“Oh man, you gotta read these books! These books are the best! They’re not even really books. There are pictures! And jokes! And they’re really, really funny! And they’re super easy to read! These are the best! You gotta read these books!” The books that are “not even really books”?
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wmtc: matt green is just walkin’ again. this time it’s nyc.
Some two years ago, I posted about Matt Green, who (as I said at the time) was living my oldest dream: walking across the United States. Now Matt Green is walking every street in New York City, all five boroughs, about 8,000 miles worth of walk. In 2010, Matt Green,
Continue readingwmtc: and now to defeat the harper government
Well, I thought I’d be sad. But I’m not sad. I’m excited. I’m not excited about Thomas Mulcair, but I’m excited about a re-grouped and re-energized New Democratic Party. I almost don’t care who the leader is. All I want is to beat Harper. All I want is to stop
Continue readingwmtc: ndp leadership vote: holding my breath, hoping not to hold my nose
I purposely haven’t blogged about the NDP leadership contest, as I don’t do party politics. But now we’re down to the very end, and I’m worried. A mere skim of the headlines at Progressive Bloggers is eye-opening – and nauseating. So many progressives want to see the party move even
Continue readingwmtc: bill c-10 wtf: watch and tell stephen harper what you think
Please watch this excellent video about Bill C-10. It’s only 4 minutes and incredibly informative and entertaining. I’m sorry I didn’t see this video before the bill was rubber-stamped in the Conservative-controlled Senate, but that’s what I get for staying away from social media. Even though the law has passed,
Continue readingwmtc: this sunday in toronto: firsthand account of israel’s capture of gaza-bound boat
This Sunday, folks in Toronto will have a great opportunity to hear a firsthand account of the arrest and abduction of the crew of the Tahrir, the Canadian boat that tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, part of last year’s Freedom Flotilla. Ehab Lotayef, a Montreal engineer, and
Continue readingwmtc: heckle the govt and lose your job? support air canada wildcat strike!
Three machinists, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, were suspended after “sarcastically applauding” Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt as she walked to her flight. They may lose their jobs. Now members of IAM at both Pearson and Trudeau Airports are on a wildcat strike, vowing to
Continue readingwmtc: how you can support striking tpl workers
An open letter from my friend and comrade Jonathon Hodge. See below for picket schedule. Dear friend/neighbor/colleague, Many of you are library users, or know someone who is, and so many of you are affected by the current work stoppage at the Toronto Public Library. Those of us who work
Continue readingwmtc: canadian profile: justin hines
In the March issue of New Mobility, I have a cover story about Canadian musician Justin Hines. You can see it here. I wrote this over my winter break – just as the library job came through! Not exactly the restful vacation I was hoping for. Fortunately I had a
Continue readingwmtc: new survey: use of online directories
One more question, folks! Do you use directories to find information online? If you ask, “What’s a directory?”, it’s safe to say you don’t use one. Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. I will share the results of both surveys when I’m done with my research.
Continue readingwmtc: please take a quick survey about social bookmarking
Thank you very much to everyone who answered my social bookmarking survey. If you have not already done so, could you please answer two questions? It’s research for a paper I’m writing. The survey is here. Thanks!
Continue readingwmtc: david suzuki fights back: he needs our help
If you have not already done so, please take a moment and send a letter to the Canadian Senate, calling on them to tone down their offensive rhetoric, and stop trying to marginalize and demonize Canadians who stand up for the future of the country (and the planet) by opposing
Continue readingwmtc: blogger, please let us turn off word verification!
I’ve just found out that word verification for comments has been on, even though I’ve turned it off. I already use comment moderation, so there’s no need for verification, too. I’ve turned off verification repeatedly, but it keeps defaulting back to “on”. If you’re also having this problem with a
Continue readingwmtc: why unions? would you rather have input into your working conditions, or not?
I’ve never understood why so many working people have it in for unions. I understand why employers don’t want unions: unions give workers input into their own working conditions. A union workplace shifts the balance from the employer having 100% of the power to the employer having some amount less
Continue readingwmtc: support your local library – support tpl library workers!
As you know, the staff of the Toronto Public Library is on strike. Rob Ford is using the financial crisis as an excuse to “privatize everything that isn’t nailed down” (his words), including the library. Branch closures are still an issue. Service cuts loom. In times of austerity, working people
Continue readingwmtc: google, facebook, twitter: corporate dictatorships, and we their willing subjects
I’m sure Canadian readers have noticed Blogger’s new blogspot.ca addresses. Blog-readers the world over are seeing country-specific domain addresses, as Google has decided to make it easy to aid government censorship. Why does my blog redirect to a country-specific URL? Q: Why am I seeing a URL change?A: In the
Continue readingwmtc: social bookmarking survey, take two
The poll in an earlier wmtc post wreaked havoc on my blog, so I’m trying again. If I might beg another moment of your time, please go here to take a two-question survey about your use of social bookmarking websites. By this I mean sites like Delicious, Reddit, CiteULike, BuzzFeed,
Continue readingwmtc: html/css help needed
As you can see, strange things have been happening to this blog’s template, and I’ve been unable to find the source and fix it. The header background is appearing in a strange (ugly!) colour. I can’t find the code that is making this happen. If you click on any of
Continue readingwmtc: blogger! grrrr….! help!
What, you thought I wanted a blog header the colour of dog puke? No, I did not. The colours of my blog template have changed. On their own. And they won’t change back. Blogger accepted a few changes, so at least I have my lower-case back on the sidebar! But
Continue readingwmtc: wmtc survey: social bookmarking websites
For a paper I am writing, I am researching tagging as used in social bookmarking websites, like Delicious (said to be the first successful social bookmarking site), Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, CiteULike, and so on. There are hundreds of these sites, though they vary widely in popularity and effectiveness. Some people
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