Author archive

‘Weekend’ update    (2011.10.16)

Let’s catch up with the most acclaimed homosexualist film since Parting Glances, Weekend, written and directed by the graceless Andrew Haigh

Fixing your makeup    (2011.10.12)

Hana Zalzal redesigned makeup from the particles on upward, then fixed the packaging

Customers ‘pay a steep price premium for every Apple product they buy’    (2011.10.11)

Did you know that customers “pay a steep price premium for every Apple product they buy”? Well, Roger Martin thinks so. No “moron” he

Defamation law for bloggers: Don’t be in a rush    (2011.10.11)

A recent court case seriously lowers the bar on how much effort a journalist has to put into contacting a source for comment to avoid a defamation ruling

Katrina Onstad, half-right once again    (2011.10.11)

Katrina Onstad gets it right about Ikea’s Manland, then goes off on a tangent about women CEOs and MPs

330-page handwritten ‘Thirtysomething’ episode guide    (2011.10.11)

Here is what a 330-page handwritten Thirtysomething episode guide looks like

How exactly did the Mac help Tabatha Southey write?    (2011.10.10)

Tabatha Southey has a learning disability, but claimed the Mac allowed her to write. Now: How, exactly?

Of course Siri will work in Canada    (2011.10.10)

Of course Siri will work in Canada. Spoken Canadian English is American English. Now, French becomes another issue

The perils of being a man in ‘Straw Dogs’    (2011.10.10)

Melissa Lafsky: “The part [Alexander] Skarsgård plays here is Paragon Alpha, the man who can win on all fronts and serves as a boot in the ass to the socially softened hero. He evokes fear and respect in men while simultaneously compelling women to bang him”