The best comment on last night’s U.S. midterm elections comes from Jonah Goldberg of the National Review:
I for one welcome our new Democratic overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted rightwing personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
As for the best photo from [...]
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The Best Comment and Photo on Last Night’s U.S. Midterm Elections…
November 8, 2006 – 6:44 pm
Today’s "Global Nerdy" Plug
November 3, 2006 – 7:26 pm
Nobody writes a marketing slogan like my buddy George. His catchphrase for our tech blog, Global Nerdy, is “You’ll come out of pity, but you’ll return out of mild interest”. Why this guy isn’t the Wizard of Madison Avenue, I’ll never know.
Some of the recent stories on Global Nerdy:
Aaron Swartz on the Reddit Afterparty
More Proof [...]
Five Girls for Every Boy
November 3, 2006 – 7:11 pm
In the International Herald-Tribune, there’s an article on the social situation in Beirut, where young women outnumber young men by a ratio of five to one. The sex ratio skew is the result of the dire employment situation in Lebanon: the educated and ambitious men to seek their fortunes abroad while the women stay home [...]
Bobbing for Apples, Cheney-Style and "Dilbert’s" Change of Mind
November 1, 2006 – 1:06 pm
It’s a day late, but here’s an amusing Hallowe’en comic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele:
In torture-related news, Dilbert creator Scott Adams — whose opinion matters among the educated, rationalist, leaning-towards-libertarian crowd (geeks, technologists and such) — has shifted slightly in his opinion on torture, from “pro” to “undecided”:
The media have trotted out expert after expert [...]
Sayonara, Casual Conversation
October 20, 2006 – 8:29 pm
Over at Global Nerdy, a little piece on computer security guru Bruce Schneier’s essay, Casual Conversation, R.I.P..
The Best Damned Blog on the Toronto Mayoral Election
October 20, 2006 – 4:50 pm
We’re less than a month away from November 13th, the day Accordion City votes for its mayor. I’d be slacking on my civic duty if I didn’t point you to what I feel is the best damned blog on the election: Spacing Votes, a part of Spacing magazine’s web site.
Spacing Votes does an excellent job [...]
Tonight on CityTV: "Ugly Debt-y!"
October 18, 2006 – 3:08 pm
(Sorry about the title. When a good pun makes itself, I cannot resist!)
As I mentioned in a post yesterday, a couple of folks from CityNews dropped by the office to interview me for a segment on Googlebombing based on my article about my deadbeat ex-housemate. The segment airs on CityNews tonight at six.
I’ll write more [...]
With Nuclear Power Comes a Nuclear Hairdo
October 12, 2006 – 4:11 pm
The Nork Dork makes such a great subject for Photoshoppery, and his back-door entrance into the nuclear club only eggs the Photoshoppers on:
Photo courtesy of the Sanctuary Blog.
That’s One Strange Coup You’ve Got There, Thailand
September 23, 2006 – 2:03 pm
Photo Op!
Here’s a photo that’s getting some attention thanks to reddit:
It’s from a blog called Mai Me Arai and written by two people named Ben and Oui.
In this entry, Ben writes that although the TV stations have been shut down, people still have internet access:
Oui told me earlier that a Thai site had [...]
Travel Advisory for People Flying to the British Isles
August 30, 2006 – 3:40 pm
In case you’re flying to the British Isles, please note that the security level at their airports is still at “Severe” (the second-highest level, one just below “Critical”). By now, you’re probably aware of the current restriction that prohibits you from bringing liquids, gels and aerosols onto a plane, but you might not be aware [...]
A Little Something to Restore Your Faith in Humanity
August 28, 2006 – 3:39 pm
Over at The Toronto Star, they’re running a collection of reader-submitted stories about little kind acts that local have done for their fellow human beings.
George W. Bush is Our New Favourite Pitchman
August 27, 2006 – 3:09 pm
George W. Bush’s Face Rides Again!
Hot on the heels of simplyaudiobooks.ca’s billboard featuring a picture of George W. Bush beside the headline Don’t Read Enough?…
Photo by Hamish Grant.
…comes another ad disparaging the Shrub’s cognitive capabilities — Yale Shmale:
Where the Campaign Hits
Playing on Bush’s perceived mental midgetry — for which there is ample evidence — is [...]
It Sounds Like Liberal Whining
August 25, 2006 – 3:57 pm
You get three guesses as to where the article titled Power of the Pen and subtitled with “The president uses signing statements to decree which laws apply to him” comes from. Here’s the article’s penultimate paragraph:
Americans may have to wait many years to learn what the rule of law meant in 2006. [...]
Ireland Bound
August 18, 2006 – 3:14 pm
On Monday, I’ll fly to one of my ancestral homelands — Ireland (I came by my accordion and partying powers honestly) — to attend my cousin Kara’s wedding. I’ve been keeping an eye on the rapidly-changing restrictions on what you can bring onto planes departing from Canada, the UK and the US (since I’ll be [...]
Oddball Cover of a French Book on China and Africa
August 17, 2006 – 6:13 pm
Cyrus Farivar pointed me to this recently-published French book titled Chine-Afrique: Le Dragon et l’Autruche, which translates as “China-Africa: The Dragon and the Ostrich). The cover, shown below, is pretty ridiculous and dated, not just for what’s depicted, but also the rinky-dink style in which it’s depicted. I’m reminded of the crappy artwork from grade [...]
You See a Funny News Item, I See a Domain Name Opportunity
August 16, 2006 – 4:32 pm
Shortly after Mel Gibson’s infamous arrest, I reported that the domain name sugartits.org was still available. It’s since been snapped up.
In light of Senator George Allen’s “Macaca” remark, I thought I’d check to see what macaca domains were still available. The answer: not much — only macaca.biz and macaca.us are available. I should not that [...]
