Urban Vancouver

• Shaq is on Twitter and he loves it (tags: shaw twitter)
• CRTC sides with Big Telecom and Fails Online Consumers In a move that has disappointed many Canadian high-tech leaders and public interest groups, the CRTC has announced that it will not force Bell Canada to stop its controversial Internet throttling practices. The decision has renewed calls for Canada's policymakers to protect "net neutrality," the principle that all online content and services should be treated equally without discrimination. (tags: netneutrality FAIL crtc canada bellcanadasucks)

I took this photo very early in the morning while I was biking around Stanley Park in Vancouver. I’m quite happy with how it turned out.

[Flickr | full size]

thelastminute posted a photo:

[The Beautiful Rockies by Jon Rawlinson]

• Gmail now has themes (tags: gmail theme themes)
• Let Me Google That For You The next time someone asks you a question that could easily by found on Google, send them this link… (tags: google funny tools humor letmegooglethatforyou)

thelastminute posted a photo:

• Google Profiles Now Accepting Yur Photos me: http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/102321155831317703723 (tags: google profile avatar)

[The Photographic Adventures of Nick Turpin | Vimeo]

thelastminute posted a photo:

• Puppies Streaming Live this made the rounds a while ago. these guys are teh cutest! (tags: puppies ustream cute)
• YouTube - Ken Block Gymkhana Practice some incredibly vicious driving (hat tip to warwick) (tags: cars Gymkhana youtube videos rally subaru kenblock)

[Red]

• People React to the news that Obama won around the world (videos) via waxy (tags: politics videos obama youtube)
• YouTube Sponsored Videos pay to get your video seen on youtube (tags: video youtube google advertising)

• President Bush - least popular president in history (douche with a capital bag) On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago. (via sean) (tags: bush politics douche worstpresidentever)

• Cat and his box his name maru. his blog is here. (tags: stupidcatvideos)
• Cargo Ships: Now With Kites, Solar Sails, and Less Fail! sail pulling cargo ship carrying wind turbines! (tags: environment green ships cargo marine)
• Al Gore NYT Op Ed: The Climate for Change via jruck (tags: algore green environment nyt nytimes)

[by Billboard Liberation Front on Flickr]

Gets good @ 5:50

[YouTube | Bill Maher]

• Behind the Scenes with Obama on Election Night Flickr Set via jon (tags: photos history flickr obama)

• Knives come out for Sarah Palin; McCain aides tell tales of an ill-informed diva "As the governor of Alaska stepped off a plane onto icy tarmac in Anchorage on Wednesday night, she faced fresh allegations over her behaviour on the campaign trail and renewed attacks about her lack of readiness for the White House." (tags: palin politics)
• From 52 to 48 With Love Ze Frank writes:
  "i would love to see a group project where obama supporters reached out to the mccain folk in a gesture of reconciliation… something with the intimacy of the http://www.sorryeverybody.com/ project - but without the partisan divisiveness. simple messages. the feeling of being left out or ignored, or the target of payback is what made the last eight years so hard. perhaps it is naive. the differences are real, i know. but we have to repair the damage done from this election cycle somehow… it's a tough and delicate challenge - if you want to try it - send a pic of you with a sign, or a vid, or anything to ze@zefrank.com maybe it works, maybe not : while we give it a whirl and decide for ourselves, yes? - i will start posting stuff here:" (tags: zefrank politics)

• The Big Picture - The next President of the United States "In a vote of historic proportions yesterday, Senator Barack Obama became President-Elect of the United States of America with a 52% majority in the popular vote, and more than 349 electoral votes. Over two years of campaigning was resolved with a record voter turnout, as the Republican candidate John McCain conceded graciously at 11:20 pm eastern last night. With such a high level of interest and attention, there have been millions of words written and photographs taken of the candidates over the past year. Here is a collection of some of the best photos of President-Elect Barack Obama over the past several months." (tags: obama photos politics)

Epic.

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