The news of Jack Layton’s passing today, although not unexpected, is still sad and tragic for so many reasons. There is much grieving today from party supporters and
It’s not often that you can take credit for being the first to do something notable in Canadian history. (Well, you could if you counted things like “first
This great video makes the case that we haven’t evolved to compete with each other but to empathize with one another. I especially like how it builds the
An old clip from 1995 of Kurt Loder explaining “the Internet” to the MTV generation has gone viral over the last day or so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmboEjwJwFU This hits home
I’m currently reading a book called “Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite” by Gordon Pitts of the Globe & Mail. This book came
We were camping all weekend so didn’t really have a lot of access to the news (I did of course have my iPhone but Rogers service sucks once
Google isn’t making us stupider, it’s simply making us realise that omniscience is actually slightly boring.
In addition to the traditional anniversary post which echoes the very first MetaFilter post twelve years ago, this year MetaFilter’s owner decided to solicit user comments on their
With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide
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