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One Degree: gordonandfrank.ca
frankandgordon.ca, the web portal of Bell's cute beaver marketing campaign should also have registered gordonandfrank.ca.[0]
Evolution of Beauty
A must see. Makes us 'non-models' feel so much better.[1]
Wal-Mart's supercentre boom
3 locations open in Ancaster, London and Stouffville. 4 more are unofficially planned in Ontario: Scarborough, Sarnia, Brampton and Vaughan.[0]
Mini advertisements at BlogTO
RSS-ers might not notice, but Mini ads are plastered all over their webpage-- including an eye-piercing page wallpaper. Though I am not opposed to advertising revenues, this is the site that also stated how Dundas Square is getting 'uglier', and that Nike ads are everywhere Update: The background has since been removed.[0]
Costco opens second Markham store
Perhaps my family should be a member, now that it's so close. Say hello to giant jugs of peanut butter.[1]
Vote for your cities in the latest Monopoly, World Cities version
My top 20 list is based on personal world prominence while maintaining diverse set of countries in which the cities represent:
Africa: Cairo
Americas: New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Buenos Aires
Asia-Pacific: Toyko, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Mumbai, Seoul
Europe: London, Paris, Moscow, Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Athens, Lisbon
You can also nominate two that are not on the list of 68 cities.
I pick: Nairobi and Sao Paulo. This is hard! [via Felix][0]
chapters.indigo.ca gets a mini-revamp (again)
They're really pushing this online book community thing.[0]
Why can't we just buy phones direct?
It's nearly impossible to buy unlocked phones these days. Especially on non-GSM networks.[0]
Microsoft drops Jerry Seinfeld
Aparently, the ads were meant to be short-lived. I found the commercials entertaining. The Microsoft Mojave one was lame.[0]