Evon Reid, who was called the “Ghetto Dude” in a mis-forwarded email from the Ontario government. Photo taken from his Facebook page.
It’s insult added to injury: not only did poor Evon Reid find out that he wasn’t accepted for a job by way of an accidental email forwarding, he was referred to in [...]
Category Archives: Society
The “Ghetto Dude” Email Gaffe
July 22, 2007 – 11:45 am
One Lapdance Per Child
July 20, 2007 – 12:41 pm
[Cross-posted to my technical blog, Global Nerdy]
Sometimes I write a blog entry just for the sake of getting a funny title out there. This is one of those times, thanks to this report: Nigerian pupils browse porn on donated laptops.
(With apologies to the fine people at the One Laptop Per Child [...]
Richard “Creative Class” Florida Moving to Accordion City
July 12, 2007 – 10:13 am
Richard Florida is moving to Accordion City!
The urban thinker who coined the term “creative class” is following in Jane Jacobs’ footsteps and setting up residence here, where he’ll be doing work at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, where he’ll continue his studies on his pet topic: how creativity [...]
Internet Safety Guidelines
June 15, 2007 – 9:20 am
Here’s something that’s been sitting in my “post this to the blog” folder for some time: Internet Safety Guidelines. Enjoy, and remember — it’s funny because it’s true.
Graphic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Now on YouTube
January 17, 2007 – 7:22 pm
I’m a little short of time for blogging today, but this is fascinating stuff: video of the Stanford Prison Experiment is now on YouTube. In case you haven’t heard of Dr. Phillip Zimbardo’s infamous psychology experiment, here’s a quick recap by Jake Young at the blog Pure Pedantry:
The experiment randomly assigned male undergraduate [...]
Article on Canadian Health Care: Better than the U.S. System
January 17, 2007 – 4:57 pm
At a convention in Minneapolis a couple of years ago, a guy was telling me about the time he was ill and had to be picked up by an ambulance. “Cost me $1100 just for a ride to the hospital,” he said.
Clearly I hadn’t had enough experience with the American system of healthcare. “Those rides [...]
