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by Sameer Vasta (3) on Eloquation (3) 3 weeks, 2 days ago permalink
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) wrapped up yesterday, which means I now have some time in my life to post to this site. And to sleep. Thanks for sticking around during the lull. A few thoughts on TIFF this year. A lot of you have been asking, so here’s a list of ten films that really stood out for me at the festival: Disgrace Flame & Ctiron Hunger Lymelife Medicine for Melancholy O’Horten Pudge ...

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The Fug Row (1) share digg
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The following took place between 6:21 p.m. and 6:22 p.m.HILARY SWANK: Dude is that... John Legend?DIANE KRUGER: It is. Why is he wearing his tie hanging out over his sweater?HILARY: I was just going to ask you the same thing! That's so Milhouse to me. DIANE: I'm not even sure what I'm doing here. I am probably never in my life going to wear Tommy Hilfiger.HILARY: Yes, you're way too avant-garde for this. Although I ...

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- vasta said: Funniest thing I've read on the internet all day.
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This (via) may just be the greatest t-shirt every designed in... (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 3 weeks, 4 days ago permalink
This (via) may just be the greatest t-shirt every designed in the history of t-shirts.

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Twhirl Makes Yammer Irrelevant | chrisbrogan.com (24) share digg
by chrisbrogan (535) on chrisbrogan.com (468) 3 weeks, 4 days ago permalink
Reading this news that Loic LeMeur sent me this morning, I see that Twhirl, the social software front end client, now supports any laconi.ca install. If you’re not yet up on laconi.ca , it’s an open source, run it on your own servers version of Twitter. See the flagship install of it at identi.ca. So, to sum that all up: Twitter inside the firewall, private for your business is Twhirl+laconi.ca. Twitter outside the firewall with ...

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- Jason Meserve said: An alternative to TechCrunch50 winner yammer...
- DOCBook Howto said: Exactly - well, actually, Laconi.ca makes Yammer irrelevant
- vasta said: Yup, I've been saying that Yammer is pointless for a bit.
- Aaron said: I think mostly that open source microblogging (eg. laconi.ca) that makes it irrelevant but is alluded to in the article.
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I want to live here (via). Not only because it looks phenomenal,... (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 3 weeks, 4 days ago permalink
I want to live here (via). Not only because it looks phenomenal, but also because it is in Zurich. I love Zurich.

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● Bringing Pluto back to the solar system (9) share digg
by jason@kottke.org (814) on kottke.org (874) 3 weeks, 6 days ago permalink
Meg bought Ollie this ball a couple of weeks ago. It's got all the planets of the solar system on it, plus the Sun. But no Pluto. That's right, it's barely been two years since Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status and the toy manufacturers have already made the adjustment. It saddens me that Ollie has to grow up in a world where Pluto isn't considered a planet, although I take comfort that his ...

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- vasta said: Pluto is still a planet to me.
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The way things have been going today, I need a friend. (via) (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 3 weeks, 6 days ago permalink
The way things have been going today, I need a friend. (via)

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TIFF Today: September 9, 2008 (1) share digg
by Sameer (4) on blogTO (22) 4 weeks ago permalink
Stop the presses. Paris Hilton is in town for the Toronto International Film Festival today. What? Not interested? There are reports that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had dinner together last night. Still not interested? Okay, well some reports are saying that Keira Knightley was looking too skinny on the red carpet last night. And that, folks, is how silly celebrity spotting has become. Do people really care how skinny someone is? Apparently, they do. ...

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Best.Political.Video.Ever. (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 4 weeks ago permalink
Best.Political.Video.Ever.

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Third Tuesday Toronto Season To Kick-Off With AideRSS (1) share digg
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I’ve written a couple of times previously about AideRSS, the Waterloo, Ontario-based RSS filtering service. Now you can hear directly from the people behind the tool. On September 16, the new Third Tuesday Toronto season will kick-off with Ilya Grigorik, Co-founder and Chief Technology Office, Jim Murphy, VP Development, and Melanie Baker, AideRSS’ Community Manager, speaking about building the company, building a community and building for the future. Personally, I’m very much looking forward to ...

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- vasta said: I'd love to go, but why oh why are they having it at Fionn McCools? I hate that pub with a passion. Really, I do.
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Lance Armstrong returns? (4) share digg
by jason@kottke.org (814) on kottke.org (874) 4 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
Sources are saying that Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement to race the Tour de France in 2009. (via clusterflock) (link)

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- Daltonsbriefs said: He must have heard how much Brett Farve got for coming back over and over
- vasta said: What's up with everyone coming out of retirement?
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An all-day adventure! (10) share digg
by Jessica Hagy (212) on indexed (219) 4 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
www.indexed.blogs...

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- ainsley said: Need I say more?
- vasta said: Or, a horror movie screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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on xkcd.com (1581) 1 month ago permalink

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- Elaine said: hahahahha,just like you:)
- Ali Shams said: Geekiness at extremes
- Dave S said: HAHAHA. I used to date an astrophysicist and we had an argument that went about as well as this comment. Amazing!
- Jiajun said: a fact is a fact, hehe
- rorowe said: aww, poor Pluto.
- Nihar said: OMG! ROFL :D
- Ben said: damn straight.
- sol said: I just love the alt text: "We actually divorced once over the airplane/treadmill argument. (Preemptive response to the inevitable threads arguing about it: you're all wrong on the internet.)"
- vasta said: Hilarious.
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TIFF: Reviewed - Part Three (1) share digg
by Sameer (4) on blogTO (22) 1 month ago permalink
Didn't get to catch any screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival over the first week? Looking for some tips on what to watch this week, or just want to know enough to impress your co-workers? Special guest critic Matthew Price chimes in once again with his amazing reviews. This time, he takes a look at A Film With Me In It, It Might Get Loud, Vinyan, and Religulous. More...

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This (via) is very close to my vision of heaven. Only heaven... (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 1 month ago permalink
This (via) is very close to my vision of heaven. Only heaven would also have a pretty awesome sushi place and the complete Criterion collection to play on my big screen when I got bored of the ocean.

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by swissmiss (314) on swissmiss (314) 1 month ago permalink
This is hilarious. Totally made me laugh! Seen over at aaannnaaa!

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- vasta said: Highlight of my week.
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I wish I was sleeping right now. My bed is my best friend.... (1) share digg
on Squandrous (4) 1 month ago permalink
I wish I was sleeping right now. My bed is my best friend. (via)

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Unlikely action heroes (9) share digg
by jason@kottke.org (814) on kottke.org (874) 1 month ago permalink
Who would have thought ten years ago that Hollywood's biggest action stars would be Tobey Mcguire (Spider-Man), Matt Damon (Bourne), Elijah Wood (LoTR), Christian Bale (Batman), Johnny Depp (Pirates), and maybe even Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)? No Stallones, Schwarzeneggers, or Van Dammes in that group. (link)

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- Frank said: Cue the inevitable David Brooks piece on the end of "real" masculinity in the 21st century.
- sinclair said: interesting commentary on the evolution of masculinity, perhaps?”
- zed said: interesting commentary on the evolution of masculinity, perhaps?
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Obama Force One By Jimm Lasser (5) share digg
on Highsnobiety.com - Online Streetwear Magazine (23) 1 month ago permalink
Yesterday artist Jimm Lasser opened his exhibition in New York, with Obama being the theme of the exhibition. The Obama Force One is one of the most interesting pieces exhibited. The Air Force 1 got a make-over by the artist with graphics engraved into the outer sole. The left shoe reads "A Black Man Runs And A Nation Is Behing Him" and the right shoe features Barack Obama himself, who is also featured on the ...

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- Brent the Closet Geek said: This looks damn cool, I want Brent the Closet Geek Air Force Ones one day :)
- vasta said: I want these shoes.
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by swissmiss (314) on swissmiss (314) 1 month ago permalink
Your Obama tax cut is.... (ObamaTaxCut.com is a project of AlchemyToday.com and has no relation to the Obama campaign or any other organization whatsoever.) (thank you tom)

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- vasta said: I will get no tax cut under Obama's plan. Which is good, because there are people more deserving than a tax cut than I.
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