Weekly roundup: October 31 - November 6
06 November 2011Articles
You don't know Alberta from Ottawa Citizen
College has been oversold from Marginal Revolution
Taking care of business cards: Rob Ford's hypocrisy from The GridTO
Make energy policy about energy, not jobs from The Economist
Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities from 43 Folders
Was John Crosbie's suicide bomber joke funny? from National Post
Canada's redistribution policy: take from the rich, give to the... median? from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
Headline job numbers don't tell the real story from The Globe and Mail
New charity, same old cant from Toronto Star
In Parkdale: A dead cat and a city that works from Toronto Standard
The G8 legacy: Just the smoothest home-reno project ever? from The Globe and Mail
In the future, no speeder will be able to evade this camera from Toronto Star
Five myths about the world's population from Washington Post
Tweets
I've run the experiment and no, the subway doesn't arrive faster if you look down the tunnel. So just, you know, wait. #caseclosed
— Matthew Browning (@CabbagetownMatt) October 31, 2011
People, why do you send me things like your CV in Word. I want to read it, not edit it. Oh, wait...editing this is fun!
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) November 2, 2011
You eventually learn that true priorities are like arms; if you think you have more than a couple, you're either lying or crazy.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) April 10, 2009
The airport of my dreams has no TVs, perfect coffee, healthy food, and all boarding passes / immigration forms are passport sized.
— Craig Mod (@craigmod) November 5, 2011