Content covering the intersection between technology and culture.
Posted by Raj Patel on May 9th, 2007 | 0 comments
Have at you!
The Setting is Nathan Phillips Square. The time is three o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the twelfth of May. The weapons of choice are pillows. The expected outcome? Some ‘n00bs’ are about to get ‘pwned’ with some feathery headshots and the number of cameras will match or exceed the number of pillows.
Posted by Raj Patel on Sep 30th, 2006 | 2 comments
Nuit Blanche
Tonight is the night for Nuit Blanche to descend upon Toronto. Incase you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard we’ll remind you that it is this all night contemporary art thing. It is already looking to be absolutely huge and exciting. There is too much great work to mention so if you’re in Toronto between sunset tonight and dawn tomorrow morning be sure to check it out. We’re...
Posted by Raj Patel on Jun 26th, 2006 | 3 comments
Bubble Battle
Last night newmindspace announced their next event; Bubble Battle. Three battlefields have been chosen. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver will be witness to bubble induced mayhem on the second day of July. Be warned. Now that Ohmpage has a fancy multimedia smartphone (review to come) we’ll bring you some documentation of the aftermath in Toronto for those who are too afraid to be there...
Posted by Raj Patel on May 15th, 2006 | 0 comments
Big brother brings comfort – Part 2
It just may turn out that the best thing to watch on television is the world just beyond the room containing said television. Some people have figured out the virtues of neigbourhood CCTV and you know they aren’t just spying for the latest jewel theif and generic malcontents. Personal sponsorship may become the new product...
Posted by Raj Patel on Apr 23rd, 2006 | 3 comments
Big brother brings comfort
Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. seems to be claiming that all the new surveillance cameras popping up in urban cenres make people feel better – regardless of their effectiveness in actual surveillance or curbing behavior. It may not matter who (if anybody) is even watching and why – the net result is a placebo effect for the subjects. How do...
Hi, I'm Raj Patel. Nice to meet you. I'm a writer, photographer, film producer, avid reader, gamer, architect, programmer, artist, community manager, and general nerd.
Here at Ohmpage I try to cover the news and trends at the intersection between technology and culture. In practice this means you get a lot of high-tech, new-media, type of fun stuff (the stuff that interests me) presented to you. I surf hard so you don't have to.
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