October 2009
20 posts
Out of the Box and into Oblivion →
American Journalism Review on KIRO’s 1993 disastrous “out of the box” overhaul. As I watch CBC News Network (ugh, what was wrong with “Newsworld”?) try to copy CNN. Embarrassing. I’m paying for this?
Let’s debate this on Tumblr!
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The White City →
pinder:
Why is it that progressivism in smaller metros is so often associated with low numbers of African Americans? Can you have a progressive city properly so-called with only a disproportionate handful of African Americans in it? In addition, why has no one called these cities on it?
As the college educated flock to these progressive El Dorados, many factors are cited as reasons: transit...
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Foursquare and the Vancouver Public Library
This would combine two of my great loves, libraries & books and social location sharing services. I don’t like Foursquare—I’d rather hang out with my friends than compete with them (if I could opt out of the point counting and leaderboard, I’d use it more)—but understand it and accept it. In my power to do so, in other words, it may continue to exist.
Is this a good idea? Or...
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Public Transit and Baseball: Evaluation of Access... →
$20 for the paper. Considering it, since it combines my two great loves, baseball and transit! (thx counti8)
Andrew Morrison's 50 Favourite Things to Eat &... →
From Andrew Morrison’s list. Call this the beta version, since I haven’t verified if the locations are accurate.
Andrew Morrison's 50 Favourite Things to Eat &... →
vanmega:
If someone lays this over a Google map, I’ll happily hit all 50 things by year’s end.
(via blownspeakers)
I made a crappy CSV of the places with my crappy programming skills. Someone else can do the work of importing it into a Google Map.
http://justagwailo.com/junk/andrew-morrison-50-favourite.csv
WatchCrappy cell phone video I took of a GO Transit train leaving Toronto in April 2007.
