Google Earthed, that is. According to TIME magazine [article], the city of Nanaimo grabbed the Google Earth train only five years ago and have been pumping municipal data like fire service dispatches, utility lines, restaurants - even lawn mowing schedules - into it ever since. Google Earth’s CEO adds that “[Nanaimo] citizens have more information [...]

[ April 10, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Ryerson University student Chris Avenir finally received comfort today after weeks on trial of facing expulsion over conducting a Facebook run studygroup for his Chem class [CBC article]. University officials originally pointed fingers at the online studygroup as cheating (in fact some members had posted answers to exam questions [canada.com]); however, Avenir himself did not [...]

[ April 3, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] “Just like DemoCampVancouver, this group is all about demoing your innovative idea to people from all areas of business. High tech, art, non-profit, or anything else; it doesn’t matter!” Welp, count me in! The event is free to attend, and it sounds like the round up so far is interesting (demo’s from the Flock guys in [...]

Is it just me or was it only yesterday the hype for IE8 just started, and now they’re releasing the Beta! Couple of interesting things about IE8: it passes the Acid2 test (which technically means it’s more standards compliant than Firefox, which doesn’t pass the test), and if you’ve been following the discussion on IE8’s [...]