by Rob Cottingham | Nov 25, 2005 | Everything Else, Politics, Technology
With all the protests that the impending federal election campaign will likely impinge on Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations, there hasn’t been one word about how badly it will interfere with the speculation over what Steve Jobs will be announcing at Macworld... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2005 | Technology
Is it a complete coincidence that less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Lego can’t claim the design of its blocks as a trademark, LaCie offers a new stackable hard drive with a very familiar-looking design? Yes, yes — LaCie’s... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2005 | Blogging, Media Mix, Politics
Elsewhere in a discussion on the dearth of municipal blogging, some of us toss around the fact that bloggers usually don’t do the kind of investigative legwork that reporters do, and can’t break stories. Meet a vital exception: Paul Willcocks and his blog,... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics
Scott Piatkowski passes along this gem from AlterNet: Fox News is refusing to air an anti-Alito ad “citing its lawyers’ contention that the spot is factually incorrect.” Is it shooting fish in a barrel to say: “gee, I wish Fox News would apply... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 20, 2005 | Politics
If it was fiction, you’d edit out the metaphor as way too obvious: After answering six questions and eager to sit down to dinner in the Great Hall of the People, Bush turned down a reporter who asked permission for a follow-up question. He then strode from the...
