Archive for March 2006

El-Pueblo (sic)    (2006.03.26)

The faux-adobe-style apartment block an inch and a half from Lake Ontario, Toronto.

AgendaWatch™ update    (2006.03.24)

Why does Details (“for men”) love Vin Diesel so?

OoPSI!    (2006.03.23)

I’m sorry, but I like this truck.

And I especially like the trailer.

Mesh?    (2006.03.23)

Is the Mesh Conference a form of history repeating itself?

Best friends with broadcasters    (2006.03.23)

I have as many issues with the CRTC as anyone does – actually more, given that I’ve been at the short end of their stick for a good 15 years. But tell me something: Does it make any sense at all for a regulator to permit broadcasters to hide their renewal and application documents behind […]

‘And no flashes in my eyes!’    (2006.03.22)

Last night (2006.03.21), Camille Paglia (q.v.) delivered remarks at Harbourfront; totally dominated an interview, on the topic of poetry and her book Break Blow Burn, carried out by notorious antiporn lesbian Susan (“G.”) Cole, a woman strongly critical of Paglia in old articles that are not online; and took softball questions from an adoring […]

Stuck in traffic    (2006.03.22)

A critique of P.A.S. 78    (2006.03.21)

I paid my £35.83 (including P&P) and, a mere week after I received my invoice, today I got what I actually paid for: PAS 78, “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” (sic).

There was a rumour afoot that the specification document – unavailable as a downloadable PDF when I placed my order (one of […]