“What was supposed to be a ride to promote cycling safety and awareness in Sudbury turned tragic when a cyclist was struck by an oncoming vehicle on Long Lake Road in front of about 200 cyclists. I was one of the cyclists in the front of the pack who saw the horrible accident take place, after looking up at the sound of screeching brakes. We were taking part in a ride organized by the Ontario-based Share the Road Cycling Coalition, on a beautiful evening in Sudbury. We had just stopped for a moment of silence to pay tribute to cyclists across Canada who have been injured or killed while taking part in an activity they enjoyed.

At this time, there is only a little news on the condition of the cyclist who was struck, although I heard from other cyclists that he was conscious. Emergency personal were on the scene immediately after the accident happened. Tonight’s online edition of the Sudbury Star is reporting that the cyclist was injured, but not killed.”

read more via Steve May, CEO of the Sudbury Federal Green Party Association.

Does this unfortunate event not underscore the importance of having bike lanes within the city?

“A cyclist was hit by a vehicle on Long Lake Road on Tuesday evening during an event intended to promote cycling safety. The cyclist was struck and suffered a broken arm, according to witnesses participating in the second annual Greater Sudbury Share the Road campaign.”

via the Sudbury Star.

Music lovers can now be immortalised when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones.

A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favourite tunes or their last will and testament. Minimalist audiophiles might want to go for the simple option of having no tunes or voiceover, and simply pressing the ashes into the vinyl to result in pops and crackles.

The company was founded by Jason Leach, who co-founded the techno group and record label Subhead in the 1990s and has since founded a number of other labels, including House of Fix, Daftwerk and Death to Vinyl.

Read more @ Wired.co.uk

“It definitely has changed my whole life — that’s how significant Twitter is to me,” said Ehrlich, who now regularly chats with educators around the world and helps host a weekly forum for them on the micro-blogging site. “At first, I didn’t really get it. But I just kept watching it and, before you knew it, I was hooked.”

Between April 2009 and May, the percentage of internet users 50 and up who said they use social-networking sites has risen from 22 percent to 42 percent, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center.

Read the eye opening article @ CNN

Theo Kamecke became fascinated by circuit boards in the late 1960s. But it wasn’t until about 20 years later that he started thinking of them as art material.

He started collecting tons of vintage circuit boards, many directly from manufacturers, with the idea that he would turn them into works of art.

“I went to dozens of circuit-board manufacturers and asked them to give me their overruns,” he says.

Kamecke has been particular about using vintage boards. The reason: Many of the circuit boards made in the 1960s and 1970s were handmade.

“In the 1960s, they designed large circuit boards that would end up being 6 inches by 6 inches in size,” says Kamecke.“They would do it on a big board and use chart tape for someone to lay out the circuit.

“It makes the older boards more interesting to look at,” he says.

Read more @ Wired

“Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!” Google tweeted Thursday, evidently pleased with the number.

Have you tried it?

via CNN

Take a look at Sudbury’s Lake Ramsey in this old photograph. It looks sparkly clean, and check out those benches! Beautiful.

via Matthew Quesnel