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2004-03-30T21:47:13Z
March 30, 2004 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/March+30%252C+2004zakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-03-30T21:47:13Z2004-03-30T21:47:13Z
<p>Happy birthday, <a href="/title/subway">subway</a>! Today is the fiftieth <a href="/title/anniversary">anniversary</a> of <a href="/title/Canada">Canada</a>'s first subway system, here in <a href="/title/Toronto">Toronto</a>. Fittingly, the <a href="/title/TTC">TTC</a> was feted, and an <a href="/title/unprecidented">unprecidented</a> agreement was signed by all three levels of <a href="/title/government">government</a>, to rund the TTC by an additional $1.05 billion over the next five years.</p>
<p>The original Yonge line subway, originally planned as an underground <a href="/title/streetcar">streetcar</a> line but (smartly) re-planned as a real subway line, was from <a href="/title/Union+station">Union station</a> up to <a href="/title/Eglinton+station">Eglinton station</a>. The inaugural trip, from Eglinton to Union, was attended by <a href="/title/Premier">Premier</a> <a href="/title/Leslie+Frost">Leslie Frost</a> and <a href="/title/mayor">mayor</a> <a href="/title/Allan+Lamport">Allan Lamport</a>, among other dignitaries; today the trip was duplicated by our current politicians, such as Premier <a href="/title/Dalton+McGuinty">Dalton McGuinty</a>, mayor <a href="/title/David+Miller">David Miller</a>, and others. <a href="/title/Prime+Minister">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/title/Paul+Martin">Paul Martin</a> was not at the ceremonies after the ride, but he was at TTC headquarters this morning for the funding announcement.</p>
<p>And there was cake, provided by the chef school of <a href="/title/George+Brown+College">George Brown College</a> (dutifully pimped; I'm not at<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…
George Brown College (place)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/George+Brown+Collegezakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-02-22T21:20:02Z2004-02-22T21:20:02Z
<p>A <a href="/title/community+college">community college</a> with two and a half <a href="/title/campus">campus</a>es, located in <a href="/title/Toronto">Toronto</a> <a href="/title/Ontario">Ontario</a>. Like the other <a href="/title/college">college</a>s in Ontario, GBC was founded in 1967. The college gets its <a href="/title/name">name</a> from one of the <a href="/title/Fathers+of+Confederation">Fathers of Confederation</a>, <a href="/title/George+Brown">George Brown</a>. The college is known for the many <a href="/title/nurse">nurse</a>s it produces, as well as a <a href="/title/world+famous">world famous</a> <a href="/title/chef">chef</a> school.</p>
<p>It offers 112 <a href="/title/diploma">diploma</a> programs, as well as eight <a href="/title/degree">degree</a> programs, mostly in conjunction with <a href="/title/Ryerson+University">Ryerson University</a> (where that half-campus is located). An additional 29 <a href="/title/certificate">certificate</a> programs rounds out the full-time catalogue. There are also over 700 <a href="/title/continuing+education">continuing education</a> courses available. Currently, there are about twelve thousand full-time students, as well as over fifty thousand part-time and con. ed. students.</p>
<p>The college website is at <http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/>.</p>
<h3>Casa Loma Campus</h3>
<p>The largest of the campuses of GBC, Casa Loma campus is situated on the stretch of Kendal Ave. between Davenport Rd. and MacPherson Ave.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…
Stalin vs. Hitler (thing)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/Stalin+vs.+Hitlerzakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-02-20T22:26:37Z2004-02-20T22:26:37Z
<p><a href="/title/Josef+Stalin">Stalin</a> <a href="/title/versus">vs.</a> <a href="/title/Adolf+Hitler">Hitler</a> is a 29 page <a href="/title/webcomic">webcomic</a> featuring our favorite two <a href="/title/supervillain">supervillain</a>s of mid- 20th century <a href="/title/Europe">Europe</a>. But with <a href="/title/magic+powers">magic powers</a>. The comic was done in 2000 by a <a href="/title/Russia">Russia</a>n artist named <a href="/title/Alexey+Lipatov">Alexey Lipatov</a>. As such, the comic is entirely in <a href="/title/Russian">Russian</a> using the <a href="/title/Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> alphabet, but luckily for all of us who don't speak the language, an English translation is provided.</p>
<p>I won't detail anything about the story (it's pretty much one long <a href="/title/fight+scene">fight scene</a>, like <a href="/title/Dragonball+Z">Dragonball Z</a> but with less posturing). I will tell you where to read it, however. Look to <http://www.comics.aha.ru/rus/stalin/>.</p>
<p>A <a href="/title/humour">humour</a>ous <a href="/title/copyright+notice">copyright notice</a> is provided for jest, I'll just paste it here so you may enjoy it too.</p>
<blockquote><a href="/title/Joseph+Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> is © & TM by the All-Union <a href="/title/Communist+Party">Communist Party</a> (<a href="/title/Bolsheviks">Bolsheviks</a>). Inappropriate usage will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law with <a href="/title/expel">expel</a>ling from the Party and ten years of <a href="/title/hard+labor">hard labor</a>.<br>
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Black Isle Studios (thing)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/Black+Isle+Studioszakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-02-18T23:29:33Z2004-02-18T23:29:33Z
<h2>RIP BIS</h2>
<p><a href="/title/Interplay">Interplay</a> put Black Isle Studios <a href="/title/out+to+pasture">out to pasture</a> on <a href="/title/December+8%252C+2003">December 8, 2003</a>. This resulted in the cancellation of <a href="/title/Van+Buren">Van Buren</a>, the third game in the <a href="/title/Fallout">Fallout</a> series. If you see anything from BIS from then on, it is simply an <a href="/title/imprint">imprint</a> like the <a href="/title/book+industry">book industry</a> uses.</p>
<p>Black Isle was originally founded in 1998 by <a href="/title/Feargus+Urquhart">Feargus Urquhart</a>, who left in April 2003 to found <a href="/title/Obsidian+Entertainment">Obsidian Entertainment</a>, considered by many to be BIS' <a href="/title/successor">successor</a>.</p>
<h3>Releases</h3>
<p>This list is of games published or developed by BIS. Right now it's just titles as listed on the BIS website (<http://www.blackisle.com/>, and still up, amazingly). I'll be detailing the list sometime soon, hopefully. /msg me if it's been too long or if you have more info for the list.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/title/Fallout">Fallout</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Fallout+2">Fallout 2</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Planescape%253A+Torment">Planescape: Torment</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Icewind+Dale">Icewind Dale</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Icewind+Dale%253A+Heart+of+Winter">Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Baldur%2527s+Gate">Baldur's Gate</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Baldur%2527s+Gate%253A+Tales+of+the+Sword+Coast">Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast</a><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ul>…
SeaMonkey (thing)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/SeaMonkeyzakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-02-11T01:15:00Z2004-02-11T01:15:00Z
<p>SeaMonkey is the name of the <a href="/title/Mozilla">Mozilla</a> <a href="/title/application+suite">application suite</a>, that <a href="/title/monolithic">monolithic</a> block of <a href="/title/browser">browser</a>, <a href="/title/mail">mail</a>, <a href="/title/composer">composer</a> and <a href="/title/chat">chat</a>. While SeaMonkey is still maintained, this is more for the sake of large <a href="/title/corporation">corporation</a>s that have it rolled out and don't want to have to switch to the smaller and faster stand-alone programs such as <a href="/title/Mozilla+Firefox">Firefox</a> and <a href="/title/Mozilla+Thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>.</p>
Mozilla Sunbird (thing)http://everything2.com/user/zaku/writeups/Mozilla+Sunbirdzakuhttp://everything2.com/user/zaku2004-02-11T00:59:10Z2004-02-11T00:59:10Z
<p>There is little to be said about <a href="/title/Mozilla">Mozilla</a> Sunbird, the stand-alone <a href="/title/calendar">calendar</a> application. It has yet to hit its 0.1 milestone, and continues to use the old <a href="/title/XPFE">XPFE</a> toolkit (rather than the new toolkit sported by <a href="/title/Mozilla+Firefox">Firefox</a> and <a href="/title/Mozilla+Thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>).</p>
<p>Sunbird is usable, however, unless you want to change <a href="/title/preferences">preferences</a>. The front-end is nearly indistinguishable from the standard calendar application. It includes support for multiple calendars (including <a href="/title/remote">remote</a> calendars). Sunbird is also supposedly themable, but I haven't seen many themes available for calendar or Sunbird, and haven't tried it out.</p>
<p>Sunbird and its parent, the Mozilla calendar application, are still <a href="/title/alpha+quality">alpha quality</a> (don't let Calendar's version fool you). If you want to check it out or help develop it, the project site is <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/>.</p>