Tag: history

Coupland on McLuhan

Google isn’t making us stupider, it’s simply making us realise that omniscience is actually slightly boring.  

Friday Fun Link – MetaFilter 12th Anniversary Memories

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

I Predict A Riot

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

The Driveway Dream

For a number of Canadian kids growing up in the 1980’s like I did, hockey was life. In the days before Nintendo and the Internet, I would spend

Friday Fun Link – What If Library Closures Happened During Wartime?

A UK librarian has created a series of World War-style propaganda posters that are pro-library as a response to the ongoing cuts to UK libraries. (h/t to CH)

Election Post-Mortem (Literally)

So I’ve had a couple days to let the election results sink in and I thought I’d do a few quick hits on various topics coming out of

Mouseland

So appropriate for this year’s election…  

Music Monday – “Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way”

The song, “Vote” by the Submarines, details a real-life break-up that happened between the duo who lead the band, just before Super Tuesday during the 2008 US Election.

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