Monthly Archives: March 2005

Tim Hortons goes south

The Globe and Mail notes Tim Hortons’ expansion in to the US. Still: none in California.

The Economist on MGM v Grokster

The Economist, fresh off their SemaCode scoop, rips in to the music industry’s legal “strategy”: But even if the entertainment business manages to coax more users into paying for legal downloads and succeeds in court against Grokster and StreamCast, its … Continue reading

best of photojournalism

Nation Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners.

useful photography tools

Some handy tips from my friend Dennis: ExpoDisc (white balance/warm balance filter) white balance reference cards capture one noise ninja More software Nik Multimedia software kodak software (digital roc, digital sho, digital gem) Articles Nikonians on white balance TidBITS on … Continue reading

The Blog Cycle

The Blog Cycle: What is blogging? Our community invented blogging! Blogging vs. Journalism Where are the women/minorities? You’ll get fired! Think about the children! The technology is boring/unimportant Will blogs change the world? What you do isn’t blogging — do … Continue reading

Become the Idlewords.com Macropatron!

Become the Idlewords.com Macropatron!

Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication

Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication: For example, women tend to use more affective markers (e.g., “I know how you feel”), more diminutives (e.g., “little bitty insect”), more hedge words (e.g., perhaps, sort of), more politeness markers (e.g., “I … Continue reading

The Credit Card Prank II

what does it take for someone to verify your signature on a credit card?

finding venues to play

i’m often asked for the names of venues for musicians to play in. i have a small list of my own, but it hasn’t been maintained lately. however, there are several great resources out there: venues in San Francisco from … Continue reading

MBET vs MBA

Ryan pointed to a good article in Canadian Business on the MBET program at Waterloo. The article has makes a couple of interesting points. First, a gym not on the cluetrain: The computer program, which pumped out graphs based on … Continue reading