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I just read a wonderful little piece by one of the best writers out there in the blogosphere, THE Daring Fireball, John Gruber. The story is a quick tale about an evening of his recent vacation with his family, and it's one of those heart warming stories that just puts me right off my rails - I'll be affected by this all day now, which is great. Everyone loves a good story about a family working through the things families need to work through, protecting each other and being patient with each other but at the same time infuriated by the strange (usually irrational) things that make us each so unique.

So way to go Mr. Gruber on being Dad Of The Summer (an award I just made up and am happy to award) and also 'way to go' to anyone else out there dealing with the pressures of close-quarters, family vacationing this summer.

To all my people in the K-town of the ON, there's show you need to see:

Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Thurs. September 14

Joy Supper Club

Kingston, ON

There was some talk amongst our little gang of bloggers about backing stuff up - specifically how important it is, in the event you machine fails or is, say, stolen.

Here's a great little piece of software that fulfills a dire need. gDisk lets you use the space you have left on your gmail account as general disk storage accessible via webDAV. Cool stuff!

Also, Craig mentioned he uses a service called StreamLoad(They're busy doing an update right now but I'm sure they'll be back up later), which I think is pretty cool but doesn't work as well as I want it too. If I could have a DAV client for my StreamLoad storage I would just about be in heaven!

I've been thinking about my music collection a lot recently, thanks to the recently completed task of filling Hanni's new computer with music.

Here's a few things I thought I'd bring up:

EXOTICA:
Exotica rocks! It's sort of American-interpretation of tropical/jungle/Hawiian music. I have always been interested in it, but just recently discovered what it's proper name was, and the names of some of the purveyors of the genre, which has allowed me to explore it a little more. I find myself particularly drawn to Martin Denny, but also love Les Baxter and Art Lyman. For some free stuff, check out Vegas Vic's Podcast!

All The Roadrunning:
I've been totally blown away by this new record from the amazing Emmy Lou Harris and the unbelievably talented Mark Knopfler. Great song writing, exceptional vocal talent, technical skill of a level you'll rarely hear equalled, and to top it all off, there's a genuine sweetness that emanates from these two artists... I don't know if they're actually involved with each other but they certainly sold me.

10,000 Days:
This new record from Tool should not be underestimated. I've been through it enough times now to realise the depth of the genius of this record. It takes time to really buy in, but it's worth it.

First, I HATE the insurance industry.

Second, I'm glad 'they' are finally calling bullshit on string theory.

Thrid, God Bless The Bloggers. For coverage on the Sackville Fire 2006, look no further than the weblog of the the editor of the Argosy (Argosy website link). Not only is this the best coverage of the events of the fire, (including photos that span the whole night - this guy must have been up forever) but it's the ONLY online coverage of this event. Here's the post that's actually about the fire - pretty much everything since this post is related as well though.

**UPDATE: Here's a picture of the rubble the day after

This woman has a message and she's not afraid to share it.

This is pretty intense - consider yourself forewarned.