Ilyia Kaushansky

Last weekend(Apr. 17th) I went to Montreal for a Bal en Blanc party. Bal en Blanc is an annual "rave" where everyone wears white. The party is huge, with about 12 thousand people in attendance. This year's DJ headliners included Armin van Buuren, Infected Mushroom, David Guetta and Deep Dish. Unfortunately, Armin van Burren sucked, his new style is slow and boring. Nevertheless, Bal en Blanc was a huge success, and I really enjoyed the party. I didn't have a watch with me, so imagine my surprise when I found out that it was 11:30AM when we went home(I didn't expect to stay that long). It was awesome seeing my friends from Toronto and Montreal, for some of whom it was a first big party. They weren't dissapointed ! This was my 3rd Bal en Blanc party, and the 4th year in a row that I party in Montreal for Easter. Let's hope this trend continues !

Wikipedia is great but I think it could be improved even further by having the following 2 features: Feature One : Make it very easy for a reader to ask questions about a particular topic, and let readers view and rate the questions. The motivation for the above feature is simple: many Wikipedia entries are incomplete for two reasons: 1) An editor omits a piece of information which he deems insignificant. 2) Information is not included because it is not known. Letting users ask and rate questions addresses the first issue because now the readers can explicitly state what kind of information they are interested in. The second issue is partially addressed as well. While information about a subject may not be known, it may be discovered. But something should motivate the discovery(which is often a difficult, or impossible). And what better motivator of discovery than curiosity ? If many people think that a particular question is important, it just might motivate someone to make an effor...

Here is a short review of various clubs in San Francisco that are known to play House and Trance music. Please remember that crowds come and go(one place might be popular this month, but dead the next), and clubs sometimes change their musical formats. Hence, the reviews below may not be accurate a year, or even a few months from now. It will be interesting to revisit this list next year, and see what has changed. Ruby Skye : Probably the most well known nightclub in San Francisco. It is a fairly big venue. Music is house (both fridays and saturdays), but since Ruby Skye often brings well known DJs, the music might vary depending on who is at the decks. I rarely go there on regular nights because the crowd tends to be too touristy and the vibe isn't all that great. Best nights are special events that sometimes happen on weekdays . These events attract "those who know" crowd and the vibe is crazy. Mighty : This is my favourite club in San Francisco. They play pretty decen...