Weekly roundup December 24 - 30

Articles

Dropbox: A nebulous future [The Economist]

Best of 2012: Steve Murray, Canadian rock and Taylor Swift [National Post]

City government seeks to tame Mexico City with ambitious makeover [The Globe and Mail]

Five viral songs that you said you hated but secretly loved in 2012 [Maclean’s]

Water in the southwest [The Economist]

Closing loopholes isn’t enough [The Washington Times]

On DePape’s idle talk [iPolitics.ca]

Five myths about charitable giving [The Washington Post]

Parallels from 100 years ago marked 2012 in Calgary [Calgary Herald]

Government-dodging Freeman on the Land movement creates ‘major policing problem’: CSIS report [Calgary Herald]

Tweets

Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-12-25T13:52:36.000Z. Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud). Thanks @GordonRamsay01 for the amazing Xmas gift! http://t.co/nFXATEV5. Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-12-24T01:08:03.000Z. Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday). The Jumbotron at Madison Square Garden catches Elaine dancing, the crowd boos and the video goes viral. Kramer records a Festivus album..

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Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-12-27T23:56:46.000Z. Stats Canada (@stats_canada). 100% of Canadians cannot change the channel fast enough when Just For Laughs Gags comes on.