Check out some of the amazing things happening as part of the Make Some Noise program at the Toronto Public Library. If you caught Fucked Up and One Hundred Dollars at the Toronto Reference Library last night, then you’ve already seen one excellent example. More to come on that one later.

Having just released a full-length album in March, Autechre are set to return with another in the middle of July. You can stream a brand new track from the album via the group’s website. Do check it out.

Pac-Man celebrated its thirtieth anniversary on Friday. And as you may already know, the good people at Google chose to mark the occasion with their first interactive logo, which was a fully playable adapation of the original game. If you missed it, then don’t fret. Thanks to the tribute’s productivity-killing popularity, the game has been […]

If you don’t mind the government telling you how to eat, then this could be a very useful resource. Billed as “your first stop for trusted information and advice on nutrition and healthy eating,” it does at least look pretty extensive.

Nine times out of ten, if I’m listening to anything at all at the office during the day, it’s BBC 6 Music. It’s quite possibly the single best radio station available to streaming listeners on the web – which makes the fact that its future is in jeopardy all the more frustrating. Today’s a particularly […]

I don’t want you to click on today’s link. I want you to know about it, so you can join me in lamenting the fact that it exists, but I don’t want you to click on it. Why? Because Generatus is a website that generates “funny” status updates for your social networking profiles, for the […]

I heard about the Ad-Free Blog campaign through a link on the blog of one Foster Kamer, a Village Voice columnist who recently put himself in the middle of a hullabaloo about a crude but clever dick joke. Thanks to Funkaoshi for the indirect link. It’s an interesting idea, at least when it’s not being […]

If you’re thinking of going vegetarian or vegan, or you’d just like to get the most out of doing so, ChooseVeg.ca is an amazing resource. Do check it out.

I’m bound to sound at least a little biased when I tell you that Literature for Life is a great organization, because I recently joined their board of directors. Then again, the whole reason why I joined the board is because I think it’s a great organization. I’ve also got a bit of an ulterior […]

Cursor*10 is a clever little game that challenges the player to “cooperate by oneself.” The object is to climb sixteen flights of stairs using ten cursors – all of which exist for only a very limited time, and some of which must be sacrificed in order to reach the top. Go ahead and give it […]