Archive for May, 2010

PowerPoint karaoke is back! PPTKTO #2

After the ridiculous success of last February’s PowerPoint Karaoke #1, Jay and I really had no choice but to do it once again. Powerpoint karaoke is where brave public speakers have 5 minutes to earnestly present an (invariably preposterous, verging on dadaist) slide presentation which they have never seen before in their lives. Here’s some [...]

Things to be afraid of: like Canada’s upcoming copyright bill

Canada hasn’t updated the copyright act in many years. Not for lack of trying. But it so happens that various amendments of varying quality by various governments have died on the order books in the course of various elections. In fact Canada has not yet acted on the US-led WIPO anti-piracy treaty (complete with DRM [...]

Gone Sailing

If you are looking for me, I’ll be back in a few weeks. Catch y’all later : )