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Friday afternoon crush: Kirby

Posted in Off Topic, tagged , , , , on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kirby Ferguson, also known as Goodie Bag, is a mad genius. His videoblog/monologues may not all be work-safe viewing, but they’re brilliant nonetheless.
Some of my favourites that I’ll share with you:
Trajan is the Movie Font: A rant on the ubiquitous font of movie posters. Designers take note: “Have a wild fling with Comic Sans … [...]

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OK, what’s in the other hand?

Posted in Off Topic on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After an outcry by arts groups, mainly by Vancouver’s wonderful Alliance for Arts and Culture, it seems that the government types have reinstated the approximately $20 million in funding that only days ago they threatened to pull.
Not surprisingly, spokespersons for arts groups are a little skeptical, as again, this was money that had already been [...]

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We’re not gonna take it

Posted in Off Topic, tagged , , , , on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I have a bad habit of watching/reading the news in the morning. Today is Budget Day in the province formerly known as Beautiful British Columbia, and the preview announcements of cuts, cuts and more cuts are enough to send a person straight back to bed. The one that hits closest to home is the announcement [...]

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The Twit stops here

Posted in Off Topic, tagged , , on May 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »

For the last couple weeks, it seems like you can’t open an ear without hearing “Twitter” or “Tweet” or some variation on “follow.” Celebrities (or at least their social-media assistants) are competing to get the most followers. Newscasters tell me to “follow” them on Twitter for news updates. Blog posts tumble forth by the thousands [...]

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Word of the day: awesome

Posted in Language, Off Topic, tagged , on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

My friend Rob sent me a link to the blog My First Dictionary. It’s gloriously dark and ironic. Rob is awesome.

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