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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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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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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Random browsing took me to: TiVo Canada Setup Guide
Please note, this is only for non-american residents. TiVo’s are not sold outside of the US and TiVo does not support them. We hope they will change their policy. Until this happens we have to find other ways to load guide data on them. If you live […]

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My aggregator popped-up an interesting posting about Sony’s decision not to include a Quebec terrorist plot in one of its popular video games.
Video game writers are not known for their political savvy or social sensitivity. Witness the influence of “first-person shooter” gaming on the Columbine incident and other school shootings. Now, some of Sony’s California-based […]

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Roch Carrier, Canada’s National Librarian, not to mention the man behind every Canadian’s favorite vignette, The Sweater (”…we all wanted to be like #9!”), was given an award by the The Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
“It is extremely important that published material is made
available in alternative formats for people who are blind, visually […]

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The little blog ring I started for Edmonton-area blogs called BlogEd has quietly grown to *10*. Not a huge number, but I’m sure there are a few more Edmonton bloggers that might consider joining (hint, hint). No pressure though.

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Randy and I presented a session this afternoon on edublogging to various faculty, teaching staff, and librarians at the University of Alberta. I think the session went very well, and we were grateful to have so many questions and to see so much interest in blogging tools. I’ve posted an HTML version of the presentation […]

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On the news this morning: A second devastating fire has happened in Edmonton. An almost century-old building on historic Whyte Avenue began burning last night around 10 pm. It sounds as though a number of other businesses were also destroyed or damaged. This follows closely on the heels of a downtown apartment fire, which has […]

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I’m off to the Banned Book Cafe. Will report back on the event when I return.
So Saddam Hussein wants to challenge George Bush to a debate. Saddam is not exactly a standup leader in my books, but it is interesting that he would make the challenge to meet George tête-à-tête in a battle of wits. […]

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