May 2012
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Copy of RCMP commissioner’s open letter to... →
“I am trying to run a modern police force with a discipline system that was current 25 years ago.”
Strong words.
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My ideal music solution by alex rainert →
“If I could fashion my ideal music solution, it would would be Rdio with optional cloud storage where I could dump my mixes, mashups, etc. and then access via the Rdio front-end. (extra credit: if I could easily save URLs to this service and stream from that interface, I’d be totally covered but I recognize that’s not for everyone)”
100% agree. I just wrote about how I...
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“As I get older, I find the single most important thing I can do to make my life...”
– Bike to Work Week: Don’t Backslide | AndrewKurjata.ca
What is the best order to read Ultimate Marvel? →
Thanks! And also thanks to equivalencyofme
And can you actually tag people in Tumblr for realsies?
newnoisethriller:
Ultimate Spider-Man is pretty great. So is The Ultimates. Those two are connected in that there is a crossover between the two called Ultimate Six. Ultimate Six apparently takes place after Ultimate Spider-Man #46.
You would be fine with reading those two series...
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What is the best order to read Ultimate Marvel? →
I sure put Quora to good use.
“Before we delve into the specifics of the sporting fairytale that has unfolded...”
– “The Italian Job” by Richard Poplak | The Walrus Blog
Strong words.
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“If you can convince people to just post “the good stuff”, then the payoff – a...”
– Matt Ogle, Co-Founder of This Is My Jam
Completely agree with this. This Is My Jam has become my favourite online playlist because it filters out everything except that one song people like best right now.
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“life rolls like an ECG - hovering about the centre. Too high or too low is a...”
– Routines
How To Take Care Of The Exotic Pet : Anteater →
Because, you know, why not?
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Tennis: a lifetime to learn, even longer to master.
Almost Mainstream Episode 39 - May 25 2012 →
almostmainstream:
It’s starting to feel like summer so we go around the world for music of the season with roots, rock, riddim and remixes.
Almost Mainstream Episode 39 - May 25 2012 on Mixcloud
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“Get Down Moses” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
“Keys to Your Heart” by the 101’ers
“Pressure Drop” by Toots and the Maytals
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Co-worker: What's with all the people walking around dressed up today?
Me: It's convocation.
Me: Nerds.
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NADIR AND ME: Forced solidarity in the waiting... →
thewalrusmagazine:
By Joseph Heath From the June 2012 issue of The Walrus
Last summer, I had a Canadian moment. It was at the doctor’s office in Toronto. In the waiting room, to be specific. It was a nondescript place, one that looked as if it hadn’t been renovated since the late ’70s. I had to wait while the receptionist checked in the man who arrived just before me. She was talking to him in...
I officially declare today to be Shorts Weather.
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There's no way this isn't going viral →
“Canadians now aged 55 years and older will collect Old Age Security when they hit 65. The rest of us will have to work two more years. Those who came of age in the 1960s enjoyed Employment Insurance and Medicare when they were still unfunded liabilities. They cash a Canada Pension cheque that depends upon today’s working men and women. The plan probably won’t exist by the time the rest of...
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Paying to not own music
Summary: the things you can pay musicians for are often the exact opposite of what you pay services like Spotify and Rdio for. Originally posted here.
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Elsewhere on the internet, singer-songwriter Aidan Knight is getting Facebook debate-y about streaming music services. Specifically, he’s wondering about Spotify (though this applies to Rdio and whatever else is out there). In the...
The Web Is A Customer Service Medium →
lukesimcoe:
Putting aside the interesting, albeit unoriginal notion that the web is where people flock to express their unwanted opinions, this is a terrible metaphor for the internet. It assumes that the end point of online communication is to make a sale and collapses any distinction between users and customers.
Seriously, is this what we think the internet is?:
I’d argue yes....
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The Right Forum or: I Don’t Understand Facebook’s... →
The tl; dr version of this is that if you’re on Facebook you can now follow this blog there instead of having to do it on Tumblr. The long version is I did this because I’m trying to understand the role of Facebook is my publishing model.
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The Web Is A Customer Service Medium →
A medium has a niche. A sitcom works better on TV than in a newspaper, but a 10,000 word investigative piece about a civic issue works better in a newspaper.
When it arrived the web seemed to fill all of those niches at once. The web was surprisingly good at emulating a TV, a newspaper, a book, or a radio.
But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It’s its own...
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Gay Superheroes & Same-Sex Marriage: Why Comics?... →
“Let’s hope that in 20 more years, gay comic book characters don’t make the news at all because they are as common as capes and cowls!”
via your friend and mine
I want to start a photoblog called “Treeplanters or Hipsters?”
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Almost Mainstream Episode 38 - May 11 & 18 2012
Almost Mainstream Episode 38 - May 11 & 18 2012 on Mixcloud
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Too Many Rappers, Not Enough MC’s - the show starts out by celebrating the Beastie Boys with music from them, their inspirations, and their followers. Then somehow it ends with Carly Rae Jepsen. (note: this was supposed to broadcast May 11, but didn’t, so then it became May 18’s...
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Plug.DJ -- > Almost Mainstream →
If you’re into music and the internet, you’ve probably heard of Turntable.fm. I liked it, but then I was kicked out because I’m Canadian. Plug.dj is attempting to solve that problem by making an internationally-available service using Soundcloud and YouTube as the music sources. I’m really liking it, but right now most of the rooms are for dance music or pure pop. Skewing more towards an...
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Mark it: first mosquitoes of the year last night.
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