Month: March 2010
The Great Escape
Tropicana created this commercial about bringing some daylight to a town, Inuvik, inside the arctic circle. It’s a wonderful idea and while the commercial is interesting, it is really the song “The Great Escape” by Patrick Watson that makes the video. What I find very interesting is that in …
Ze frank and funny stuff
Ze Frank is a visionary, freak, guy who makes fun things. I won’t go into detail but encourage you to watch this TED talk if you don’t know who he is. It’s a little old, but still fucking hilarious. Anyway I stumbled across this and loved it. I know the …
Brainworms of Public Art
I really like it when an artist takes on a public space and changes it. It’s not graffiti (they’re not marking space like a dog) but rather changing the space and they was we feel about it. I remember walking down King street and coming across a “Designated homeless sleeping …
Customer Service FAIL II – a reply to Sophia
Awhile back I posted about some issues I had with my investment firm and an attempt to get a specific question answered from another. I received a phone call today from Scotiabank iTRADE and a comment on that very post. Here is my reply: Sophia, now who is being the …