“Comcast Must Die”

December 8, 2007

What began as a humble blog post has become a jeremiad for Bob Garfield, in which the author, seeking a consumer jihad, lamented the extraordinarily crappy service that Comcast has inflicted on him, and has created a phenomenon. Interesting thing, though – he says (in the latest edition of On The Media) that he’s received […]

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I Love “On The Media”

December 8, 2007

No doubt about it, this is just about the best hour of podcasting there is, in my books. Superb choice of stories of every week, and very capably edited and hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield. This week (December 7 edition), a special treat – one of the most gracious and outright charming farewells […]

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“Prentice’s Plan For a Decade-Long Delay of Consumer Copyright Concerns”

December 7, 2007

Sigh. I thought I’d run out of outrage today – damn you, Internet!!! Just when you thought it was safe to focus on our Government’s appalling plan for copyright reform, they add insult to insult to injury.

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Support Balanced Copyright Reform

December 7, 2007

Online Rights Canada has a great online tool to send an email to your MP expressing your concern about the Government’s plans for copyright reform. I don’t think I’ve ever been as concerned about another issue of cultural public policy as I am about this one. Get involved – let your MP know what you […]

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mesh08 – We’re looking for a few good ideas

December 6, 2007

So head over to the blog and give us yours.

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“C.I.A. Says It Destroyed Tapes of Harsh Interrogations”

December 6, 2007

The sound you just heard was Glenn Greenwald‘s head exploding on this news. Of course they did. Tomorrow will be an interesting day. Update: It already is.

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The Best Law Money Can Buy

December 6, 2007

Mike on the U.S.’s PRO IP Bill.

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The One Feature That Would Make Me Buy an iPhone

December 6, 2007

I love my Pearl. Best phone I’ve ever had. But syncing the calendar and contacts to my Mac is a pain – I can’t use Bluetooth to do it (and I’ve never really understood why – is it because RIM cripples it at Rogers’ request?), which means using a cable, of all things. What is […]

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How to Create a Newspaper, Step 2

December 6, 2007

Since the National Post redesigned and opened itself up I’ve been visiting the site a lot more often. Not my brand of politics (and what’s with all of the society photo spreads – are you serious?), but still, the writing is often very strong and it’s not easy, in this small country, to access multiple […]

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Mea Culpa – Maybe

December 6, 2007

I’m finding it pretty interesting to note the generally dismissive and occasionally angry reaction that the ‘sphere is giving Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of the Beacon retreat. Fake Steve Jobs’ reaction mostly sums it up – many people don’t believe the apology is sincere – just opportunistic. Zuckerberg’s Kabuki apology is perfectly sensible, of course. By […]

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“They regurgitate exactly … what you said to them”

December 6, 2007

Dan Bartlett gets some loving from Texas Monthly magazine, and talks about conservative bloggers. Oops. “I mean, talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It’s a very efficient way to communicate. They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is something that we’ve cultivated […]

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Schreiber: Exactly why an inquiry is needed

December 5, 2007

Coyne on Schreiber-gate: required reading.

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