Year: 2012

Unwritten Rules for Reading and Photography

A couple semi-related Reddit threads… What are some unwritten rules of photography? My rules for reading

Music Monday – Whitney Houston

I wasn’t her biggest fan but, as someone says in the MetaFilter obituary thread, her music was the soundtrack for many a high school dance. Her talent and

Some Thoughts on the Federal NDP Leadership Race

I haven’t written a lot about the federal NDP leadership race although I have been following it fairly closely. With the recent (and unfortunate) withdrawal of Romeo Saganash,

Saturday Snap – Only In Weyburn…

This is one from the archives but still pretty funny. What on earth was happening at the Weyburn pool to require this sign to be posted???

Friday Fun Link – Arkitypo: The Final Alphabet

If I understand this correctly, a design firm set out to make 3-D models of various typefaces, one for every letter of the alphabet, using all of the

10 Musicians Who Support People Downloading Music (Without Necessarily Paying First)

Not sure how this blog turned into “Piracy Week” but here’s another related article – this time listing 10 musicians (including some pretty famous names) who all support

You Will Never Kill Piracy and Piracy Will Never Kill You

Following yesterday’s post about “No Copyright Intended”, here’s another relevant article from Forbes.com (via MetaFilter where, come to think of it, I may have originally got the “No

No Copyright Intended

A good article on the changing understanding of copyright in a non-commercial, remix-focused culture. I mean, when I made my Hawaii montage video, I thought nothing of using

Music Monday – “I have felt some hard times/In my life/But I don’t want/To feel it anymore.”

I don’t watch David Letterman too often but happened to catch Paul McCartney’s son making his US network TV debut the other night and was impressed by this

Today Is The Biggest Sporting Day of the Year

I am of course talking about “Scott Gomez Day” in which we will learn if an NHL player making $7 million dollars a year can go a full

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