Our response to the above juxtaposition was originally going to hinge on the observation that “The Simpsons already did it.” (And so they have.) But upon learning that Kevin Bracken, the male half of Newmindspace, intends to permanently return to New York next month—putting the future of the group in the air—we must acknowledge that [...]

We’d love to be flies on the walls of newspaper boardrooms these days. The democratization of information on the internet threw the media companies for a loop, resulting in years of failed attempts to protect that information from the non-paying public. Sites like CNN wanted web readers to pony-up to see video clips, while the [...]

You may have noticed our new Profile system, rolled out a week ago, which segregates our commenters into two groups: those who have a profile (and who are identified by the name that they choose), and those who don’t (identified, across the board, as a “guest”). In the interest of full disclosure, I didn’t like [...]

Even though tomorrow is World Car Free Day, Torontoist wants to warn those TTC virgins that sometimes the Better Way is not always the Better Smelling Way. Gawker just released a NYC Transit – Google map mash up of what each station smells like for their glorious Gotham. We suspect that if this kind of [...]

Jaunted.com gave us this heads up about Toronto’s mini version of the Gawker Stalker. It’s a Google Maps mash-up following around Portman while she’s filming Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Which has such a terrible title but has Dustin Hoffman, which kinda makes up for it. Sure it’s only one celebrity but it IS Natalie Portman [...]

It’s old news now, but just in case you didn’t hear, Boing Boing editor and former Torontonian Cory Doctorow is one of three judges for the 2006 Blooker prize. The Lulu Blooker prize is awarded to the best non-fiction, fiction and comic books inspired by a blog (or blog turned into books). The most impressive [...]

We don’t really feel like discussing last night’s ridiculous debate (is it just us, or is Gilles Duceppe’s English getting worse as these debates go on? Really, we think it’s all an act – Duceppe probably speaks perfect English, but refuses to out of spite), which served only to convince us that we can’t, in [...]

Whoa. WTF, kiddies: Gavin from Vice (pictured) recently married. The mag jumped le requin years ago, but the ding-a-ling-ling of the wedding bells have ultimately symbolized the final death knell to the cultural phenomenon that was Vice™. According to Gawker: Emily Jendrisak, daughter of Christine Jendrisak and Jerry Jendrisak of Madison, Wisconsin, was married Saturday, [...]

Like anyone else, Torontoist can’t help but be occasionally overwhelmed by the traumatic events in other areas of the world. This week is obviously one of those occasions. Our thoughts are in Louisiana. DCist has copious links and information on Katrina relief efforts. We’ll post a comprehensive list of Ist posts and information shortly. In [...]

The National Basketball Association’s MVP and super cute BC native Steve Nash could very well be approaching superhero status in Toronto. Over the weekend, millions (or thousands) of Nashophiles were speculating whether the camera phone picture below, courtesy of Gawker, was really Hair Canada playing an impromptu game of pick-up in NYC. The Gawker reportage, [...]