Being the geek I am, wandering down College Street on a sunny afternoon is like a small slice of heaven. Once you move west past Spadina, the street becomes an absolute hodgepodge of tech and electronics shops, each vying for a slice of your wallet. Yet, there's one particular shop that's always struck me as bit out of place amongst all the gadgetry.

That is, until further investigation proved differently.

Let it be known that the Home Hardware at Robert St. is not your usual home supply and renovation store. Growing up in the suburbs of Mississauga, the likes of Rona, Home Depot and Home Hardware were usually interchangeable when it came to things like tools or tiles. But despite my initial preconceptions, I'd be hesitant to group this particular shop in the same vein.

Such is the state of Ticketmaster nowadays that whenever my friends and I buy tickets, we arrange a little bet - whoever is charged the highest convenience fee wins. After buying Porcupine Tree tickets last week, I think I may have won; $10 is quite the fee for the sake of convenience.

So what's a disgruntled purveyor of events to do? If you're Adil Dhalla, you take matters into your own hands. The end result is a service called TicketTrunk, launched in 2007, with which the Toronto resident hopes fix some of Ticketmaster's most glaring flaws.

"We are simply a self service online box office, and it's intended to be affordable and easy for anyone, anywhere," explains Dhalla.

"The end result of what I think we'd like to do is the democratization of the online ticket industry."

It might seem strange that, despite living in the city your entire life, you can still be a tourist in your own home. Yet, this is the sort of thinking that Heritage Toronto is looking to change, with the introduction of a new series of iTours.

Announced today by Heritage Toronto corporate secretary Alexandria Pike, in partnership with the RBC, the first Spadina Avenue iTour is already available on the organization's website.

Unbeknownst to many citizens is the large and storied history behind some of Toronto's oldest neighbourhoods. While me might know the age of the area, it's hard to know the context of lifestyle of decades past, which laid the groundwork for today's bustling, city life. Using a combination of photos, videos, interviews and text - both from the City of Toronto's massive archives, and modern sources - Heritage Toronto hopes to build a rich, multimedia experience that will give citizens, both new and old, insight into the city's history.

Even for a literary nerd like myself, if there's one thing I find truly overwhelming, it's the world of comics and graphic novels. Call me weird, but it's a feeling I actually relish; there are simply so many genres, artists, styles and series that I can't help but want to read them all. An impossible goal, I know, but it's events like the Toronto Comic and Arts Festival (TCAF) that let me try a little bit of everything.

Held in the Toronto Reference Library this past weekend, the floor's tightly packed aisles were sure to offer something for even the most casual of readers, with authors and artists from across Canada, the U.S, and around the world making appearances. With the abundance of prints, posters, shirts and books splayed across the event's tables, any semblance of self-restraint was thrown out the window, as I joined the cash-carrying masses in buying books merchandise from some of my favourite artists.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, Search Engine is one of the few shows that simply refuses to die. Despite being the CBC's most popular podcast, host Jesse Brown's intelligent and tech-savvy program was the latest victim in a string of budget cuts at the public broadcaster, during a time in which the CBC says it is struggling to make ends meet.

But fear not, ye of little faith; TVO has stepped in, and graciously rescued the show from an untimely demise on the CBC cutting block. With regular scheduled episodes continuing on Monday, it appears that cancellation has done little to sour Brown's popular, tech-centric wit.

It's a little known fact that there's an internet search giant within the heart of the city. While there's no large-lettered logo, nor the space for a sprawling campus, rest assured, Google is here - and right under your nose.

Hearing that one of Google's main Canadian offices was located within the Toronto Life Square building was an exciting prospect for a geek like me. Not only would I have the chance see our internet search overlord in the flesh, but I'd have the opportunity to meet the people who make it tick - and see how Google Toronto adds a touch of local flair to its unique office space as well.