Once again, the Danes are named the happiest people on the planet.
Why is this? and what can we learn from their success?
Some folks say it’s the bikes. In Copenhagen, one third of commutes happen on bikes, one third on public transportation, one third in automobiles.
This clip from “Contested Streets” shows some of what makes [...]
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Danish Happiness and the City 07.04.08
Pay Attention: Canadian remix culture under attack by CDMCA 06.28.08
Yes, Bill C-61. Ashamedly, I feel I haven’t discussed it on here as much as I should. Luckily, Michael Geist has reorganized his entire blog for learning about and engaging the bill’s life ahead. Please check it out until I get something more thorough up here.
Here’s a new user rights video from OpenSourceCinema that [...]
“This country is finished…” /// George Carlin on Olbermann 06.24.08
George Carlin and Keith Olbermann discuss USAmerican democracy as it stood in late 2007.
“This country has been sliding downhill for a long time and everybody’s got a cellphone that makes pancakes so they don’t want to rock the boat. They don’t want to make trouble. The people have been bought off by gizmos and [...]
Goodnight and Good Luck George Carlin 06.24.08
Thanks, George.
I wish the world remembered you were more than seven words you can’t say on TV.
You will be greatly missed and doubtless remembered.
Obama takes it, as seen from Halifax 06.05.08
I imagine you’ve seen it — but if you haven’t, I’ll save you the searching.
Letter-perfect. An astounding display of charisma that is both inspiring and chilling with its efficacy.
I had the specific privilege of watching the primary event with a group of highly engaged young Canadians — campus leaders and policy addicts with homes [...]
Is Rachel Ray a Terrorist? [Indie Rock Scarf Scandal] 05.31.08
Last summer, my friend/insurance liability Justin nearly got into a physical fight with a Palestinian man in downtown Calgary over his wearing of a Keffiyeh-like scarf. The Keffiyeh-like scarf has become an ubiquitous accoutrement on and off the scenester dance floors. It is now an impulse item at the check-out tills in self-conscious anti-culture retailers [...]
Stop! (motion) Genius! 05.16.08
I assure you, this will be the most incredibly impressive thing you see today.
BLU produced a stop-motion animation creature that criss-crosses Buenos Aires and Baden and, now, the deepest, darkest crevasses of my black and white nightmare lands.
The care and thought that went into this is difficult to comprehend; watching the intricate animation [...]
CCS SUX? : Is Clean Coal Possible? 04.16.08
The Real News has been talking about “clean coal” a lot. So has Canada’s Old Government and their industry supporters. The most recent federal budget included huge dollars for “clean coal” and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
With what little I know and understand about CCS, I’m under the impression that it’s worthwhile and positive [...]
Barack Obollywood 04.16.08
I absolutely adore the internet. Elections were so boring and serious without.
With an election imminent in Canada, the federal Liberals would likely be better served by a Bollywood-themed viral campaign than anything else they’re planning/not-planning-at-all. It’ll fare much better than the Mugabe-themed campaign that the Tories now aspire to. Electoral law be damned, I [...]
MTV on Fascism 04.09.08
What’s going on with MTV?
Here are two promos from their THINK campaign that got me thinking: WTF MTV?
Some YouTube comments, inevitably perhaps, argue that this is merely the malicious agency of the Jewish conspiracy at work. Others, that becoming a fascistic state that rounds folks up with dogs and guns isn’t a pressing concern.
wareaglemom [...]
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