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• 19:27 English bands still on bill, says producer tinyurl.com/klt7t8 (via @ctvmontreal) Way to make Anglos fell like 2nd class citizens. #

• 22:48 Anglos win battle of the bands snipurl.com/k75fm (via @montrealgazette) Good to know common sense prevailed. #

With la St-Jean-Baptiste next week on the 24th or La Fête nationale du Québec (if you want to be less political) polictics has once again soured the day. You think by now we'd be used to it.

It really is a shame that there are a small vocal minority that view this day as one for the Pure laine exclusively. At least there is a move to be more inclusive than exclusive as in the past.

I hope everyone (who knew of cared enough) got the name they wanted.

Donna and I were serendipitously still up at midnight and watched the countdown ready to snipe our preferred vanity names. Which we both got!

I supplemented it with following the #fbookvanity on twitter. It really felt like a new years countdown, but without Dick Clark and not Times Square.

Mashable has a great post and videos on the whole event that I'm going quote to death. It took 3 minutes to reach 200,000 names and an hour for a million.

Even though I was following the discussion on Twitter I had a good conversion going on (where else) Facebook.

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• 10:44 Tiananmen Square protest 20 year anniversary, Associated Press archive photos: bit.ly/NK2Xa #china #tiananmen (via @latimesphotos) #

I was talking with a 20 something co-worker and made a offhand comment about Tianamen Square. He had never hear about it.

This blew my mind that he had never heard about one of the worse attacks on a people by a government in the modern times.

• 10:30 We'll have the full transcript and recorded video of the President's speech on www.whitehouse.gov shortly. (via @whitehouse) #

• 10:27 The Great Firewall of China Stands Tall, Still Not Unbeatable - bit.ly/bAiHA (via @mashable) #

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  The Seven Seas

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  06:51 Check out Elephant Stone's new album The Seven Seas on iTunes bit.ly/a2goQ #

I'm not going to lie, I went to high school with two of the guys in the band. That said, I defy you to listen to the track Bombs Bomb Away and not be singing it all day.

FYI, you can buy the album for a $1 cheaper and higher quality from their site as apposed to iTunes.

• 07:12 Wow! Wish I had gone Rock Band instead of going Guitar Hero. I just don't have room for 2 plastic drums & 4 guitars bit.ly/7HfkY #

This cinematic trailer for The Beatles Rock Band game is breath taking. My tweet pointed to a G4 YouTube video but they have seemed to pulled it since this morning.

The animation is really elegant and (pardon the pun) really rocks. Of course it never hurts to have The Beatles as a soundtrack.

I always find it bitter sweet to see videos like this of The Beatles. Maybe it's because they were such at great band and they'll never make anything more. Maybe it's because their music is the sound track for a time of change and yet simpler times.

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• 07:07 Looking forward to ABC's V remake. Hope it's half as good as the Battlestar Galactica remake. bit.ly/zHR83 #

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Looks like they will be playing up the religious aspects of the Visitors. I actually reminds me of Battlestar Galactica, but that could be that it's a remake of an 1980's sci-fi show.

When the original aired way back when my mom actually wrote a letter to the local broadcaster in regards to the Visitors eating rats (or mice) and how inappropriate it was to air it. I also remember watching at a friend's house on their beta or vhs player since my mom was that hot on us watching it at home.

So as long as they didn't show us all the good parts in the trailer, I think it might be a good series. 

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• 07:19 Sunday is Museum Day snipurl.com/j461x (via @montrealgazette) Day at the Museum? #

• 18:03 What a weekend. More stone bought (50 bags total), cut the grass & hedges. twitpic.com/6d3wt #

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• 14:04 Librarians more relevant than ever snipurl.com/j2v6l (via @montrealgazette) #
• 14:12 @iChadman I got it bad for Drobo. Too bad they are so damn expensive. #
• 15:35 RT @mashable: Reminder: AVOID the "Best Videos" scam on Twitter today. Explanation here: bit.ly/nR26E #

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• 07:16 @princessremon Is the manga the same as the reprint series that Dark House put out? I have those. twitpic.com/66c99 #

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  18:54 @julien awesome! #

• 21:03 PIXAR animator continues his streak of building perfect character models with Lego. Viz: the star of "Up" bit.ly/3grkN (via @Ihnatko) #

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  22:00 Toy Story 3 teaser trailer now up. To infinity and beyond! Ride like the wind Bullseye! Movie out June 2010 :-( bit.ly/WvxMr #

• 22:34 twitpic.com/68157 - Lots and lots is wrong with this. (via @gingersnapped) #

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• 00:24 7 yr old Julian sent his idea to free Spirit from the sand :-) twitpic.com/63flv (via @MarsRovers) Future NASA scientist? Maybe ;-) #

• 00:29 No Joss = No Fuckin Way!!! Sign the petition! Help the cause! bit.ly/G7YKq #NoJossNoBuffy #BuffyMovieFail (via @MasonAugustus) #

• 00:47 Nice redesign on www.mint.ca . I guess that's why they charge $7.99 for shipping and handling on a $15 coin. bit.ly/wEA1x #

• 00:52 www.canadapost.ca makes you get an account to browse their gift store? Fail. #

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  01:01 Dell has an orange desktop? OMG! I love it. twitpic.com/63lkv #

• 18:42 @Nehalia ah, that was probably the muscle loss. #

• 18:48 The Emperor's New Bacteria: bit.ly/G4DT4 (via @drkiki) Interesting but gross. #

• 19:04 RT @brian_tong: YOU GOT THE TOUCH!: Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen is just around the corner tinyurl.com/noejs8 #

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  19:29 Remember my dismay at spending $8 S&H from the Canadian Mint? Use promo code "games" for freeshipping. twitpic.com/65c8e 

• 19:37 Check out the Roz Savage tracker and follow her amazing journey of solo rowing across the Pacific bit.ly/BrEDQ #
  

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• 20:18 Entire Montreal métro system offline snipurl.com/iz2dy (via @montrealgazette) #

• 20:29 Think your DSL's slow? A guy who connects 2 Wikipedia w/a wooden cased 300 baud modem xrl.in/2crf (via @thegizwiz) #

• 20:32 @Nehalia don't feel bad, I'm not what you would call in shape ;-) #

• 22:04 Noticeable change in the audio direction on Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig. One of the best Cyberpunk series ever! bit.ly/jLga2 #

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18:49 Mystery surrounds boot found in Que. farmer's field snipurl.com/iw862 (via @montrealgazette) 1) Canadian serial killer anyone? #

23:15 NDG church posts controversial anti-homophobia sign tinyurl.com/rbk2qu (via @ctvmontreal) Good 2 see they pratice what they preach ;) #

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