This week’s Eye Weekly featured a photo of Toronto city councillor Rob Ford on the cover, and followed up the cover with a scathing story about the Ward 2 councillor inside. It’s no surprise that a lot of people in Toronto, particularly the other city councillors, don’t like Mr. Ford. After all, he […]
July 2006
The Independent Infographic
I know Jason already posted this yesterday, but for those of you who missed it, here’s the front page of The Independent print edition for July 21, 2006, courtesy of the Newseum.
The message in that infographic is clear and powerful, and much more obvious than any 600 word article ever could be. The excellent […]
One Year Ago
“This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain.”
- Buddha
Sakura Handa passed away one year ago, but she […]
Fire Up the Grill
There’s something about throwing some charcoal on the old-fashioned grill, dousing it with lighter fluid, and then burning the hair off your hand as you throw the match in, that makes me feel good about summer. I mean, summer isn’t my favorite of seasons — scratch that, it’s my least favorite season — but […]
Free Stuff and Blogging: Not an Ethical Quandary?
So I’ve been getting a few emails about the article that appeared in the National Post about “seeding” and marketing and blogs. The first thing I need to say is that I apologize for the really appalling sentence structure I used in my small quotation. In my defence, I had just come home […]