“Hey, can you play some Wolfmother?” “Yeah, I might have some Wolfmother.” “Cool. Mash it up with some Kid Koala.” “I don’t really, uh… I don’t think that would work.” “Come on, man! Do it! Kid Koala!” “But I haven’t even started spinning yet.”

This month’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ starts in just a couple of hours at Disgraceland. It’s the last of what I guess you’d call the summer season; by the time we return in the second weekend of September, the students will be back and the weekend road trips will be over. So the crowds […]

Two days ago, Radiohead posted a song called “Harry Patch (In Memory Of)” on their website. The track is dedicated to one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, who recently died at the age of 111. BBC 6 Music has the full story. The song is available for download at the cost […]

If you like Twitter fights, then you might enjoy the one that broke out between Antonia Zerbisias and a fellow named Werner Patels. It was basically your typical doomed web fight: a conservative columnist called a liberal columnist names, she called him a few right back, and there you go. It didn’t amount to much, […]

A couple of months ago my friend Mike Beltzner, the director of Firefox, had to undergo an ego-bashing. I’ve never had to watch a bunch of strangers argue over whether I was notable enough to deserve an entry on Wikipedia, but I doubt it could have been much fun for Mike. Especially since they ultimately […]

I decided while I was on vacation that once I got back, I’d try to get to bed by 1:00 AM on work nights. Last night didn’t challenge me by any stretch, and I don’t think tonight will either. Deep down, I still feel like I’m five hours ahead. The first day back at work […]

It’s been a lovely couple of weeks in the United Kingdom, but now I’m packed and ready to go. We’ll fly out tomorrow evening, get home tomorrow night, and go to work on Tuesday morning. We’ll be back in England during the holiday season, and I’m already looking forward to it. We’ve gotten to spend […]

You’ll never guess what, you guys! I got a call from my boss last night. He wanted to let me know that I’d been named the head of the video game department at my company. At the time, that seemed like a surprising but nonetheless wonderful announcement. But when I woke up in the south […]

Right before I left for London, I signed up to do this year’s AIDS Walk for Life. It’s an event happening on Sunday, 13 September 2009 to benefit the AIDS Committee of Toronto, which is one of my favourite charities. I’d be very grateful to anyone willing to sponsor the walk. ACT is a terrific […]

I’m catching a flight to the UK in just a few hours. I’ll be gone for a couple of weeks. Don’t touch my stuff. I’ll be checking my email periodically, and I might even post now and then. If nothing else, I’m hoping to take a look back at Sunday’s benefit, which was a great […]