Homegrown.web: Some folks say blogs are today’s version of the ’70s CB Radio fad. Well breaker breaker good buddy, here’s something new that will add a whole other dimension to the blogosphere. Stars-of-the-web.com is Canada’s first audio-video-text blog platform, and it’s advertising-free and easy to use. That’s no surprise when you consider that local girl-done-good M-C Turgeon, host of pioneering podcast Vu D’Ici, is running the show. Go do something creative with your boring life at stars-of-the-web.com.

Pumpkin patch: The pre-Halloween ritual of Mat Night might be urban legend—and if any neighbourhood kids care to test that theory down at my house, they’d better be able to run pretty fast—but the joy of smashing pumpkins to a slimy orange pulp is a joy well-suited to video game simulation. From Dan Ferguson, creator of the legendary Elf Bowling, comes Bashing Pumpkins, an addictive mix of whack-a-mole and Terry Gilliam that combines crude vandalism with national monuments at www.kewlbox.com/games/GameLaunch.aspx?GameId=208#.

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