#technologyNew technology newspaper to launch next weekFrom a press release received today: ** ** Tony Patterson, who was founding editor of Silicon Valley NORTH, has put together a new team, new publication and new website to deliver news and information about the local tech community. Twenty thousand copies of the inaugural edition of national capital SCAN will be circulating in high tech workplace next week. ...
#mediaNew issue of GuerillaThe latest issue of Guerilla is online now. " Guerilla is a consideration of Ottawa culture at ground level. And content is king, baby. The celebrated, the unknown, the historic, the avant-garde." …and usually a good read, too. ** ...
#beerThe Beer HunterWe just added a cool site to OttawaStart: The Beer Hunter . It’s a map of places in Ottawa where you can get alcohol – including Beer Stores, LCBO, Wine Rack, and independent dealers. The data is scraped from LCBO and Beer Store web sites, as well as user suggestions. ...
#city hallOttawa Municipal Election: Web Notes, Part 2A few of the candidates in the upcoming Ottawa Municipal Election are going to have to find different web site names than the ones they used in the last election. For example: * Shawn Little 's web site in the last campaign was " [ ThinkBigVoteLittle. ...
#city hallOttawa Municipal Election: Web Notes, Part 1We’ve been updating the links on our Municipal Election Guide , as we get set for a municipal election in November 2006. We noticed that one of the candidates for Kitchissippi Ward is Vicky Smallman – who writes the popular Ottawa blog Miss Vicky’s Offhand Remarks . ...
The Zen of Backyard Rink MakingThe Team 1200’s Steve Warne writes: Moonlight flooding has become amazingly therapeutic. It’s peaceful, cold and quiet outside, unlike my summers in Barrhaven. In summer, there are neighbours, kids, radios and the endless home and road construction. All you hear on the rink at night is the peaceful white noise of the water leaving the hose and the faint, yet curiously satisfying sounds of snapping and cracking as water hits ice. ...
#radioSenators broadcasts on BOB FMBOB FM will be carrying Team 1200’s play-by-play of Sens games for the rest of the season. The move puts the Sens on FM radio in urban Ottawa. Both stations are owned by CHUM. Source: Milkman Unlimited . ** ...
#mediaMax Keeping's Ties[ ](http://www.ctv.ca/archives/CTVShows/images/20031010/ctvOttawa-default/CJOH_Keeping_small.jpg) OttawaStart reader Rev. A. McKee asked: “Where does Max Keeping get his ties?” Max responded: Max's collection of ties comes from virtually everywhere: (kids) the Children's Miracle Network, Save the Children; (fashion) Vernini at St Laurent, Holt Renfrew; and some others are gifts from viewers. ...
#dogsFive tips for training a dogBefore we brought home our boxer puppy last summer, we read a ton of books about puppies, dogs, and training. Some stuff worked with Diego, some stuff didn’t. Here are some training tips that worked for us: Buy a spray bottle. ...
#bike #nccUpdate: Bike path detour signage behind Parliament HillFollowing up on a previous post… From flora.cfsc: From: David Elliott Date: 6/25/2004 11:09 AM The signing for the NCC pathway detour of the Ottawa River Capital Pathway below the Supreme Court is scheduled to be installed today. The route takes westbound pathway users up through the Parliamentary Precinct via a pathway link and parking lot to the north of Bank Street. ...