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Updating le status de..uh, moi.

September 29, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Let’s see, what’s happened so far? We’ve been to Chartres, Blois, all along the Loire valley, up to Mont-St-Michel, Normandy (Juno Beach), Arras (Vimy), Champagne for several days and now […]

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Trips

Vimy

September 25, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment
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Trips

Bonjour!

September 23, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Good morning, North America. Just a quick update from beautiful sunny Normandy. We’re on day 4 of 14, and we’re having a blast. We’ve seen cathedrals in Chartres and Mont-St-Michel, […]

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Trips

Le voyage commence

September 19, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

And we’re off. Not sure when / how often I’ll be blogging, especially for the first few days. I’ll try to post updates here now and then, maybe with some […]

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Trips

I went down to the river to scan

September 19, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Finally overcoming the irony, I managed to summon enough attention to read “Information-rich and attention-poor”, an essay in last week’s Globe and Mail. It’s really quite insightful, and makes clear […]

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Me, Technology

Chemistry

September 17, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Tonight my beloved Montreal Canadiens will hit the ice for their first exhibition game of the fall. I’ll miss nearly the entire pre-season, as well as their season opener against […]

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Sports

Okay, I really have to sit down and write a blog p…ooh, a butterfly!!

September 15, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

This essay in Saturday’s Globe called “Information Rich and Attention Poor” looks pretty good. I’m not sure, really. I just skimmed the beginning and kept losing focus around the third […]

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Me, Technology

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

September 14, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Our final film of the fest was a bizarre one: Leslie, My Name Is Evil (tiff | imdb). Director Reg Harkema introduced it as virulently anti-realist (I’m paraphrasing here) and […]

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Movies, TIFF

Accident

September 13, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Accident, or Yi Ngoi in Cantonese (tiff | imdb) was the only second choice that we ended up with, since Whip It tickets were in short supply. Still, Whip It […]

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Movies, TIFF

Valhalla Rising

September 13, 2009by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Valhalla Rising (tiff | imdb) was our third film, and first of the year back at our old familiar haunt: the Ryerson theatre. This film didn’t make the first draft […]

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Movies, TIFF

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