location, location, location

if you're not full up to your ears yet with all the web 2.0 blather you should check out techconsumer's article 'why web 2.0 isn't enough'

they're right really.
it isn't enough. i won't be satisfied until i get fast internet where ever i am, relevant to my location situation. if i'm standing in the musee de civalization in front of their amazing tintin exhibit, i want to have wikipedia START with a listing of entries relevant to my spot.

if i'm waiting in line in a movie theatre, i want a listing of all the best movies i should spend my money on. and if there aren't any then i want some suggestions to go to blockbuster and rent.

first it's the organization of information, tech consumer says next is the location (and i'll add to that the whole semantic web movement too) and finally, i want my internet browser to not spy on me, but to help me live my life in a better way. not just be another tool to exploit me for someone else's purposes.

open library

check this one out!
the open library has a nice starting collection of books that they have lovingly scanned in.

reading online has never been so much fun.
openlibrary

return to the north

canada is the 'true north' indeed and in his follow up story to the white stripes' show a few weeks back, ben rayner from the toronto star lightens up my day with a smallish profile of the capital of nunavut.

i tell you this - i'm a city slicker, born and bred. you put me out in the country and i start getting twitchy fast. but, there is something about nunavut that has called out to me from the first time that i ever heard about it.

iqaluit