My taste in music includes pretty much everything you could imagine. If you have a song you think I might like then please post the name or even a link (youtube). I love listening to other peoples music so try me.

I am writing this from my iPhone so it’s a little different updating it this way. If you have a wordpress blog you can update your blog from your touch or iPhone. The app is available on the app store.

We moved into our apartment on our second day after spending the night in the airport. We only ended up getting a one bedroom apartment but considering we didn’t have all that much stuff to put in it its alright for now. We hope to upgrade to a two bedroom high rise once we get a little more established.

Andrew and I both started working only a couple of days after our arrival and the hours have been fairly long (10-13 hours per day) but the workload should slowly become less and less once we are able to catch up with the work that wasn’t complete the previous two weeks (workers quit). 

I have been posting photos to flickr and you can find all the ones from Edmonton in this set.

Also, check out this song by Bubba Sparxxx called Comin Round (mp3)

Collard and I left Ontario at 7:40pm last night and have made our arrival here at Edmonton International at 11:10pm, WE HAVE ARRIVE!!!! 

I must say I am pretty pumped now that I am here and the ‘getting there’ aspect of the whole adventure is now over. The flight went by fairly quick as I was able to get about an hour and a half of sleep about half way through the flight. I’m a pretty big fan of WestJet now (this was my first time flying with them) because of the excellent service that we received and the fact that they have televisions for every single seat (cable tv, pay-per-view etc…). We are stuck chilling out in the airport for the night as we are only getting a look at our apartment in the morning. It’s not to bad though since I was able to snag an free open-wireless spot here in the terminal (thanks Bell).

Now that we have arrived we can start planning out what our plan of attack will be. Tomorrow we are checking out the apartment and hopefully doing a little shopping (food, misc. apartment items). I have been in contact with a nice guy from Edmonton through craigslist who will most likely be hooking us up with two Ikea desks for $75/each, a pretty big steal if you ask me.

I have posted a couple of photos to my flickr account so check those out if thats what interests you. Thats about it for now though. I have no idea when I will be able to get back online after we leave the airport but hopefully it won’t be more than a couple of days.

From a childhood in “Shangri-La” to a life in exile, BIOGRAPHY presents the riveting, life-affirming journey of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

One of the world’s most admired men, he is the spiritual and secular leader of a nation that exists only as a “Lost Kingdom.” Born Tenzin Gyatso, he is the 14th man recognized by his people as Buddha’s reincarnation and honored with the title he is known by worldwide: His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Yet, for a man so widely respected, His Holiness has been living in exile since 1959, after a failed rebellion against the occupying Chinese forced him to flee his nation.

Highlighting key footage from the Dalai Lama’s life–including his acceptance of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize–this enlightening program features interviews with Chinese scholars, Tibet activists such as actor Richard Gere, and His Holiness himself to chronicle in great detail the ongoing struggle to free Tibet.

In the hopes of saving metal music (could we do without? I think so.) the ever popular Metallica is looking to win fans over with their new album, Death Magnetic, after failing miserably with their last album, St-Anger. As many of you know Metallica is not very well liked on the internet as they have had an on-going (although failing) battle with online piracy for many years now. St-Anger was actually released five days prior to the official launch because the album was leaked over P2P.

Now comes 2008 and not to much as change. New album, new leak. A lot of the same game. You can probably enjoy the album if you click here. I have yet to listen to the whole album so I can’t really give my opinion on it but I’m sure you can get a good idea from here.

You’ve seen Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer (and maybe some of you Opera) but you have not experienced the web until you’ve used Google’s new weapon into the browser war, Google Chrome. Quite possibly the easiest, simplest, fastest and most elegant browser I have ever used. It has been a while in the making but it has finally arrived. I’m afraid to see what this will do to firefox’s market share as many firefox users only want the best and will make the move quite willing to get it. The plug-ins are one of the major things I have missed so far but I’m sure Google will provide there own solution to this problem. You can download it now (free) here.

Everyday now in Glengarry seems like an eternity so the sooner I am able to make my departure the better.

In other news, what the hell was McCain thinking choosing Palin as his VP? My God. I’m beginning to think he is as dumb as we thought he was (or maybe its because he’s old and really has little to do with the decisions his campaign makes for him). Well either way she has already found herself in some trouble; her child is 17 years old and about to have her first child, her husband causes some conflict of interests as a former BP employee and she has a terrible track record from her home state, Alaska.

Yonge & Dundas Scramble - Toronto, Ontario

Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo.

Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Japan

Bearbot - Technolocrips