by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
It’s not quite the revolution… but it’s certainly new. Screenwriter John Rogers adapted the Warren Ellis comic Global Frequency for television, and garnered enough interest from WB to shoot a pilot episode. (Here in Vancouver, no less. Thanks for the... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 20, 2005 | Blogging
There are three ways to overthrow a ruling class: replace it with another knot of arrogant, elitist swine (why bother?); rise up en masse with pitchforks and torches (risky and bloody, with an unproven track record); or infiltrate their ranks until everyone’s an... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 20, 2005 | Comedy
I’m building a list of standup comedy venues, nights, festivals and the like in Vancouver, and it begins here on this very page. Here’s a very modest beginning; add your suggestions, corrections and additions in the comments below (thanks, Riel!) and... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 20, 2005 | Blogging, Media Mix, Politics
Reporters sans fronti?®res has named its picks for the blogs that do the most to defend free expression. The winners: Shared Pains from Afghanistan Al Jinane from Morocco Screenshots from Malaysia ICT lex from Italy PressThink from the U.S. Mojtaba Saminejad from Iran... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 20, 2005 | Communicating
No, not that one. Well, him too, of course, but I’m talking about the real President: the guy behind the President’s Choice frozen meal I’m enjoying ingesting as I write this. The glowing promise: The sad, flaccid reality: Let’s cut the crap....