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From The Globe and Mail:

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See how much you know about current news in this Pew Research Center news quiz.
I got 11 out of 12 right. Apparently I haven’t kept up with the current state of the Dow.
Tip of the hat to small dead animals.

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Lauren Leto lists the stereotypical readers based on their favorite authors. Some of them are fairly humorous.
Sadly, I am apparently a workaholic seeking validation.
Tip of the hat to Jason Kottke.

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I think it might be Seth Godin who came up with the term "Security Theatre", but it is so apropos. A few weeks ago we were at the airport in Toronto on our way to Boston. Security stopped me to tell me that the little gadget in my pocket – a Swiss Army card with [...]

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As my friends in the US consider their massive House and Senate healthcare bills, intended to provide everyone with access to healthcare, I thought I should provide this missive from today’s news about the state of healthcare in Canada:
Ontario residents should expect to pay upfront for more health-care services and endure longer lineups if the [...]

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Last Monday Mondoville suggested that the search for a digital media future amounted essentially to "all talk and no action" if I’m paraphrasing correctly. Unfortunately comments were closed so I’m going to comment on that post here. As I’m currently working with the Canadian Digital Media Network to establish an interactive community, this part especially [...]

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I believe that we should conserve energy. But there are occasionally downsides. Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs are difficult to read by. LED bulbs may rectify that, though the cost is currently very high, especially considering that LEDs used to be very inexpensive. But there are other problems that might never have occurred to us: [...]

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The media have terrorized us for months with front page news of the dangers of H1N1, or swine flu. The scare tactics continue event today.
Yet the other day I found this tucked away on page A6 of my local paper:
LONDON — H1N1 flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday — [...]

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Or more accurately, robbing taxpayers to give to the poor artists. From today’s Record:
After years of work the Prosperity Council, which represents 3,400 businesses in this region, asked municipal councillors to provide the operating funds for an arts enabling organization beginning in 2010.
A letter was recently sent to every councillor in the region, saying [...]

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When we started planning the DigitalMediaCamp events, in the back of my mind I had the nagging feeling that this would be just another camp-style event. I knew it would be an interesting event, but an unremarkable one. Coincidentally, a good friend of mine says the meaning of "interesting" is never a good one.
We also [...]

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