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.
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Circa 1983, it’s “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts” by one of LA’s more underrated bands of the 80’s  X.
Have a listen here.
I haven’t even thought about it in fifteen years, let alone heard it, but I was mighty chuffed to rediscover it. Sort of an odd, jazzy opening that crescendoes to a kickass chorus. [...]

I’m not sure how or why, but my commenting is acting squirelly again. If you’re trying to leave one, stay tuned. I’ll have it fixed shortly.
UPDATE: The massively awesome folks at Laughing Squid have resolved this problem, which, as it turns out, was of the id10t/PICNIC variety on my part. Comment away.

Via Newsvine:
Pope Benedict XVI’s chief exorcist, Rev. Gabriele Amorth, has called fictional wizard-in-training Harry Potter the “king of darkness, the devil.”
I thought Satan himself was only the Prince of Darkness, so it’s pretty awesome that a pimply little British kid — a fictional pimply little British kid, mind — is the frickin’ KING.
More interestingly, [...]

Here’s a snapshot of what the world cares about today, as opposed to what they should be caring about:

Happy Labour Day.

Bristol-based grafitti artist and general crap-disturber Banksy has repackaged and remixed Paris Hilton’s album, then stuck his new version back on the shelves. He’s well worth a look for some of his hilarious graphic work, but this is the kind of thing that gets him major attention:
Banksy has replaced Hilton’s CD with his own [...]