If you have been following along with the story of threats against Kathy Sierra, this will likely be no news to you. But if you haven’t you can start by reading her blog post about this situation in which she was vilely and violently threatened by an anonymous blogger, the act and response to which launched a flurry of bad feelings everywhere. Yesterday, Kathy and Chris Locke, one of the bloggers she had singled out held an actual conversation and the harvest is here is a dual set of Coordinated Statements on the whole affair. What is important …
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How to do only that which you can do < sift everything Jeremy asks how to tell the story of his work (tags: being reflection) ‘We Weren’t Supposed to Survive’ :: News :: thetyee.ca Part on of a series on neighbour to neighbour reconciliation (tags: firstnations) How to Disappear A lovely little book on how to live in community (tags: book community) Essays: ‘The mystery of consciousness’ by Paul Broks | Prospect Magazine April 2007 issue 133 Nicholas Humphrey’s latest book on the mystery of consciousness travelled with me to Crete, Latvia and America. And the intellectual journey it took ...
A little marker to note the passing of a great Canadian institution. Tomorrow night, in Massey Hall, The Rheostatics play their last gig. They’ve been at it for over 20 years and it’s coming to an end. If, like me, you never saw them live, you can download some of their shows here. Writing today in the Globe and Mail about their career, guitarist and hockey writer extraordinaire Dave Bidini explained the band’s ethos succinctly:”…We were four satellites who got a long and if you listened closely or saw us on a good night, you got bit.” …