Wayward notes and Comments from the ether in my eyes

Library and Archives Canada has released a whole ton of WWI images to Flickr, including some stunning color paintings of Vimy Ridge and related places. LAC / BAC's photostream (via Resource Shelf) (Image: Anti-conscription parade at Victoria Square / Défilé anti-conscription au Square Victoria) Pr ...

Welcome to the sixth serialized installment of J.C. Hutchins' human cloning thriller 7th Son: Descent. If this is your first exposure to our free serialization of 7th Son, you can easily catch up by experiencing part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. You can also dive in right awa ...

Clever Cake Studios made this smashing game-themed, Tetrisoid cake for the opening of a local Play'N'Trade store -- the little faces are caricatures of store employees. Clever Cake Studio (via The Boing Boing Flickr Pool)...

Professor Alexander's Botanical Vasculum - Steamed 300 watt Moss Terrarium from Etsy seller SteamedGlass is a beautiful blown-glass steampunk Rube Goldberg terrarrium: "This is the largest of our "steamed" light bulb terrariums with a bulb measuring 3 3/4" x 7 3/4". It stands 10 1/4" tall as mounted ...

The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund is a venerable institution that sends sf fans from North America to Europe and vice-versa, to bridge the world's fandoms (there are other funds that bring together fans from other parts of the world). Frank Wu, Anne KG Murphy and Brian Gray are fundraising for this year's ...

Animal cruelty investigators are sifting through Toronto Humane Society computers, emails, thumb drives, even food, as part of a sweeping search that a society spokesperson says is going t ...

To hear China's rulers tell it, it was the biggest bust in the history of the People's Republic: a smuggling ring that operated during China's "Roaring '90s" that hauled in $6.8 billion in ...

In 1906, Toronto Star publisher Joseph Atkinson launched the Santa Claus Fund. This year, the goal is to help 45,000 children.

The condominium has not yet emerged from the ground, its cement and iron footings being formed to hold 17 storeys of polished glass and aluminum with suites selling for less than $300,000. In 18 months, "The Modern" promises to be a landscaped plaype ...

Happy centennial, Grey Cup. You've survived so much – Fire, theft, dismemberments, Lenny Kravitz.