No, not the seven-second delay when the documentary picture winner said “fuck” – that’s nothing. Yesterday, I wrote about censorship from a more broad perspective than the usual FTRW topics of censorship of books (and DVD’s and graphic novels and so on.) Today, I’d like to continue talking about bigger picture (er, no pun intended) […]
Censorship doesn’t just happen with books and videos, it happens in a variety of ways when people in positions of power and authority attempt to control, influence and manipulate your behaviour. Perhaps the most insidious way that they do this is when powerful people attempt to eliminate our fundamental democratic rights. Right now, a major […]
I’m a bit slow off the draw this year since it started yesterday but Happy Freedom to Read Week 2012! And I’ll also never top my FTRW Music Monday post from 2010. But I can try…
Well-known atheist, Sam Harris, recently posted “The Fireplace Delusion” as an analogy to help atheists understand how theists see the world (and especially how they feel when their beliefs are criticized). The point he makes is that a wood fire – in a home hearth or around a campfire – with its strong associations of […]
Ahhh, how sweet… But in all seriousness, “Cum On Feel the Noize” plays a very big role in my early “education”. A classmate was making a poster for a school dance in elementary school and I, being Mr. Brainiac Smart-pants, mentioned his obvious mis-spelling of the word “Come” on the poster. So, with the patience […]
TrendsMap is a great way to see current Twitter trends from a local to worldwide basis.
No, not “Bring Your Own Doughnuts” (although that’s an idea I could support!) Instead, this article talks about BYOD – “Bring Your Own Device” – and how IT departments are (or aren’t) dealing with staff who are increasingly bringing and using their own personal devices in the workplace. I don’t use my iPhone at work […]
The idea behind this site is pretty good but I think it’d work better if it was opened up so anyone could contribute so the person running it would have lots of content. For example, you can check out the ThingsMyKidSaid sub-reddit for lots of great submissions. At this point, I should probably add something […]
A couple religion related things I’ve come across recently… On Quora, someone asks what non-believers who have read the entire Bible think when they read it? Is religion declining worldwide? That is definitely the trend and a recent discussion with a co-worker left us wondering whether religion as we know it would cease to exist […]
Have I posted this before? I feel like I have but I spent some time this weekend importing old Tragically Hip bootlegs into iTunes and it reminded me of how fully and completely (get it?) I used to be into the Hip – trading bootlegs, traveling around to attend different concerts, studying Gord’s lyrics like […]
