Wayward notes and Comments from the ether in my eyes

For most, there will have been only one game released this week (and that most includes a number of major publishers, who, gun-shy from the competition, have pushed their own releases to Q1 of next year): Infinity Ward's return to the Modern Warfare franchise they laid down in 2007. Modern Warfare 2 ...

Saul Hansell suggests that hated U.S. cellular carrier practices such as text message markups and fee-packed contracts ultimately give American consumers what they really want: predictable bills. In pursuit of this we learn of the psychological "nuances" of pricing and the "supersized logic" of usin ...

Indie-rock YA novel

I owe the Hacklab.to people an apology. Last spring I ran this post about how they'd tuned the motor on their laser cutter to play the Super Mario Theme as it repositioned itself, and I mentioned that it was too perfect, and wondered "if it's not just some video of a laser cutter with a flanged-out ...

My last few trips to Canada, I've been puzzled by difficult-to-follow advocacy ads in which the broadcasters and the cable/sat operators have fought each other tooth and nail, begging Canadians to take side in a dispute over -- well, that's the problem. What was it over? This Writers Guild of Canada ...

Stephen Harper was clear on the need to build tighter ties with Asia on Sunday but vague on the details.

Police are looking for a shooter and a victim after witnesses reported gunfire from an SUV Saturday in Bloor West Village.

One in two cigarettes smoked in Ontario is illegal, robbing provincial and federal coffers of more than $2 billion a year.

Flipping through her wedding album, a 30-page collection of glossy photos with sugary captions such as "Perfect Match," Sandeep Kaur grimaces as she recalls her wedding last year to a yo ...

One in two cigarettes smoked in Ontario is illegal, robbing provincial and federal coffers of more than $2 billion a year and raising concerns about children gaining easy access to tobacco ...