According to my last.fm profile, these are the top 10 albums I listened to in 2007 - this list does not include iPod or "in car" listening.  •  1. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times  •  2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky  •  3. The Who - Live at Leads  •  4. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even …

<img src="http://www.speakergeek.com/local/speakergeek/images/2008/rawkband.jpg" class="border"/  •  Rockband might be the most fun I've ever had playing a video game. This is our 'power rock trio' rehearsing for our world tour - which is as close as i'll ever come to being a rock star. We still …

I went to see Juno on the weekend - this post isn't going to be a review of the movie - other than it was a really great movie.  This has more to do with somewhat of a cultural phenomena that I noted during the movie previews. Of the 3 movie promos that were shown at the beginning of the movie, 2 …

So far, this has been a week of some pretty stellar entertainment.  •  Tuesday nights activities involved a visit to our local cineplex for a viewing of this summers big blockbuster, "Transformers". I should point out, that although I am a "child of the 80's", I was never really a big Transformers …

How to create the greatest "live" concert of all time:  •  1. Open iTunes.  •  2. Create playlist titled "Greatest Concert of All Time"  •  3. Drag all live albums and bootlegs you have in your collection to the playlist.  •  4. Turn 'shuffle' on.  •  5. Press play.  •  6. Rock out.

When you work with a bunch of world class web geeks and programmers, you will sometimes get a cool new feature added to your weblog. This is one of those times.  •  If you scroll down a bit, and look to the right, you will see a list of songs that I have recently been listening to. It … read more »

I'm not usually a big fan of memes, but every once in a while, I see one that sparks my interest, so I give it a go. I've seen the following one on a number of blogs over the past couple of weeks, and found the results that most people were getting with it to be kind of cool. The idea is to use … read more »

Visual:  •  The Wire:  •  Just finished season 1, and am starting on season 2. I am generally not a big fan of police type dramas, but this is good TV. Set in Baltimore, it deals mainly with the drug scene in that city with main characters on boths sides of the fence - dealers and detectives …

When you live on the east coast of Canada, with a combined population that is less than most large cities in the rest of this big world, it is very rare that you get to see a world class rock band in its prime. Sure, we get lots of great Canadian bands that blow through the region on their yearly …