You've heard of Twitter, right?
Twitter is all the rage among the political class in the U.S.. It's a little less popular here.
Still, politicians and others are fiddling with Twitter. With Twitter, you sign up and then choose some friends, notable, or political journalists (more on that ... more »
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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Sunday, September 14
Twitter and Election 2008: I'm being followed by AntiHarperBias!
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 07:57 PM EDT
Wednesday, September 10
Fun with iTunes or Bob Willis is NOT Lionel Richie
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 10 Sep 2008 11:04 PM EDT
Among the CDs and vinyl that I've recently encoded: James Levine conducting Izthak Perlman through some Mozart concertos; Canadian new wave rockers Blue Peter's 1983 record Falling (that had the hit "Don't Walk Past"); The Hives 2001 compilation, Your New Favourite Band, and The Ultimate Collection of hits by those crazy mid-century Texas swing masters, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.... Then iTunes reaches out on its database looking for The Ultimate Collection and pulls up this: Now, being Canadian and all, I'm not up on my race relations the way our American friends are but I'm pretty sure that Lionel Richie is not Bob Wills and his band, who were all white guys in Texas in the 1940s. more » |
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