A laugh-out-loud piece from Wired about blog culture, including a list of the ultimate fantasy blog posts for some of the more popular ones. But the best bit is right here:
Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you’re about as likely to find someone else interested in [...]

A nice little illustration, courtesy of Good Magazine, of what Senators Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum would look like if they had to wear logos of their corporate sponsors, NASCAR-style.

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Bob Dylan, at 65, has become the oldest artist to hit #1 on the Billboard chart. It’s his first #1 in 30 years.

I bought the album the day it came out, and if you haven’t heard it, it’s stellar.
What I loved in the BBC’s story, though, was the caption on the photo:
USA Today praised Dylan [...]

Great post on eGullet forums about eating meat in Montreal. Bonus points for anyone who can identify the inspiration for her closing statement:
If you must have something’s flesh, head to Montreal where they don’t fuck around with their meat.
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Downtown Toronto has gone wireless. As of yesterday, Toronto Hydro is offering free wireless Internet access for six months throughout the downtown core. It’s the largest project of its kind in North America. Dig it.
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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, a government entity, has reportedly paid upwards of $4 million for a “rebranding” that, by all appearances, seems to have entailed lopping the C off the company’s logo. The rub? The rebranding was done by the same advertising agency that created Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty’s election campaign.
Working in the [...]