February 2012
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Winnipeg Free Press - February 23rd
The Non Sports Fan’s Guide to Jeremy Lin
UNLESS you have been on a remote beach for your winter holidays, it’s been impossible to escape the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. The Giants just won the Super Bowl, but the biggest sports star in the Big Apple (and probably the world right now) is a 23-year-old Harvard-educated point guard who played in the NBA’s development league last year,...
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Uptown Magazine - February 16th
8 MegaUpload & MegaVideo alternatives With the FBI shutting down extravagant web millionaire Kim Internet’s MegaUpload and MegaVideo empire — seizing and freezing access to one of the biggest file-sharing sites around and one of the most popular sites for TV streaming — users have been scrambling to find other outlets to get their video fix. While there are plenty of options for those...
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Winnipeg Free Press - February 9th
Facebook Still Not Deleting Your Photos
LOVING Facebook’s new Timeline feature? Eager to upload hundreds of pictures to fill in the social story of your life? Wondering if you should delete those photos from your week-long bender in Vegas?
You may want to think twice about what photos you put online, as it appears that Facebook still isn’t as keen to delete photos as users may be....
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Uptown Magazine - February 9th
Cooking with Skrillex Dubstep wunderkind Skrillex is a meme machine. The latest site to pop up using his likeness is Cooking with Skrillex. Considering his animated performances, unique look and legions of Tumblr-loving fans, this won’t be the last Skrillex-inspired site you’ll see. Most artists would kill to have this type of viral presence across the web. Love him or hate him, Skrillex is one...
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Interview with M.I.A.
Here is an interview that I did with M.I.A. three and a half years ago for Uptown Magazine. Seems fitting to repost it.
A portion of this interview was also used as a Quote of the Day on Perez Hilton.
When you have one foot in the underground and one in the mainstream, it can be a difficult battle trying to maintain your identity and still continue to reach out to new audiences. Few musicians...
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Winnipeg Free Press - February 2nd
Foodpairing
IF you’re still trying to understand the subtleties of pairing wine and food and are aspiring to be a dedicated foodie or know-it-all home chef, this new web app is going to come in handy when you get serious about connecting flavours.
While you may have the basics down, Foodpairing is a new way to explore flavour combinations. The Foodpairing tree gives you an interactive...
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Uptown Magazine - February 2nd
Mixmag’s Greatest Dance Act of All Time The web votes have been cast and counted, and Mixmag has recently crowned U.K. breakbeat ravers, The Prodigy, as the greatest dance act of all time, edging out robot house-loving Daft Punk in an apparently close race. Veterans The Chemical Brothers, Faithless and Canada’s Deadmau5 round out the top five. Other artists who made the list include former...