No wonder we’re hosed…

June 15, 2010

I’ve said it before – I don’t have “TV” at home, so I don’t “get” TV (and what I mean by that is this: I watch things of special interest on the internet; I get my news via the internet; and I scan several different local news sources to stay up-to-date on local issues: that’s […]

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Taxi status

June 14, 2010

An observation, yesterday: Every single taxi at the downtown Victoria BC ferry terminal to Seattle was a Prius. Practically new. But when you get to the US – say, Seattle – the state of your cab is a crap-shoot. It may be a beat-up old car, it may be newer, it may be (as mine […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 13, 2010

Putting the Livability Agenda Back in Place « Project for Public Spaces – Placemaking for Communities Density / livability doesn’t have a singular form. Think choices instead: QUOTE Livability is about choices, and if you want to pay four to five dollars a gallon to drive ten miles, you should have that right. But you […]

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We might be giants (or not).

June 12, 2010

Humans. We’re so big. Totally huge. What do we really know about all the little guys out there? Pathogens? Bacteria? . Viruses? Toxoplasma? . Check out the fascinating article in The Economist, A game of cat and mouse, which explains the intriguing theory that pathogens may account for schizophrenia in humans – or, to put […]

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Respect and the authoritarian personality

June 11, 2010

Aretha Franklin demanded it, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, because to get it confers authority on the person who is respected. Singing from the perspective of the blues, that is, of the oppressed, to get authority and therefore respect is a good thing. But what happens when established authorities themselves harp on demands for respect? Or when the supporters […]

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Approaching winter, Sydney-style

June 10, 2010

As we wait (and wait and wait) for summer to arrive in Victoria Canada, they’re all set to celebrate the approach of winter in Sidney Sydney Australia. And boy, are they doing it in style… . Click through to Flavorwire for the full story. (Thanks, melanieb for noticing the spelling error!)

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Commenting around

June 9, 2010

Over the past few days, I’ve busied myself with comments on various blogs. Today, I’m taking the easy way out (of blogging) by posting links to those other entries. Ok, I’ll sort them a bit… First, while I’m trying to wean myself off a certain local political situation, I find myself provoked into the occasional […]

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Open Government, Transparency: it’s what we need

June 8, 2010

As residents of Victoria British Columbia continue to struggle with a closed, secretive city council that (with the exception of one councilor, Geoff Young) prefers to do its business behind closed doors or from a lofty perch of Sonya Chandler- or Lynn Hunter-style “know-it-all-ism,” here’s a story from the local daily that illustrates just how […]

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Making the obscene seen

June 7, 2010

I chose a couple of redesigned BP logos to illustrate yesterday’s Sunday Diigo Links Post, even though my links weren’t related to the oilspill. They just struck me as appropriate. One in particular caught my attention: . The design is part of LogoMyWay’s BP Logo Redesign Contest. It was submitted by Gremlin (no further information […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 6, 2010

Is biomimicry a “megacategory” of cleantech? “We live in a competent universe, and we are surrounded by genius”: Janine Benyus on revealing what we should understand and on biomimicry. “Imagine spring, imagine organizing spring.” Must-view video. See also AskNature.org tags: janine_benyus, biomimicry, ted_conference Please Do Touch: A Q&A with Miranda July – ARTINFO.com Interesting semi-permanent […]

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