August 2008
36 posts
Bookmarks moved to Delicious → →
Tumblr was useful for photos and the like, but the on-page widget was too complicated. Also, their semantics sucks
OMG RICK the TEMP OMG →
Meet your new associate online producer →
Some overlong lit-crit piece on Stursburg and... →
Teatards’ ‘Price Is Right’ dilemma
You came here expecting Bob Barker, only to find him retired and replaced by somebody else
‘Executive coaching’: $1,334,000 →
‘[A]ccess from [this Tumblr] has been denied’ →
Et tu, Doskoch?
What made Jonathan Dubé ‘valuable’? →
The wrong kind of achievements, pace Bill Doskoch
Teatards™
That’s my new term for commenter assholes who expect the nouvelle formulation Tea Makers to be exactly like ancienne formulation Tea Makers. Alternatively, Teatards™ expect Tea Makers to give them exactly what they want, even if they don’t know what that is, and never anything else.
This is a skill-testing posting. Will anyone have read it?
Corpse mandarins owe you $9,559.17 for the lockout →
Yet another tempest in a teapot
CBC gets SportsPlus, with conditions →
Jonathan Dubé goes to the Americans →
Was he that unloved?
One More Reason to Spec [v., sic] a ‘Flashpoint’ →
You might be able to make the show actually acknowledge it takes place in Toronto.
People who have not acknowledged Tea Makers
…since I took over writing it.
D. McGrath
T. Maffin
J. Keay
S. trombo
F. rank
Unexpectedly rational and cool-headed ‘video... →
By whom? Allan
France Beaudoin animera «M pour musique» →
In other words, the Parallel Universe is still running musical variety shows
CBC Montreal recognized for creating an inclusive... →
No, wait, scratch that – it was CTV Montreal
“[T]he experience of listening to CBC Radio while driving across Canada… inspired...”
– Oh, and downloading isn’t “private”
Cable kicked at Condi confab →
CBC-TV ignores Canadian history →
‘The exact information was that there is no series planned, although there may be history items within the context of other series’
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“The nasty part is, that the CBC demands a high degree of exclusivity for...”
– CBC Hockey Anthem Contest Disappoints
Leader of A-list copyright blogosphere deigns to... →
“We made a daily mention of it and did some Canadian fun facts, because,...”
– More crapola about Wheel of Fortune
J-school grad? →
Apply to “moderate” undermedicated right-wing assholes’ rantings on CBC.CA!
Yes, this is the Bearcat who dominates the CBC... →
Paging Tod Maffin
Kirstine Layfield honoured as one of the Young... →
[Full list (PDF)]
“This is what Americans who live along the Canadian border have known for years:...”
– …according to Karl-Eric Reif, my old editor’s friend and collaborator, whom I’ve met twice
“We’re not looking to be out of the Olympics forever”
– Scott Moore in the Globe
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According to Geoff Pevere and Greig Dymond’s Mondo Canuck (1996, atrocious type and copy-editing), which of the following was “the most indelible [sic] theme music this side of Hockey Night in Canada”?
The Forest Rangers, 1963–65
“Hinterland Who’s Who”
It was a trick question: Both! (The latter’s theme “is as recognizable as the theme to Hockey Night in Canada.”)
Sloan acolytes debate philosophical implications... →
J-Roc guest-hosts ‘Q’! →
Right-wing asshole unable to differentiate ‘host’... →
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Interview with Klea Scott →
En español. Is the show aired in Mexico in Spanish or English? This still isn’t clear
July 2008
39 posts
Want to run pretty much the whole shebang other... →
We’re hiring a Senior Director, Digital Programming (sic). You’ll also run the Bold homepage!
‘Intelligence’ to be aired in Mexico →
Just not in Spanish – apparently (despite Spanish title given in news item)
Movie on Antarctic to become series on Antarctic →
Yes, but a series for whom? Take a wild guess. (Cf. Tibet)
Can anybody put me in touch with the producers of...
“‘So I’ve been fortunate in having the CBC. I’ve been fortunate in having the...”
– “Suzuki still swift,” Eye Weekly
Archivism →
I am reading the entire archives of the Tea Makers by Alphonse Ouimet, easily my third full reading thereof.
Again: Nothing will change.
Obviously nouvelle Tea Makers isn't what you the...
It is, however, the Tea Makers I am able to give you. This is already Plan B and there isn’t a Plan C.
Nothing will change.
CBC Flashpoints itself →
Now we’re selling our shit to ABC. First ever! (With lots of qualifiers)
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Who’s calling CBC the Canadian Broadcasting...
Creative Loafing
Wikileaks (we made it!)
An American in Canada whose spousal unit works Customs at Pearson
Here’s what happens when Google indexes CBCR3’s...
Test track title goes here. Understanding the New 10 Your … … Playlists Quality (128k) Almost there…! LOADING TRACK INFORMATION…
Which broadcaster is showing ‘Undercover in... →
Which one isn’t?
Depetroglyphed! →
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Fake Ouimet inspiration Fake Steve on why he quit →
Because the gaunt appearance of the possibly-terminally-ill Steve Jobs disturbed him
Spam of the day
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