by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Lexicon for the New Millennium
Granted, it’s no santorum (if you don’t know what that refers to, you may not want to click if you have a full stomach)… …but “buyerwall” now has a listing at the Double-Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary, which also happens to be one... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Media Mix, Technology
From today’s New York Times: “Nothing bad happened really until after midnight on Saturday,” said Michael Newman, deputy editorial page editor. At 8:32 p.m. Saturday, a posting on www.Slashdot.org, which bills itself as “news for nerds,”... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Everything Else
CBC News – Study casts doubt on country and city clich?©s: Rural Canadians are almost four times as likely to know more of their neighbours but are no more likely to help them than their urban compatriots, a new study released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Speechwriting
You’ve heard Terry Edmonds, even if you’ve never heard him. He’s written speeches for Donna Shalala, Bill Clinton and John Kerry, and now he has a wide-ranging interview at Gothamist. This passage in particular struck me: We saw you described... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Technology
New federal legislation (Bill C-60, available here in PDF format) has been quietly unveiled in Ottawa. The early word is that it’s the nicest present that Canadian consumers have given to record labels, movie studios and other publishers in a long time. Because...