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A brief cultural history of crying while reading.
sillygwailo shared this story from The Hub – Literary Hub.In the olden days, the popular crowd were devouring Pamela, and watching Marianne Dashwood getting teary over a sonnet (sense before...
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A League of Their Own: On the Ground at China’s Village Soccer Sensation
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How to Save an Aging Ballpark
sillygwailo shared this story from Bloomberg CityLab. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays takes the field at the 34-year-old Rogers Centre. Once a showpiece of new stadium technology, the...
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How Sean got his bike back
sillygwailo shared this story from Sean Marshall.On Saturday August 19, while my spouse and I were paying a visit to the renewed AKG Art Gallery in Buffalo, a thief broke into our building and made...
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Hello, Have I Reached the Party To Whom I Am Speaking?
sillygwailo shared this story from Best of MetaFilter.Photo by Quino Al on UnsplashDialing in on the phone on Mefi: JanetLand posted WaPo's guide to modern phone etiquette, while in Ask Metafiler,...
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I bought the Anti-bike
sillygwailo shared this story from Michael Kalus.ca.When I was about five I was given a small, blue bicycle, internal hub, kickback brake and three whole gears. It came with training wheels attached....
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The case against transit advertisement wraps
sillygwailo shared this story from Sean Marshall.A Go Transit double decker bus completely covered by a vinyl wrap, with the exception of the front windows and entrance door. The wrap advertises the...
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The beauty of finished software
sillygwailo shared this story from Articles on Jose M..Let me introduce you to WordStar 4.0, a popular word processor from the early 80s.WordStar 4.0As old as it seems, George R.R. Martin used it to...
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Leaving the phone at home
sillygwailo shared this story from Articles on Jose M.: I've been doing this since June. It means having some cards handy in case I need to go to the grocery store or the coffee shop or Tim Hortons....
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Coffeeneuring 2023
sillygwailo shared this story from Biking in a Big City.As a posted a little while ago, I’ve been making a point of having a hot beverage on some of my rides, following the rules of Coffeeneuring. I...
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Partisans creates pixelated brick facade for Toronto house
sillygwailo shared this story from Toronto – Dezeen.Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto,...
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Happy Holidays To All Software Support Folks, You Rock!
sillygwailo shared this story from Roland Tanglao.Understaffed and lacking tools you are undaunted and help customers, write knowledge base articles, cobble together workarounds and work with...
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A Great New Book on North America’s “Lost” Rail Transit Systems
sillygwailo shared this story from Human Transit.If you are looking for a gift for a transit-lover or urbanist, here’s something even better than an ugly sweater. I can heartily recommend Jake...
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Newest Volcanic Tongue-Twister
sillygwailo shared this story from Iceland Monitor - Latest news. A volcanic eruption started last night near Sundhnúkagígar in the Reykjanes Peninsula after weeks of seismic activity in the area. As...
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2023 Was the Weakest Year for Memes in History
sillygwailo shared this story from Gizmodo.For the last two decades, some of the weirdest and most creative things on the internet played out in images and GIFs. There have always been terrible memes,...
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A year-end interview with Mayor Olivia Chow
sillygwailo shared this story from Spacing Toronto.With the final council session of the year now in the rear-view mirror, Mayor Olivia Chow is spending part of this week powering through year-end...
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Documenting Toronto Cycling with Jun Nogami
sillygwailo shared this story from Two Wheeled Politics.If you participated in certain cycling events in Toronto, chances are you have seen a blog post about them as soon as an hour after the event...
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The Omni Show: OmniFocus 4 Release Special
sillygwailo shared this story from The Omni Group. In this special episode of The Omni Show, we celebrate the launch of OmniFocus 4 with Omni Group CEO, Ken Case, and Product Manager, Ainsley Bourque...
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OmniFocus 4 is Now Available! What’s New?
sillygwailo shared this story from Learn OmniFocus.The Omni Group launched OmniFocus 4, a major update to OmniFocus that’s been years in the making. Join us for a tour of this new release.It’s...
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Finding Old Castle Frank, Toronto
sillygwailo shared this story from Scenes From Toronto.Note: This is the first article in a series which aims to describe the 230-year evolution of the Castle Frank area.Castle Frank is a name steeped...
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