Archive for October, 2006
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Remembering Victor Cousineau, my grandfather
COUSINEAU – VICTOR (VIC) JOSEPHJanuary 5,1921 -October 21, 2006 Vic, a smiling presence in the lives of all who knew him, passed away peacefully at St. Michael’s Hospice in Burnaby. He is survived by his son Denis (Vivian) and daughter Gisele. Grandchildren Ryan (Rebecca), John, Michael (Marjie) and great-granddaughter Olivia. Adopted grand-daughter Tammy (Jeff) Chesman, […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
An open letter to Dustin Sacks, creator of Lux
Dear Mr. Sacks: You horrible, horrible man. On October 14th, you sent me a copy of your Risk-y computer game, Lux (I say “Risk-y” because it is unabashedly inspired by Risk, but it is so expandable, networkable, re-mappable, re-skinnable, re-ruleable, and whatnot as to make cloning Risk the starting point, not the endpoint). You touted […]
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
Warning signs for the cybermorphic future
Given that I haven’t managed to post anything else here for, um, forever, I thought I’d just link to this mildly amusing article on Warning Signs for Tomorrow. I believe the sign shown here accurately applies to this blog, that page, reality TV, cats wearing clothing, and maybe every blog everywhere. On a personal note, […]
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
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They say it’s my birthday. For my birthday, the CBC gave me the Canucks versus the Red Wings. In useless standard def! Argh! What next, a show that consists of nothing but Rick Mercer making fun of BC? At this point, it’s not that HDTV even looks really good, it’s just that standard def makes […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Canadian TV: just the ratings
The answer is here. The question is “where do I find weekly ratings data for Canadian television?” The reason is this engaging debate on the CBC blog. BBM is reasonably generous with its data, providing not only the current week, but also archives going back as far as 2003. Being who I am, the first […]