Michael Boyle's weblog
has posted the first Oscar predictions that I’ve seen since the list of nominees was announced this morning. Particularly funny:
Fernando Meirelles, City of God: I didn’t see it but I think the voters put a bunch of foreign director names in a hat and pulled out his. Kudos, Fernando.
Ed Bilodeau has, yet again, quit his weblog, this time the one called “Shoulder to the Wheel“. And, yet again, it’s too bad. He had, in this last incarnation, amassed a very nice source of information on various advanced topics in information management (etc.) that, unfortunately, others will no longer be able to consult.
the Zeke’s Gallery weblog for ages, since Chris let me know about it in the fall. For whatever reason I only made it to his site the other day, and noted that, as expected, Chris is completely and totally suited to the blogging form. His posts are quite long, but they are original and opinionated, as is Chris himself in everything he does. Definitely a blog to watch in Montreal.
of the insanity of the Montreal real estate market. The house I rented for 4 years in the mid-to-late-90s is for sale now – listed at $269K!
In Montreal, if you’re lucky and do your research, you can still get a hell of a lot of house for that kind of money. This particular house, however, is a real dump and unless a lot more work was done than can be seen from the photos published in MLS, it is worth not even half what they’re asking for it. Moreover, I know for a fact that it was sold to the current owner just 18 months ago for $110K.The place was very economical as a $700/month rental that you could share with three roommates. That’s a far cry from what they’re asking now though.
Incidentally, this is where my first mirror photo was snapped, a couple of months before I moved out.
