Archive | December, 2007

Calgary Catholic School Board misses the mark

The Calgary Catholic School Board has, in this blogger’s opinion, completely overreacted to the notion that The Golden Compass books are anti-religious. In typically overzealous style, they’ve pulled the books from their library shelves pending a review: “Given the controversy related to the book, the district will not promote and/or use it to support instructional [...]

Done deed

I quashed my Facebook account using a dummy email account to do so. Then I zapped the email account. I’m not terribly confident that Facebook has actually eliminated all my details, but if it were to fall into the wrong hands somehow, I think my intention cannot be misinterpreted: I want to be less than [...]

One less Facebook user

After giving it considerable thought over the last few weeks, and with the advent and somewhat-demise of Beacon, I’ve decided that I’m going to go through the pain-in-the-ass process of deleting my Facebook account tonight. Some of the reasons include what Amy Tiemann said in this CNET piece: You remember the old story about the [...]

More on Canada's forthcoming copyright legislation

Michael Geist is stepping up and asking the tough questions on copyright. Since Jim Prentice is unwilling to be interviewed by the CBC before the Canadian DMCA bill is introduced, Michael has crafted his own questions he wants to put to the minister. Snippet from Michael’s blog: 7.   The Conservative Party of Canada pledged to [...]