After they were done pointing the finger at Paul Martin’s LIberals for dropping the ball on Kyoto (which, though a reasonable accusation, is ridiculous coming from Stephen Harper or John Baird) and had finally caved to public pressure on addressing environmental issues and human-caused global warming, the Conservatives have come out with a set of [...]
Category Archives: things about which I am not ambivalent
Reason 2 not to elect the Conservatives: stupid and destructive climate change policy
September 10, 2008 – 8:55 pm
Reason 1 not to elect the Conservatives: trashy campaigning
September 10, 2008 – 5:01 am
As this Reuters article notes, Stephen Harper today found himself apologizing for a Conservative attack-ad website (notaleader.ca – I’m not going to give it my link juice) on Liberal leader Stéphane Dion in which a Puffin flies behind Dion and poops on his shoulder (in the revised version, the puffin just flies behind Dion).
Way to [...]
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way We Make Things
September 9, 2008 – 7:55 pm
Without exaggerating, I can say that this is probably the most important book I’ve read in a long time. And that’s not for lack of “important” books on my bookshelf. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is important because it introduces the reader to an entirely novel way of thinking about design, [...]
End of an empire
September 3, 2008 – 9:46 pm
Consider that the 20th century saw the emergence of something like an American Empire. What we are seeing in the 21st century is the slow death of this empire. Many people have predicted its impending collapse, but I’m not talking here about the balooning deficit, its proclivity to entering into unwinnable, unpopular and costly foreign [...]
Village of Makkinga has no traffic signs
August 25, 2008 – 7:08 am
Quote:
It’s normal that you don’t need traffic signs… When you’ve changed the little village into a human place with social interaction between the citizens, of course you don’t need traffic signs.
Here’s to my two friends who start their masters in urban planning at McGill University this fall: let’s have more Makkingas!
Delicious brunch on Bloor
July 20, 2008 – 7:28 pm
Went to the newly opened (1month.5 ago according to our server) Disgraceland, located at 965 Bloor W for some delicious brunch. I had their presumably-Elvis-inspired french toast that was stuffed with peanut butter and banana ($12), while my accomplice had the veggie eggs bennie ($10). Both were effing fantastic. The pancakes didn’t even need syrup [...]
Toronto cops bust sketchy bike shop
July 19, 2008 – 9:07 am
Various Toronto media outlets and blogs (I Bike TO and Living for the City) are reporting that infamous Queen Street West bike “shop” “owner” Igor Kenk was busted and is in custody after some plainclothes officers observed him allegedly directing another man (also in custody) to cut the lock on a bike and then go [...]