Weekly round up: May 9 - 15
15 May 2011Articles
Salt and health: Take it with a pinch of salt from The Economist
MLB website headers [with commentary] from Flop Flop Fly Ball via Getting Blanked
Samoa moves ahead a day from CBC News
Tour the Palace of Purification (R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant) for Doors Open 2011
The case for a Canada-U.S. monetary union is dead from The Globe and Mail - Economy Lab
Why nobody gets it and everybody is an idiot: "Strategic" Voting Edition (on Facebook)
Voodoo Hydrology from stormh20.com [An older article, but still true today. Sadly, it will be true for the not so distant future.]
Responding to FightHST Misrepresentations by David D Robertson [Very interesting rundown of BC HST vs PST]
The Grid: a love story from The Grid
There is no gas price conspiracy from The Ottawa Citizen
Daily Show Mocks Asbestos, Que. from CBC [Watch the video]
Idea Alert from Macleans' [First idea is good. I'm not so sure what the point of the second is.]
Sanctuary at Massey: Ignatieff just one in a long line to find a home in Massey College from The National Post
Watson leads Toronto Rock to lacrosse title from The Star
i have now seen a Toronto team win a championship! Good job @torontorocklax
— Daley Mikalson (@lingwhatics) May 15, 2011
Tweets
Dear dumbass - the city didn't "steal" your bike if you left it chained to a post for 5 weeks. You abandoned it and they cleared your junk.
— Sheryl Kirby (@sheryl_kirby) May 9, 2011
I know this is controversial, but I feel that GAY people should ONLY be able to marry other GAY people. Call me old-fashioned.
— Steve Murray (@NPsteve) May 13, 2011
Question we should all ask when replying to email: will my reply make the recipient''s life easier or harder? If harder, then rethink.
— Peter Rukavina (@ruk) May 13, 2011
Video
Beautiful, out-of-phase pendulums on Boing Boing via @heather_jewell
Podcast
Full Interview: Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Googlization of Everything from CBC's Spark