Author archive

The blind leading the stupid, you might say    (2009.12.03)

Who knows less about computers – Joe Jervis or Rex Wockner?

Most concise description    (2009.12.03)

We, Like Sheep concisely describes the hipster. “They were dressed in traditional hipster garb as well. They didn’t look like non-heterosexuals. They had ironic but unflattering facial hair, disfiguring piercings, and loose jackets and pants. I think I saw corduroy”

Spaced    (2009.12.03)

No, Caleb Crain, wordspaces are not strictly necessary.

Is RyeHigh J-school an exclusive club?    (2009.11.22)

Doesn’t Ryerson Journalism hire from its own Family Compact of people it already knows and likes?

‘My writing is my writing’    (2009.11.22)

“Where’s the Creative Commons law, where’s the Creative Commons licence that I could say ‘OK, you can have it for free, but at least you have to ask me for it’? ‘Free if you send me an E-mail’?”

Haz knowledge of one, not the other    (2009.11.19)

Michael Surtees and his claimed “knowledge” of “webz and fontz.” (Also! His paranoia.)

Yet another reason your site doesn’t need comments    (2009.11.18)

Because DesignNotes.info has them. (Isn’t the type on your Web page like Trajan’s Column?)

Another argument against comments    (2009.11.16)

Because Joe·My·God has them

Half-blind musclebear hauls in medals    (2009.11.14)

Steven Holcomb had no trouble driving a bobsleigh while half-blind. So what’s everybody else’s problem?