Author: Funkstop
Date: December 4, 2006
I went to an incredible concert put on by Jazz by Genre yesterday…. get ready for it… Guru! basically the godfather of hiphop-jazz! it was the the JAM! he’s gotta be one of my all time favourites! and he had a wicked band with him – superproducer Solar, David Scott (guitar) and DJ Doo Wop, … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 30, 2006
I finally got around to finishing reading Tom Evslin’s e-book hackoff.com – only about 6 months late…
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 25, 2006
the Bugatti Veyron only $1.2M… ok right now my goal is just to sit in one… One day… 😉
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 13, 2006
A lot of people have been asking me about Hike4Life since I participated in it last year, so I decided to write my response here…
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 13, 2006
Despite my earlier reluctance about MSN’s Web2.0 offerings, I decided to try out their new Live Local after reading so many good things about it (particularly on Farhan Thawar’s blog).
My goal was to place all of my Restaurants into a list that can be displayed on a map. I was actually pleasantly surprised
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 3, 2006
Siddhartha: *** (three stars) Some time ago, I finished reading the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, but much like I did with reading the book, I’ve been procrastinating finishing a review! I’d heard great things about this book, but i found it a struggle to get through it. It took me nearly 3 months to … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: November 2, 2006
previously i wrote about the cost of living and metrics in other cities recently, i’ve been seeing other articles about it and it got me thinking about other indexes and ways of measuring cost of living – one of the most common indexes is the burgernomics metric that the Economist puts out. The argument is … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: October 25, 2006
man – i was excited to go to this place – a conveyor belt sushi bar (kaiten-sushi)! Toronto finally has an establishment which took over other parts of the world in the 90s… Well unfortunately in this case, late is definitely last…i gotta say – this place is pretty bad. first to start off with, the atmosphere was … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: October 18, 2006
Shocking to some i’m sure, but I confess that I actually miss london loads. i miss the buzz, the crowds on the streets, the indulgence of excess in nearly everything, and sadly even the general indifference towards poor service…
Author: Funkstop
Date: October 16, 2006
as most of my friends know, i’m a glutton for food… I love trying new foods, going to new restaurants, and sampling new cuisines .. and i don’t mean to sample by foraying into the ‘hip and trendy, IT spot for this month’ type restaurants, but restaurants that…