Dave Kellam

The Star calls bullshit on the New York Times for their review of the recent Broken Social Scene album. The problem is that the review spends a lot of time talking about the band’s Montreal roots, which is great, considering they’re from Toronto.

We have another short interview up at Seal Club. This one is 5 questions with Khoi Vinh of subtraction. Featuring screams of terror, penguins and grain embargoes.

Time picks the 100 greatest novels since 1923. I’ve read 15 of them, so it looks like there are still a few to chew through.

You should go download Raiding the 20th Century, an hour long mashup by DJ Food covering some of music’s best.

A list of presidents of the Royal Society from the 1660s to present.

Watch this video about the origin of CTRL-ALT-DEL. Apparently, it was supposed to be a developer’s tool, akin to an easter egg. The look on Bill Gates’ face is priceless.

A list of the 20 best license-free official fonts. Vitaly also suggests visiting Gerrit’s site for direction on more great finds.

Holy shelf unit, Batman! You know you want one.

A list of good wines available for under $10. Three of the seven reds are from Spain. Coincidence? No, now go buy your Spanish wines. (via)

Guided by Voices may be done, but Robert Pollard doesn’t seem to have slowed down.

Build your own sextant without electrical tools. All you need is a CD, some label paper, a mirror and some Lego pieces.

I want a Boomtune mini. It’s essentially a tripod shaped set of speakers to use with your iPod Shuffle.