Weekly round up: June 13 - 19

Articles

Let's show a little fiscal restraint here from Macleans

Stats Con from The Walrus (via Kaarina)

Settlers of Catan: A low-tech island retreat for a plugged-in generation from The Globe and Mail

The Daily Show: Canadian Oilverlords [video]

Traumatic brain injuries in the Asterix comics from Mind Hacks

The Tories' massive contradiction on supply management from The Globe and Mail

Credentialism via small dead animals [I agree with the dislike of credentialism, but not the hate of women bits. There are people blocking the path for no useful reason and they aren't necessarily women.]

Yes, they can. Got a problem with that? from The Grid TO (via @heather_jewell)

The ten-thousand mile diet from Unlimited Magazine

More micro-management, please! via @EmmMacfarlane

Downtown chow-down from The Star (via @heather_jewell)

Canada Post strike putting our honey crops at risk from The Star

Tweets

#CBC radio is using "cyber" so much today! Cyber-spies are cyber-stealing our cyber-secrets and could spark cyber-war! Cyber cyber cyber!

— William Wolfe-Wylie (@wolfewylie) June 14, 2011

Anybody thinking Luongo cost his team this game, I ask you how a team can win a game 0-0. #twentyguysinbluetonight #hockeyisateamsport

— TJ Kendon (@tjkendon) June 16, 2011

Best way to get ideas is skim other people's work, misunderstand what they're doing, then copy what you thought they were doing but weren't.

— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBP) June 17, 2011