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LifeHacker:

“Leave Luggage in a Hot Car to Minimize Risk of Bed Bugs”

Whatever! How about staying at better fucking hotels! Stay at home you tight-wad hypochondriac.

Almost as much fun as Text from Last Night

Dear blank, please blank.:

“Dear Twilight Fans,

Thank you for making us look sane and well-adjusted.

Sincerely, Trekkies.”

I like this A LOT

Photographers Rights Gray Card Set:

“PetaPixel is selling a Photographers Rights Gray Card, a set of white balance cards with US photography guidelines on the back that you can wear around your neck while shooting to show to anyone who challenges your legal right to photograph something.”

Batman & Robin Custom Nike Sneakers:

“Batman & Robin Custom Nike Sneakers
BY SCOTT BEALE ON AUGUST 27, 2010

Batman & Robin custom Nike sneakers designed by Brass Monki.

“

Oooh I love that funky monki! It’s just a shame that will always need to be followed by a shorter boyish friend wearing the Robin shoes.

A 15 year old me worships the ground this guy walks on…

And a 37 year old me wishes I had come up with the idea first.

• Step ONE:
  Buy a black sweater that is slightly to big and maybe a hat or am off white silk scarf.
• Step TWO:
  Write stuff down. A lot! Like really a lot of stuff.
• Step THREE:
  Get Noticed and become successful.

I’ve been thinking about this list a lot and it always sort of gets put aside as Bands I Like. And today the list popped up again after I finally was able to get my hands on the new The Limousines single: Internet Killed the Video Star (iTunes Link). I keep this running playlist called Geek Chic going in iTunes on the MacBook Pro, one of the only playlists that isn’t a Smart Playlist. It is strongly influenced by the fact that I am still a Montreal Rocker, yet it’s also very very geeky. Loads of songs have technological links or the band themselves are just plain geeks.

So here is this week’s playlist. If you think I’m obviously missing out on some super geeky band like say: They Must be Giants. Comment below, reblog your own list or @reply me on Twitter @JohnnyCanuck

1. Internet Killed the Video Star • The Limousines
2. Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul • Gorillaz
3. Henrietta • The Fratellis
4. Valerie • The Zutons
5. Everyday I Love You Less And Less • Kaiser Chiefs
6. Pork And Beans • Weezer
7. Buck Rogers • Feeder
8. One Week • Barenaked Ladies
9. Dig • Incubus
10. Me Plus One • Kasabian
11. Crazy In Love • The Magic Numbers
12. Mon Réal • Bran Van 3000
13. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) • The Arcade Fire
14. Ursuline • Malajube
15. Help I’m Alive • Metric
16. September • Pomplamoose
17. Panic Switch • Silversun Pickups
18. Paranoid Android • Radiohead
19. Don’t Panic • Coldplay
20. Code Monkey • Jonathan Coulton
21. Van Halen • Nerf Herder
22. Propaganda For A Comic Strip • Danielson
23. Feel Good Inc. • Editors
24. Get your freak on • KT Tunstall
25. Your Love Alone Is Not Enough • Manic Street Preachers
26. Drinking In L.A. • Bran Van 3000
27. Praise You • Fatboy Slim
28. Steal My Sunshine • Len
29. All The Old Showstoppers • The New Pornographers
30. Underdog • Audio Adrenaline
31. Orange Crush • R.E.M
32. Wish You Were Here • Radio Head
33. Pump It Up • Elvis Costello & The Attractions
34. I’m An Astronaut • Snow Patrol
35. You’re So Pretty, We’re So Pretty • The Charlatans
36. Caught In Her Mind (Remix) • Kasabian
37. On Call Kings Of Leon • Because of the Times
38. The Metal • Tenacious D
39. Through The Fire And Flames • Dragonforce

Du sang neuf chez le Canadien – RDS.ca:

“Le Canadien a procédé à six nominations au sein de son personnel de soutien, mardi.
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I know it’s a little early for Habs tweets but sounds to me like the Habs just signed up for the another 5 year plan. Damn

(Via .)

Bike parking takes over car parking spaces « Spacing Toronto: “”

Toronto bike riders can celebrate a “first” today: the City has converted two car parking spots into parking for a minimum of 16 bikes.

I hate Toronto, not just the Leafs or the Jays… I truly hate the fact that Toronto thinks it’s the center of our Great White Northern Universe. I have to agree that any efforts to improve green initiatives are good ones, but seriously: ONLY TWO parking spaces? Montreal has bike lanes, more lamp post and parking meters with special bike lock brackets. Hell we even have communal: Bixi bike à la Gay Paris and Amsterdam. Toronto set aside two fracking parking spaces for a total of 24 bikes. and all of a sudden we are supposed to forget about the G20 million dollar lake and the ensuing riots…

FUCK YOU TORONTO! You pretentious bastards.