 29): And it’s open again? I’m so torn.
iTunes deal (screwup?) of the century: The 55 CD anthology “111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon” is only $9.99
(Update: The deal is over but you can pick it up at Amazon for a good price.)
My friend Jen posted a link to this deal dubbing it the “Deal of the Century.” I clicked ‘Buy Album’ within seconds.
To re-emphasize, that’s 730 tracks / 2:10:06:35 time / 6GB worth of music for $9.99! It’s almost certainly a pricing error on the Canadian iTunes store. It’s listed at $119.99 in the US store. (Canadians get cheaper healthcare AND classical music!)
Deal or no deal, this is a pretty fantastic collection from probably the best classical recording label in the world. This ain’t no second-tier, discount-bin “Classical Greatest Hits”. Here’s a press release-ey statement:
Deutsche Grammophon’s president Michael Lang said, “Deutsche Grammophon remains the preeminent classical recording company – presenting the finest in recorded music by the best artists – while anticipating and fulfilling the evolving interests of its old and new audiences. Deutsche Grammophon is poised for a vibrant future as remarkable as its storied past.”
http://www.dg-111.com/en_GB/albums/55-cd-box-set
To all my Canadian friends, I’m officially considering you an idiot if you don’t take advantage of this temporary price anomaly.
Update: Someone landed on this post via the Google query “111 years of deutsche grammophon crash itunes” — there’s that much music.
Update (Oct 27, 01:20): Could they be finally changing the price? The front page of iTunes shows the price at $119.99 (if you click and go to the album page, it’s still at $9.99):
Update (Oct 27, 11:26): Christmas is over. The album is now $119.99 (or $148 if you prefer being able to cradle these in your hands). For everyone who’s still arriving at this post, that price is still an excellent deal!
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