[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Watawa-life-C2-BB-Blog-Archive-C2-BB-Fire-once-more_1189126802515.png) Photographer/blogger Robin Kelsey has posted some photos of the now-vacant site that was the scene of last month’s Somerset Fire . ** Related: ** Ottawa Photography Guide

Dr. Dawg lambasts Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien today in a post titled Bull in a china shop : Watching him fumble and blunder his way from gaffe to gaffe has aroused a certain Schadenfreude in progressive quarters. But his unsavoury combination of staggering ineptitude, unruffled self-confidence and adolescent tough talk is little short of a tragedy for Ottawa. ...

Looks like the South Side vs. North Side debate is finally settled. From the Ottawa Sun: South side Lansdowne stands unsafe . (Thanks Chris!) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ottawasun.com-Breaking-News-South-side-Lansdowne-stands-unsafe_1189035280562.png) ** Related: ** Ottawa Sports Guide

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Mascotting-on-Flickr-Photo-Sharing-21_1188864838343.png) Ottawa photorapher Larry Coor has a great set of photos up on Flickr of the Lynx game today . It’s probably their last game ever in Ottawa. The stadium was packed, and Lenny the Lynx even made a return appearance. ...

A quick Sunday night post: Local blogger Andrea, who writes a peek inside the fish bowl , is hosting a back to school photo contest. You can win an HP printer/scanner. Details here. ** Related: ** Ottawa Schools Guide

Dan Cummins, CEO of local web company Atomic Motion , sent along this Ottawa Business Journal story about how they hacked an iPhone using a paper clip : Bobby Tzanev, the chief technology officer of web development company Atomic Motion, has been able to hack into the iPhone without going through the difficult soldering process employed by Mr. ...

Milkman Unlimited reports that 11 parties have submitted applications to the CRTC for a new radio station license in Ottawa / Gatineau. Here they are: 1. 3077457 Nova Scotia Limited (Jack McGaw) (Tourist Station) 2. Astral 3. Christian Hit Radio 4. ...

Out Of Left Field blogger Neate Sager is not a fan of a proposed plan to convert Lynx Stadium into a covered soccer field. ** ** "The sports-illiterate politicians never hesitate to deal the baseball fans who do come out in Ottawa a a slap in the face," ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/the-place-next-door-no-more.jpg) A reader sent us this pic of the old awning from The Place Next Door, left rather unceremoniously in a dumpster on Rideau Street. (Photo by Jack O’Sullivan.) (The restaurant was torn down, and will be replaced soon by condos. ...

Canuckflack wonders why bus riders aren’t looking out the window along the Ottawa River Parkway: So why are all the mindless automatons blindly staring towards the front of the bus, their hands tightly gripping one of three things: their coffee, their briefcase, or the handrail on the seat in front of them? ...