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Joshua Davis from praystation fame has a new line of products from Umbra featuring his art. To commemorate this event they had a launch party at the Umbra Concept Store store at Queen & John. Since it was in my neighbourhood I stopped by to check it out. There were some nice prints up in the gallery showcase on the lower floor, and some throw pillows, and those wood laminate bins of theirs, they have new versions with Josh's prints on them instead of the wood.

As a bonus they gave me a free set of Umbra domino's just for going, so yay me.

I just got off the phone with Purolator. They have informed me that my monitor is "probably" still in the U.S. they dont actually know as they don't bother doing much of that pesky package tracking like fedex or UPs does. Looking at the package status online the only update on it is, U.S.A. GROUND LINEHAUL. Meaning its on the ground in the US somewhere. According to the operator they just know it hasnt gone through Canada customs yet, thats how they are guessing its still on the ground somewhere in the States.

Fantastic service those guys are providing, and once again we see why these douchebags are the gooch of the shipping industry. Purolator? More like PuroLATER, heh.

"Crude oil prices hit yet another all-time high above $115 US a barrel Thursday amid concerns about sagging U.S. gasoline supplies ahead of the peak demand during summer driving season in North America."

I seriously need someone to explain to me why our gas goes up because of that, we're fucking supplying them why do we not charge higher export fees and keep local prices low.
If they don't want to pay, china has deep pockets, and they already knocked us off as the #1 trading partner with the U.S to #2, so what loyalty do we have?

Well after 2 days of planning, we bought tickets and are Japan bound next month. That's the spontaneous way we roll.

MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay), says Bell is "throttling" information traffic on the Internet and ripping off ordinary Canadians.

Angus accused Industry Minister Jim Prentice of allowing telecom giants like Bell Canada to choke off Internet traffic from smaller third party competitors.

Speaking in the House of Commons today during Question Period, Angus said consumers and innovators are at the mercy of a few large telecom empires.

"Consumers who have paid for access are being ripped off. Badly needed competition is being stifled and most of all, this government is sitting back while a few telecom giants are given free reign to monkey wrench with the flow of ideas," said Angus.

Angus says Prentice doesn't understand the importance of maintaining a fair and "neutral" Net that allows all information to flow freely.

"This government's hands-off approach to hands-on interference is bad news for Canada's innovation agenda. The telecom giants have no right to decide which ideas are pushed into the fast lane and which ideas are left on the back roads," said Angus.

The NDP contends Prentice is failing Canadians when it comes to ensuring an innovation agenda for Canada.

"Net neutrality is a cornerstone of an innovative economy. The consumer and the innovator need to be in the driver's seat. Not Ma Bell. Not Videotron. Not Rogers."

I'm glad at least one person in parliament is trying to bring attention to the huge issue of net neutrality.

Further news coverage on this story:
The Star: Bell throttles its Internet competitors
The Globe & Mail Prentice mum on ISP throttling debate

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