Some worthwhile reading on the economic meltdown and what comes next
by Luke Rodgers on October 25, 2008
Christopher Hitchens for Vanity Faire: “American the Banana Republic“:
Now ask yourself another question. Has anybody resigned, from either the public or the private sectors (overlapping so lavishly as they now do)? Has anybody even offered to resign? Have you heard (…)
Environmental politics over the long term
by Luke Rodgers on October 21, 2008
According to George Monbiot,
While prime ministers in Italy and eastern Europe are demanding a bonfire of environmental measures in order to save the economy, in the UK politicians from all the major parties have made the connection between environmental destruction (…)
Bot-mediated reality
by Luke Rodgers on October 20, 2008
Having just spent upwards of 25 hours in a car driving between Peterborough, Toronto, and Pukaskwa National Park, one of the ways we passed the time was listening to a variety of podcasts, including Philosophy Bites, CBC Ideas, and the (…)
Trademarking our everyday lives
by Luke Rodgers on October 7, 2008
From the “wrong on so many levels” department, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee has trademarked “with glowing hearts,” a line from the Canadian national anthem, and threatens to sue those who use the line in Canada. From the CBC article:
The (…)
Some Congress members told: pass bailout bill, or martial law
by Luke Rodgers on October 6, 2008
The climate change denial industry
by Luke Rodgers on October 4, 2008
From the video:
In 1998, the American Petroleum Institute gathered a group of people to draft a plan to combat the science of global warming. They called themselves the Global Climate Science Communications Team. Its members hailed from some familiar places: (…)
Running Internet Explorer on your Mac
by Luke Rodgers on October 4, 2008
ies4osx is a great project for getting various versions of Internet Explorer up and running on your Mac, facilitating testing for web designers and developers working with a Mac.
If you’re still running 10.4 Tiger like me, you may need to (…)
Where to get your Mac fixed in Toronto
by Luke Rodgers on October 2, 2008
Long story short: my macbook’s keyboard died inexplicably two nights ago. No spillage, no droppage, just no response whatsoever from the keyboard or mouse touchpad.
Luckily, we’re not that far away from iRepair, a College Street shop that repairs a bevy (…)
