The above items have absolutely nothing in common except for the fact I find them entertaining. Author William Gibson’s new book has been getting pretty good press, but the folks at Boing Boing calls this Washington Post interview one of the best they’ve read. We have to admit that we’re not big soccer fans but […] More »

This entry from the U.S. Senate blog reads like an “I told you so” from climate change skeptics, when really there’s nothing endorsing rejection of global warming in it. More »

We hope you’re all having a good long weekend. Let’s get right to the links: Now that Fall is just around the corner, all those tasty crops should be coming to market soon. What better time to eat local. A bunch of bloggers and foodies challenge you to eat food grown as locally as possible. […] More »

Computers located on the network controlled by pharma giant Abbott Laboratories have made over 1,000 edits to Wikipedia entries about the company and its products—according to WikiScanner, a tool created by 24-year-old scientist Virgil Griffith that analyzes public data about access to the online free-content encyclopedia. Based on the data provided by the software tool, […] More »

Walkmans, CD players and iPods are all pretty great inventions, how else are we going to kill an hour each day on the subway? But wait, isn’t it all a little much? This article thinks that all these iPods, mp3 blogs and downloading has meant the death of silence and maybe even music itself. When […] More »

Dom and Shayna have reached Quebec as part of their summer-long road trip to explore the meaning of community in Canada, and this dispatch is part of their latest post on the Alternate Routes blog: At Maison Emmanuel, people with disabilities are encouraged to focus on their abilities by working in a variety of areas: […] More »

We start this week’s links with a cheesy Leann Rimes reference. We’re sorry but we couldn’t resist. But we hope you read on about the Civic Twilight Design Collective’s idea for streetlights that sync up with the phases of the moon. The award-winning idea cuts down on light pollution and power use and just looks […] More »

First of all, we’d like to congratulate our friends over at the Ryerson Review of Journalism. The students and instructor Bill Reynolds took home five awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication student magazine contest. Yay. Guardian columnist and climate change warrior George Monbiot rails against the rise of green consumerism. […] More »

A “detection device is needed to monitor the movements and sexual activities of people with HIV/AIDS.” So says a new regulation currently under debate in the Indonesian province of Papua, according to today’s Jakarta Post. The device they are considering? An implanted microchip. A member of the working group currently considering Article 35 of new […] More »

Boing Boing pointed us to this footage of a 1941 strike by Disney animators. Neat. Houston has negotiated a contract to ensure that a third of that city’s power comes from wind! Yes, you read that right. Houston, Texas. Now if they could only cut down on that sprawl and all those suburbs we’d have […] More »

Everyone loves birds, right? Well, what could be better than recycled birdhouses. These guys make birdhouses out of recycled materials A couple make a trip from Halifax to Vancouver in a Smart car. Total diesel used, just 337 litres! We’re not a big fan of bottled water for many reasons. Apparently eco-conscious New Yorkers have […] More »