http://www.meme.ca/ Copyright 2009 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:15:48 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Nothing says 'Happy Holidays' more than a bunch of microwave ovens sync'd to beep-out 'Jingle Bells'. All kidding aside, this is pretty impressive... http://www.meme.ca/Happy-Holidays-028192.php http://www.meme.ca/Happy-Holidays-028192.php Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:15:48 -0500 Andrew Baron has just announced on his blog that uber-popular YouTube star Lisa Nova (ie, Lisa Donovan) has been added to the growing Rocketboom network of shows. This is a pretty big coup for Andrew Baron and the Rocketboom brand which has grown steadily since its inception in 2004 and http://www.meme.ca/Andrew-Barons-Rocketboom-Adds-Lisa-Nova-To-The-Roster-028165.php http://www.meme.ca/Andrew-Barons-Rocketboom-Adds-Lisa-Nova-To-The-Roster-028165.php Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:44:59 -0500 Cesar Kuriyama is an award-winning New York-based lighting technical director, animator and educator. Cesar has taught at NYU and Harvard and has done commercial work for clients such as Gillete, BMW, AOL and Toshiba. When Cesar is not working, he's busy honing his creative craft by working on side projects. http://www.meme.ca/Cesar-Kuriyamas-Video-Long-Gone-in-45000-Photographs-028024.php http://www.meme.ca/Cesar-Kuriyamas-Video-Long-Gone-in-45000-Photographs-028024.php Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:23:57 -0500 Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement lawsuit last week against Coldplay which claims that Coldplay's summer hit single "Viva La Vida" is a rip-off of Satriani's instrumental song "If I Could Fly". The pulse of the blogosphere is clearly on Coldplay's side and this is no surprise given Coldplay has http://www.meme.ca/Did-Coldplay-Infringe-On-Joe-Satriani-027937.php http://www.meme.ca/Did-Coldplay-Infringe-On-Joe-Satriani-027937.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:02 -0500 While this music video is unlikely to win any awards or garner much attention based on its musical merits, it does appear to have one claim to fame. According to its creator GOSHone, it is the world's first music video shot entirely on an iPhone 3G. The video was shot http://www.meme.ca/GOSHone-Uses-Cycorder-To-Make-First-Music-Video-Shot-Entirely-on-iPhone-027936.php http://www.meme.ca/GOSHone-Uses-Cycorder-To-Make-First-Music-Video-Shot-Entirely-on-iPhone-027936.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:34:53 -0500 Ze Frank is no stranger to viral videos, producing the ever-popular 'the show with zefrank' for a year that began in March 2006 and ended in March 2007. The beauty of web video is that it never goes away, and in some cases, videos can come back and get viral http://www.meme.ca/Ideas-by-Ze-Frank-027339.php http://www.meme.ca/Ideas-by-Ze-Frank-027339.php Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:55:33 -0500 Congratulations to Ottawa-based Incogna.com on the public launch of their visual search engine. Founder Kris Woodbeck has been working long and hard at perfecting the art of image searching, and by all accounts the public launch of Incogna's unique technology is a landmark moment in the search industry. What makes http://www.meme.ca/Canadian-Startup-Incogna-Is-A-GameChanger-For-Image-Search-027057.php http://www.meme.ca/Canadian-Startup-Incogna-Is-A-GameChanger-For-Image-Search-027057.php Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:47:29 -0500 You've heard of Paul Telner, right? He's the YouTube guy who goes out into the world and does some pretty crazy stuff. He's hilarious, he's Canadian and he's YouTube famous. Ok, ok, if you're still not totally sure who Paul Telner is or what kind of videos he does, check http://www.meme.ca/Canadian-YouTube-Star-Paul-Telner-Gets-Gig-With-Much-Music-026816.php http://www.meme.ca/Canadian-YouTube-Star-Paul-Telner-Gets-Gig-With-Much-Music-026816.php Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:30:39 -0500 No, I'm not talking about hand-foot-mouth disease or anything grotesque. What I'm talking about is a viral email challenge that is landing in inboxes all around the internets that will make you look a little silly. The premise is this, can you outsmart your right foot? Seems pretty simple, right? http://www.meme.ca/HandFoot-Viral-Challenge-026815.php http://www.meme.ca/HandFoot-Viral-Challenge-026815.php Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:12:26 -0500 Nah. I'll spend my money on dim sum and beer. Thanks. http://www.meme.ca/MacBook-Pros-are-Here-025552.php http://www.meme.ca/MacBook-Pros-are-Here-025552.php Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:58:32 -0500 I've been following Open Source Food for a while now. It was only this morning, while I stood basting my second turkey that it occurred to me that the website "Open Source Food" is NOT open source at all. (Neither in code or theory) CANADIAN THANKSGIVING So far thirty http://www.meme.ca/Why-I-Love-Open-Source-Other-Canadian-Thanksgiving-Stories-025453.php http://www.meme.ca/Why-I-Love-Open-Source-Other-Canadian-Thanksgiving-Stories-025453.php Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:36:54 -0500 Finally! I get to talk about a meme created by someone I can verify is cool in real life. Remember Jess and her equally-talented other half Koshi? Well she's just collaborated with her friend Chris on Sad Guys on Trading Floors. Basically she's found a way to appeal to http://www.meme.ca/Sad-Guys-025407.php http://www.meme.ca/Sad-Guys-025407.php Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:19:00 -0500 Last night, I attended Mashable's Monthly event as a blogger to cover four demoing companies - Oosah, WeAre.US, Artiklz, and Strands. I've given a synopsis here. My apologies to those with screwy feeds, I must remind myself never to file something past midnight. Weare.Us was the site that stood http://www.meme.ca/Mashable-Monthly-The-Courage-to-Care-025164.php http://www.meme.ca/Mashable-Monthly-The-Courage-to-Care-025164.php Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:34:20 -0500 At a time when traders are losing their shirts, Midwesterners are losing their homes, and most investors are tightening their purse strings, Silicon Valley remains its ever-chipper self. Well...sort of. My company, unlike many, has a sustainable revenue model. We're doing fine. Call me a doomsayer, but when you look http://www.meme.ca/Smooth-Transitions-and-Bootup-Labs-024859.php http://www.meme.ca/Smooth-Transitions-and-Bootup-Labs-024859.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:35:40 -0500 All my life I've been taught to equate money with evil. My grandfather came to Canada with a grade 2 education only to be interned and have his home seized. At 8-years-old I was a latchkey kid and sat eating bologna sandwiches and watching 80's movies where the villain was http://www.meme.ca/Tech-Investors-as-Human-Beings-Really-024408.php http://www.meme.ca/Tech-Investors-as-Human-Beings-Really-024408.php Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:29:23 -0500