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
Aug 26th
OMG   RICK the TEMP   OMG →
Aug 25th
Meet your new associate online producer →
Aug 25th
Some overlong lit-crit piece on Stursburg and... →
Aug 24th
Teatards’ ‘Price Is Right’ dilemma
You came here expecting Bob Barker, only to find him retired and replaced by somebody else
Aug 23rd
‘Executive coaching’: $1,334,000 →
Aug 23rd
‘[A]ccess from [this Tumblr] has been denied’ →
Et tu, Doskoch?
Aug 21st
What made Jonathan Dubé ‘valuable’? →
The wrong kind of achievements, pace Bill Doskoch
Aug 21st
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?
Aug 21st
Corpse mandarins owe you $9,559.17 for the lockout →
Yet another tempest in a teapot
Aug 20th
CBC gets SportsPlus, with conditions →
Aug 20th
Jonathan Dubé goes to the Americans →
Was he that unloved?
Aug 19th
One More Reason to Spec [v., sic] a ‘Flashpoint’ →
You might be able to make the show actually acknowledge it takes place in Toronto.
Aug 19th
People who have not acknowledged Tea Makers
…since I took over writing it. D. McGrath T. Maffin J. Keay S. trombo F. rank
Aug 18th
Unexpectedly rational and cool-headed ‘video... →
By whom? Allan
Aug 17th
France Beaudoin animera «M pour musique» →
In other words, the Parallel Universe is still running musical variety shows
Aug 17th
Aug 17th
CBC Montreal recognized for creating an inclusive... →
No, wait, scratch that – it was CTV Montreal
Aug 16th
“[T]he experience of listening to CBC Radio while driving across Canada… inspired...”
– Oh, and downloading isn’t “private”
Aug 16th
Cable kicked at Condi confab →
Aug 16th
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’
Aug 16th
2 tags
“The nasty part is, that the CBC demands a high degree of exclusivity for...”
– CBC Hockey Anthem Contest Disappoints
Aug 16th
Leader of A-list copyright blogosphere deigns to... →
Aug 14th
“We made a daily mention of it and did some Canadian fun facts, because,...”
– More crapola about Wheel of Fortune
Aug 13th
J-school grad? →
Apply to “moderate” undermedicated right-wing assholes’ rantings on CBC.CA!
Aug 10th
Yes, this is the Bearcat who dominates the CBC... →
Paging Tod Maffin
Aug 9th
Kirstine Layfield honoured as one of the Young... →
[Full list (PDF)]
Aug 9th
“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
Aug 9th
“We’re not looking to be out of the Olympics forever”
– Scott Moore in the Globe
Aug 8th
4 tags
Aug 7th
3 tags
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.”)
Aug 6th
Sloan acolytes debate philosophical implications... →
Aug 5th
J-Roc guest-hosts ‘Q’! →
Aug 5th
Aug 4th
Right-wing asshole unable to differentiate ‘host’... →
Aug 3rd
2 tags
Interview with Klea Scott →
En español. Is the show aired in Mexico in Spanish or English? This still isn’t clear
Aug 2nd
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!
Jul 31st
‘Intelligence’ to be aired in Mexico →
Just not in Spanish – apparently (despite Spanish title given in news item)
Jul 31st
Movie on Antarctic to become series on Antarctic →
Yes, but a series for whom? Take a wild guess. (Cf. Tibet)
Jul 31st
Can anybody put me in touch with the producers of...
Jul 31st
“‘So I’ve been fortunate in having the CBC. I’ve been fortunate in having the...”
– “Suzuki still swift,” Eye Weekly
Jul 31st
Archivism →
I am reading the entire archives of the Tea Makers by Alphonse Ouimet, easily my third full reading thereof. Again: Nothing will change.
Jul 30th
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.
Jul 29th
CBC Flashpoints itself →
Now we’re selling our shit to ABC. First ever! (With lots of qualifiers)
Jul 28th
1 tag
Who’s calling CBC the Canadian Broadcasting...
Creative Loafing Wikileaks (we made it!) An American in Canada whose spousal unit works Customs at Pearson
Jul 27th
1 note
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…
Jul 26th
1 note
Which broadcaster is showing ‘Undercover in... →
Which one isn’t?
Jul 26th
Depetroglyphed! →
Jul 26th
1 note
2 tags
Fake Ouimet inspiration Fake Steve on why he quit →
Because the gaunt appearance of the possibly-terminally-ill Steve Jobs disturbed him
Jul 25th
1 note
Spam of the day
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Jul 25th