Archive for March 2006

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 audience. […]

Stuck in traffic    (2006.03.22)

Chromosteroptic washroom    (2006.03.19)

‘Chix with Stix’ redux redux    (2006.03.18)

More on wymmynz in men’s hockey: Yes, height/weight is a stronger indicator than body-mass index

Untold automotive logos    (2006.03.17)

B. Mould, typophile    (2006.03.17)

Bob Mould asks: What kind of sansserif typeface defines me as a person?

Yet more Le Griffe    (2006.03.16)

Not, as it turns out, in Yorkville.

The freakonomics of captioning errors    (2006.03.15)

How do you count captioning errors? What if it’s actually impossible?