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"Note that Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay has just demanded an apology from Fox News. In an interview with CTV Newsnet, MacKay expressed his anger over the comments: "It's crass, it's insensitive, it's in fact disgusting given the timing where Canada is just receiving back four fallen heroes." Friday, four Canadian soldiers were killed in two separate IED blasts that injured another five soldiers. The deaths bring the total number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 116. See: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet... ..." - Eric Portelance

A few short videos I took of the inauguration from the Embassy roof - Eric Portelance

Some inauguration photos from the Canadian Embassy in DC - Eric Portelance

Connect2Canada is finally on Twitter! We will be updating live on and before January 20th with inauguration updates, pictures, and videos. Stay tuned! If you aren't already a Connect2Canada member, head over to www.connect2canada.com and sign up. - Eric Portelance

"I have now had two failures of Time Machine (OS X no longer recognizes old backups on drive connected through Airport Extreme). That enough was the final nail that got me to move over to Super Duper. I can't afford to have my backup be unreliable. Plus, if you've ever had to do a full recover from Time Machine, you know that it can be painfully long. Sure, it's "backup for the rest of us", but it won't get you up and running again too quickly, and there are reliability problems that Apple has still not addressed." - Eric Portelance

Extremely interesting article on the "brand" promotion that DFAIT *should* be doing. Canada (and governments worldwide) need to take a serious look at Web 2.0. - Eric Portelance

One of the best and most original television shows of all-time can now be viewed for free online. Isn't it great that the networks are embracing new content distribution systems? - Eric Portelance

Also, join the Connect2Canada Facebook Page if you have not already! - Eric Portelance

Another twisted video from David Firth. - Eric Portelance

Not surprising, but still scary. - Eric Portelance

In a word: Awesome! - Eric Portelance

Funny letter from blue states to red states. An ultimatum that they will separate and form an awesome country should the red states steal this election. - Eric Portelance

"FYI in Canada we still use paper ballots. It has never caused any problems, and there aren't any instances of voter fraud like in the US. We simply don't have contested elections." - Eric Portelance

Christopher Hitchens does a good job at forming the ballot question with his endorsement of Obama. - Eric Portelance

This is pretty scary stuff. Privacy is a major issue these days. - Eric Portelance

This is pretty scary stuff. Privacy is a major issue these days. - Eric Portelance

Love the look of this video. Looks like they shot it on old Ektachrome film or something. - Eric Portelance

Love the look of this video. Looks like they shot it on old Ektachrome film or something. - Eric Portelance

I got a kick out of this. - Eric Portelance

for me, it's James Cameron - Nathan Chase

Andrei Tarkovsky is my absolute favorite (Andrei Rublev and Stalker, in particular) followed closely by Yasujiro Ozu (Good Morning and Tokyo Story, in particular). Kubrick and Fellini are also right up there, too. And I like Kurosawa (Ran and Ikiru, in particular), as well. Oh, and David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson to a lesser degree. - Akiva Moskovitz

Love the toning. Looks like this was shot on 50s-era colour stock. - Eric Portelance

Joe the plumber! - Eric Portelance

Kerry sums up the past week of McCain's campaign better than anyone else. Bravo. - Eric Portelance

Kerry sums up the past week of McCain's campaign better than anyone else. Bravo. - Eric Portelance

The differences between high-quality amateur still photography and videography comes down to the tools and the learning curve. Or: why soccer moms will not be pleased with the Nikon D90 and Canon 5D Mk II's video capabilities. Consumer video cameras already confuse people to no end. People without extensive video knowledge should forget these cameras for the purposes of doing nice video on the cheap (and simply). - Eric Portelance

The differences between high-quality amateur still photography and videography comes down to the tools and the learning curve. Or: why soccer moms will not be pleased with the Nikon D90 and Canon 5D Mk II's video capabilities. Consumer video cameras already confuse people to no end. People without extensive video knowledge should forget these cameras for the purposes of doing nice video on the cheap (and simply). - Eric Portelance

Even better than the first. I think the scary part is that it's not too far off from the *actual* interview... - Eric Portelance

Palin has the least experience of any vice president in the history of the United States, during a time of significant challenges. Economic crisis, a number of wars, global warming, etc. She has at least 1/5 chance of becoming President, based on past history. As Lessig says, this is reckless in a time where we cannot afford reckless. - Eric Portelance

Palin has the least experience of any vice president in the history of the United States, during a time of significant challenges. Economic crisis, a number of wars, global warming, etc. She has at least 1/5 chance of becoming President, based on past history. As Lessig says, this is reckless in a time where we cannot afford reckless. - Eric Portelance

Cafferty is right. Also of note... Wolf Blitzer is such a complete tool. Palin sounds like that miss america girl from a few years ago: "and like such as the Iraq". Sticking to talking points given to her and trying to string them together without understanding what they mean. - Eric Portelance