pls update your feedreader: dose has moved DOSE HAS MOVED!
Now found at:
http://hughmcguire.net
New RSS 2.0 feed: http://hughmcguire.net/feed
Kinda scary moving into a new neighbourhood, but I am sure that I will meet some new friends there. And I hope to keep in touch with some of you too…
1984 graphic novel Robin mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, and I think I posted already, but I met Freddy last night. He’s making a fantastic graphic novel of Orwell’s 1984 (see: gutenberg australia’s ebook).
Freddy is selling these posters for $12 a pop:
And here is the opening scene (you can get it ... geist & canada on net neutraliy Michael Geist has a nice long bit on Canada’s take on Net Neutraity, and here he summarizes the Conservative position:
We think blocking or prioritizing content may be acceptable, we recognize it is inconsistent with the recommendations of the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel, and we don’t care because we plan to ... quelques recontres J’ai l’intention de participer à ces evenments:
WikiWednesday (aujourd’hui, 16h30)
Yulblog (aujourd’hui, 20h00)
petit déjeuner des entrepreneurs web Montrealais (le 13 fev)
podcamp toronto (le 24-25 fev)
democamp montreal #1 (le 27 fev)
democamp montreal #2 (le 29 mars)
barcamp montreal #2 (april 28)
parc is parc from patrick, chalk one up for the good guys.
UPDATE:
says mayor tremblay on the radio this morning: “I have learned that the opinion of citizens is important.”
glad to know such important lessons are in the process of being absorbed by our leading politicians.
net neutrality panel, ottawa tonight Net Neutrality: A Public Discussion on the Future of the Internet in Canada
Date and Location:
Tues, February 6, 2007 , 7 pm
Admission: Free
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe St.
Moderated by:
Pippa Lawson: Executive Director, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa
Panelists:
* Michael Geist: ... if you got digg, you gotta dog For the hardcore info junkie, there was no better feed for your veins than diggdot.us: a feed of the purest quality, distilled from a mix of digg.com, del.icio.us/popular, and slashdot.org.
Cease and desist letters sent. diggdot.us is now doggdot.us. No harm done I guess, but digg are jerks.
BookReview: The Human Stain
The Human Stain
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Book by Philip Roth
This is my first Roth book, which is a little embarrassing since he’s considered by some to be the greatest living American writer. The Human Stain is supposed to be among his best, and it is a well-crafted work of great skill: about a ... climate reality check We seem to have reached a tipping point in public and policy opinion on climate change, which is something of a relief, but also very scary. Up until even the last few weeks, I felt that my tiny contribution to the debate was through occasional posts here, addressing some of ... the web is us/ing us Explains what the hell is going on on the web in a pretty compelling way. If you know all this, its fun to watch. If you don’t know all this, it might be too fast to follow. But entertaining nonetheless.
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