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
