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Sam Javanrouh—the man behind the venerable Daily Dose of Imagery, this city's most widely-read photoblog—has always had something of a knack for creating amazing stop-motion timelapse videos. Whether it's cars filling up an Edward and Bay parking lot or the downtown skyline (go to his archives under the heading "timelapse photography" to see more), his videos are hypnotic, beautiful, and fascinating—a chance to see the motions of the city in a new way.

The Too-Explicit Injustice of Kind Population! is: a) a popular Engrish t-shirt slogan in Tokyo b) a Sufjan Stevens hidden track c) the title of this month's photo blog show at the Whippersnapper Gallery If you guessed "c," many hand claps and cheers! You've just won yourself admission* to the opening reception of this must-see exhibition featuring Toronto's top photo bloggers: Sam Javanrouh, Chris Altorf and Jessica Hayes, Adam Hool, and Rannie Turingan. The...

Whack! Sometime in the 1990s, almost a decade before "inventor of the flashmob" Bill Wasik convinced a few dozen people to stand in a department store in New York, people started organizing massive pillow fights. This fact, among other things, led Newmindspace (myself and Lori Kufner) to declare, "our events are not flashmobs!"

The Raptors took the Cleveland Cavaliers 91-90 last night in a game that saw fresh faces fill in for injured key starters.

We've got an invite to pass along for a launch party, exhibit, and book signing for photographer Geoffrey James' newest effort, Toronto, on Thursday night. James has travelled around the city taking shots of some of the underappreciated places in the city with his wide-angle panoramic camera. Torontoist's favourite local philosopher, Mark Kingwell, provides the introduction.

Torontoist wants to send out congratulations to Matt O'Sullivan of The Narrative Photoblog for taking home the best Canadian Photoblog prize at the 2006 Photobloggies. We also want to congratulate has to go out to Sam Javanrouh. His blog, Daily Dose of Imagery, was voted Best Photoblog of the Year.

Gallery openings are a common-enough occurrence in Hogtown, so it takes something special for Torontoist to sit up and take notice. Last night the alt-cult Japanophiles at Magic Pony christened their lovely new store and gallery space (just across the street from their old digs at 694 Queen West) with new works by Derrick Hodgson, Toronto’s own graffiti, doodles, and farm-hand influenced artist. His mix of adorable monsters and the horrors of the every day would find a lovely home in our apartment (and cheap too!), but it was the simultaneous launch of his new book, My Mania, that really caught our eye. Published by Magic Pony themselves, the book is as gorgeous as their new space, and the packed-house at the opening seemed to agree with long lines for a chance to meet-and-greet with Hodgson.

Eli Singer, of Singer.TO, signs on to a lifetime of hyperlinks and inspired comments from Billonlogan today, as we launch his weekly feature, Tech Tune-Up. Today, Flickry photographers. Tomorrow, the world:

And tomorrow a show featuring work by both Rannie and Sam, and a handful of other awesome local shootfromthehippers, will open for a five week run at the Toronto Free Gallery. The exhibit is all about "examining Toronto's urban landscape and public spaces as captured by the city's top photobloggers," and there's a launch party on Thursday too.

Spacing Mag launches its third issue tonight, with a par-tay at the El Mocambo. Audio by Reid Jamieson and Audible. Work and Play in Public Space is the name of the issue, and it'll be available round town following the launch. Torontoist is particularly interested in the mag's new public space etiquette column, 'Ask the Manners Duck.' If only we didn't have to 'duck' every time an absentminded, umbrella-wielding spacehog shared the sidewalk. The issue also includes a spread by the city's top photobloggers, pics by the likes of TO talents Rannie Turingan, Sam Javanrouh, Matt O'Sullivan, Jonathan Day-Reiner and Davin Risk. Ergo, you'd best elbow your way to the Elmo.