by Rob Cottingham | Jan 12, 2006 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Technology
I’m on the job in Montreal this week, so there hasn’t been a lot of time for actual blogging. But here’s some of the stuff that’s turned up in my late-night surfing … and no, don’t panic; it’s all office-safe: Spy vs. Spyware:... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 29, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
The phenomenally busy Russell McOrmond notes that, with the end of this Parliament, Bill C-60 is no more: Bill C-60 has died on the Order Paper, but you can be sure that whoever forms the next government will table a similar bill (likely with a different number). We... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 11, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
Yesterday we went to see Wild Safari 3D at the CN IMAX downtown. Lots of fun, the 3D technology actually works (except for the difficulty of keeping a squirmy two-year-old from taking off her glasses), and we’ll leave the unsettling racial politics (the trackers... 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...