Even though it was against my Raps, it was great to see some vintage Shaq. After all, it might be the last time we see a performance like this from THE_REAL_SHAQ.

Director of the Office of Management and Budget for President Obama’s administration, Peter Orszag, speaks to the importance of blogging as a means of transparency and immediate reporting.
The guy talks like a huge nerd which, given his role, is a really good thing.

Why am I paying almost $100 a month for moderate quality programming and a flaky PVR when I really don’t need them? The world has changed. People want to consume media in a variety of ways and yet my cable company’s answer to improve the “quality” of their service is to increase the cost.
Well, I’m [...]

I attended the Canadian Autoshow today for the first time since I was in highschool. Just like old times, my Dad was there as we walked through the maze of cars, trucks and alternative vehicles spread out for kids and potential customers/fans to view.
This year’s show was definitely overshadowed by the economic changes affecting [...]

The Cool Kids are a hip-hop duo from Illinois. The duo consists of Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish originally from Detroit. Their single “Black Mags” is featured in a late 2007 Rhapsody TV commercial. The Cool Kids have been and currently are on tour with M.I.A. They have also been featured in the video game [...]

Last month I posted about why it would be a great move for the Raptors to pull the trigger on a Jermaine O’Neal for Shawn Marion trade. Today, ESPN is reporting that trade has materialized with Jamario Moon and Marcus Banks as spare parts.
For Miami, this gets them into the second round of the playoffs, [...]

I’m back from Vancouver and posting my recaps of IxDA’s Interaction 09 conference on the Teehan+Lax blog. Enjoy.
Oh, and a word about Vancouver: Go.

Headed over to Vancouver for IxDA’s Interaction ‘09 this weekend where I’ll be attending workshops and keynotes about the cutrent state, future and practices of my discipline.
Follow my posts on the Teehan+Lax blog or via Twitter @derekvaz. I’ll try to keep the posts less technical and more about how IxD is shaping the world [...]

ImageSpark officially goes live today.
This is one of the most creative and fun projects I’ve had the chance to work on. What started as a simple idea – to store, share and discover inspirational imagery – evolved over some long weeks (and weekends) into the site you see now.
Though the ImageSpark team was [...]

A good amount of people know that the Pittsburgh Steelers overcame a huge Arizona Cardinals comeback last night to win their sixth Superbowl in franchise history.
Here’s a review of every drive (against time of possession) of that great game, courtesy of The New York Times.