Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The Carps are from Scarborough, a pretend hood in Toronto. They are a duo that plays music for human ears. Having two people in a band can be a liberating thing, as it has been seen. Such a shame they are so young — had they come around any earlier they could’ve taken credit for [...]
Filed under: GTA Music, Music | Tagged: All The Damn Kids, All The Thugs I Know, Carps, Compton to Scarboro, Group, Independent, Let's Fall In Love, Music, punk-soul duo, Rock, Scarboro, Scarborough, Soul, The Carps | No Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Check out the “Globe and Mail” link below for this excellent post on Toronto’s Light-Rail Transit City situation.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071124.TTC24/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/
Toronto’s decaying streetcar fleet, once made up of iconic “Red Rockets,” is rarely now described as a beloved historic symbol of the city. Drivers see streetcars as cumbersome obstacles. Riders despair at how crowded and infrequent they are. [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , Bombardier, Don Mills LRT, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Etobicoke Finch West LRT, Jane LRT, Light-rail, LRT, Scarborough Malvern LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Siemens, Skoda, streetcar, Toronto, Tram, Transit City, TTC, urban transit, Vossloh Kiepe, Waterfront West LRT | No Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Football League commissioner Mark Cohon believes all signs point to an NFL team being placed in Toronto. It’s the first time the league has taken such a definitive stance on the subject. “All of the tea leaves are indicating that it’s shifting,” Cohon said Friday.
. “You have guys like Ted Rogers [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: Bills, Buffalo, Buffalo Bills, Canadian Football League, CFL, Grey Cup, Mark Cohon, National Football League, NFL, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto, Toronto Argos, Toronto Bills, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Sorry for getting off track a bit on this one! I rarely would I ever comment on a movie, but the progression of 3D CGI graphics has defiantly hit a new level. When Lord of the Rings “The Two Towers” was released I was amazed on how real Golem looked in the movie. Meaning, how [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi | Tagged: 3D, Angelina Jolie, Beowulf, Beowulf and Grendel, CGI, Fantasy, Golem, Grendel, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, Movie | No Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I wonder what would happen if Microsoft dropped the Windows NT core, making an about face, like Apple did years ago with BSD and adopted Sun’s “Open Solaris” as the core? No, I am not talking about the movie! Granted I am sure I could write an essay and make some comparisons. What if they [...]
Filed under: BSD, Microsoft, Open Source, Solaris, Technology | Tagged: Amiga, Apple, BeOS, Bill Gates, BSD, Java, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Microsoft, Microsoft Solaris, Microsoft Sun, Microsoft Vista, Open Solaris, Open Source, SPARC, Steve Jobs, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Web 2.0, Windows NT | 1 Comment »
