Hey, what if I tried joining Mensa?
I’ve been putting some thought into it, and I’m actually pretty sure I might be able to get into Mensa. I mean, I may not be a renowned intellectual, and I’m certainly not an accomplished academic. But I’ve gotten my share of impressive scores on a number of aptitude tests, and I made short work […]
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Link of the Day: Jon Blair
Today is my brother’s twenty-ninth birthday, so I’ve decided to make his website the Link of the Day in his honour. Don’t worry, I also got him an actual decent gift. It’s admittedly been about four or five months since Jon has posted anything new, so I hope he won’t mind me linking to his […]
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Derailed and deflated
I’ve been doing a pretty fine job so far of making the most of June, like I recently pledged to do. Looking back on the past few days, I’d say I’m off to a pretty great start. But there might be a lot to say for backing off from all that momentum once in a […]
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Link of the Day: Spreeder
Spreeder is a useful little web application that you can use to train yourself to read faster and more effectively. It does so mainly by doing what it calls “silencing subvocalization.” “Most readers have an average reading speed of 200 wpm,” the site explains in its introduction, “which is about as fast as they can […]
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Link of the Day: Book Ends
Yesterday morning, I used this space to tell you all about the Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy. I promised it would be one of a number of organizations and programs I’d mention here who are doing great work for the cause of literacy in Toronto. Well, the Book Ends program at the Toronto Public Library […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Female of the Species” by Space
I’m taking a cue from my friend Ram on this one; he posted this video on his own site a couple of weeks ago. It’s a fun time capsule, and it still holds up as a track. Thanks, Ram! It’s been a little while since I’ve done any regular DJing of my own, aside from […]
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Link of the Day: The Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy
Last night’s edition of Strong Words was a great night indeed, an excellent fifth anniversary with five terrific readers on the bill. For me, it was also a great note to end on. I realized last night that I’d been with the series for longer than I’ve held any actual job, and I’ll certainly miss […]
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Remembering John Wilcox and other teachers of his calibre
Christopher Plummer and Des McAnuff are on The Hour as I write this. If you don’t know Des McAnuff, he’s the current artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and an accomplished Broadway director in his own right. But the reason I’ve heard of him is because he went to my high school in the […]
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Babylon Telecom is up to something
Well, that’s odd. Just a few days after pledging to try and make the most of June, I’ve discovered that the top brass at Babylon Telecom have apparently decided to reboot their whole operation on Thursday, 1 July 2010. Their placeholder page is basically just a countdown at the moment, and the 365 Days of […]
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Link of the Day: Strong Words
Yeah, I guess it’s a little bit shifty to give an award as prestigious as the Link of the Day to my own reading series. But after out fifth anniversary reading tonight, it won’t really be my reading series anymore. After five years, the time has come to hand things over to curators Gillian Savigny […]
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