Rumsfeld’s resignation broke an internal record for the time it takes a story to go from being submitted to landing on the home page. It took about 3 minutes for users to digg the story enough for it to make it to the front door. Google News had it 20 minutes later. Lesson: “People can […]

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I started writing the following post about three weeks ago but it was never completed. Life has been a bit of a whirlwind lately with conferences and other work projects dominating most of my time. Like many fellow bloggers, I think there is something too that comes with the transition from winter to spring that […]

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Fellow Canadians…
Has anyone else noticed that Jack Layton bares a striking resemblance to television’s The Video Professor?
I sense another political scandal brewing.

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…he writes from the newly installed Wordpress widget on his brand spankin’ new laptop.
Yup. I picked up my new iBook today along with my new 30 gig iPod and will very likely have to be surgically removed from it before you will catch me away from it. Expect few postings in the next day […]

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On CTV’s Canada AM this morning there was a report that Calgrary Transit would soon be launching a service where bus and LRT (light rail transit) users will soon be able to pay for their ride by sending a text message from their cell phone. A user would buy credits (presumably online) and each […]

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This video has probably been out in the wilds for a while, but I didn’t come across it until now (stumbled into it through some searching for screencasting tools reviews).
Nevertheless, a good item for a Friday lunch hour posting…
ACLU Surveillance Campaign - Pizza and the Total urveillance Society, complete with library borrowing info and […]

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“This gives me a chance to sound off with a few words or a long editorial,” said Mr. Cronkite, 88, the longtime “CBS Evening News” anchorman. “It’s a medium that is new and interesting, and I thought I’d have some fun.” [The New York Times > Technology > A Boldface Name Invites Others to Blog […]

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I’m a fan of Lawrence Lessig’s work and am looking forward to hearing him speak at ALC in April. Copyright reform is an incredibly important area of work that demands more attention than it sometimes gets.
:: The lighter side of Lessig - could Lessig be the first lawyer or copyright reform expert to ever be […]

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Kenton and I braved the cold last night to down to a theatre close to where he lives to see and Douglas Coupland speak. On the drive home from work, I had heard an interview on CBC with Coupland, author of Generation X (among a number of other books that sit upon my book shelf), […]

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The infamous Crossfire clash between John Stewart and Tucker Carlson has to be one of the funniest TV moments of 2004.
CNN’s move to shut down Crossfire and say goodbye to Tucker and his pretentious bow-tie has to bring a smile to lefties.
[Listening to: Song For Whoever - The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The […]

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