Notes & Asides
By Eliot Che — January 4th, 2008
Saul Williams’ most recent album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, has been released online in a high-bitrate mp3 format, giving consumers the choice of downloading the album for free, or paying 5$ for it. Which would you …
By D. T. Cochrane — December 29th, 2007
I’ve been watching a History channel series called The Universe. Apart from the horrible dramatisation of ’sinister’ stars and ‘evil’ planets, something about the series has been really bothering me. It’s the arrogance with which the scientists who appear on it present their theories. In …
By Lamont — December 13th, 2007
The Current has an excellent mini-documentary on waterboarding, where Kaj Larsen voluntarily subjects himself to this form of “interrogation”. The Huffington Post also has Larsen’s commentary on the video. Is waterboarding torture? I would say Yes.
By Eliot Che — December 11th, 2007
There is a great documentary called The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, which takes a look at the art created out of anti-graffiti campaigns and graffiti removal actions (like buffing). The Web Urbanist looks at the documentary and some of the net culture …
By Lamont — December 10th, 2007
Well, I’m not sure if you’d call it bad news, but Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien was charged today with attempted bribery during his 2006 electoral campaign. O’Brien beat out Alex Munter during that election over the issue of tax freezing, though that …
By Archie Techne — November 30th, 2007
If you live in the US and are worried about surveillance, now you have to be wary of firefighters, who are being trained by Homeland Security to report people who express discontent with the government. This is particularly frightening because firefighters can enter your …
By Archie Techne — November 29th, 2007
Looks like the Million Book Project has just launched. Through an international effort between universities in the US, China, India and Egypt, some 1.5 million books have been digitized and made available online for free. A recent article quotes one of the project …
By Elmire — November 26th, 2007
No Impact Man takes a look at the questions of “should I change or should they?” and “use less or use better?”
By Eliot Che — November 25th, 2007
Some interesting things out there today, including the Washington Post’s analysis of the Ron Paul Revolution in US politics (looks like they can’t ignore the issue anymore); and the sad fate of Superman.
By Eliot Che — November 25th, 2007
This past Friday (November 23rd) was Buy Nothing Day. While I don’t think it’s effective at curbing spending, I do think that it has its place in the campaign to raise awareness about over-consumption. I can definitely enjoy and appreciate Reverend Billy and …
By Eliot Che — November 21st, 2007
Gordon Brown’s government is under intense criticism today after acknowledging that it has lost computer discs containing names, addresses, birth dates, national insurance numbers and, in some cases, banking details of nearly half the country’s population.
By Eliot Che — November 19th, 2007
Looks like the government of B.C. is going to have a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski. Dziekanski died Oct. 14 after being tasered by the RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport (video below).
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