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Via the Globe and Mail with have Ballad for an albino kitten please (Sarah Efron, Wednesday, March 9) the story of Andrew Huang (aka Andrew Pants), his web site Songs To Wear Pants To and his passion to write music Continue reading Songs to Wear Pants To, An Alternative Way to Do Music
Via The Globe and Mail, Would you pay 5 cents for a song?( By Guy Dixon , Wednesday, March 9, 2005 )also here) Sandy Pearlman, a former producer of the Clash and now a visiting scholar at McGill, spoke at Continue reading Would you pay 5 cents for a song?
Changing China : As part of BBC News’ China Week, you can use this guide to learn more about the country with the world’s biggest population, and its most dynamic economy. Lots to read…. some of the material covered: Long Continue reading Changing China on the BBC NEWS website
Via twitchfilm.net : The Hong Kong Film Critics Association announced their winners for the past year. Best Picture : Kung Fu Hustle -an excellent and funny film, which I enjoyed much more than Shaolin Soccer. Kung Fu Hustle had its Continue reading Hong Kong’s The 10th Golden Bauhinina Awards
Via Boing Boing is Cory Doctorow’s interview by Richard Koman on the O’Reilly Network in the run up to the May 1st release of “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” (ISBN: 0765312786), a WiFi Fantasy set in Toronto’s Kensington Continue reading Cory on the O’Reilly Network
Michael Geist (law professor at the University of Ottawa) in his most recent column in the Toronto Star (Law Bytes) draws further attention to the disturbing policy proposals being considered by the Canadian government today which include: telecommunications service providers Continue reading What Do You Want the Internet to Be?