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Posted by on Apr 4th, 2006 | 0 comments

The thin blue line

The fuzz in Great Britain hopes to squeeze a confession out of you by using an actual thin blue line. Clich̩ euphemism aside this will actually be a thin blue line painted on to the walls of prisons. Of course being Great Britain, the line will not just be blue but royal blue. In other news the door frame will be a calming yellow. The cells are equipped to detect if breathing stops too Рpresumably incase...
Posted by on Apr 3rd, 2006 | 0 comments

Coca-Cola Blāk

Apparently alliteration has rendered the Coca-Cola Corporation starved for the letter C so they are omitting it from their new line of carbonated coffee. Blāk (read: black) has got a new space in Toronto’s Yorkville shopping district. They are being suspiciously tightlipped about the whole thing but allude to big plans for the retail...
Posted by on Apr 3rd, 2006 | 0 comments

Secretly swinging no more

Toronto’s secret swing is making news today. The secret is out and apparently so is the swing. The alley has been boarded up with the swing removed. Is this what happens when an artistic urban myth becomes pop culture? The lowest common denominator seems to have once again ruined the fun for the rest of us. Oh secret swing; those of us who were fortunate enough to have known you were tremendously fond of you....
Posted by on Apr 3rd, 2006 | 0 comments

A Game More Powerful

Greg has brought to our attention what is possibly the most practical video game of the year. It is a nonviolent strategy game where events have been taken directly from our contemporary history and players must overcome mass conflict using practical (read: nonviolent) techniques and abstract planning savvy. If you’re not ready to rise up just yet then it may be prudent to play this while you remain...
Posted by on Apr 1st, 2006 | 0 comments

Metropass Affinity Program

Today the Toronto Transit Commission drops the hammer with its new fare hike but there is a growing group of businesses who don’t want that to discourage you from opting for public transit. They are going to treat your Metropass as a discount card and give you lucky people some added benefits for your public transit ways. Isn’t that nice of them? The only down side is that it is such a shame when...
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