impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

G20 braindump

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This is not complete, comprehensive, organized, or well-structured. I might add more later or I might repurpose material into better-organi...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

The things people assume about me

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In terms of noteworthiness, this is more appropriate for Twitter than for Blogger, but there's no way I can get it down to 140 character...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

In loving memory of the dog next door

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His ears were pointy, his tail was curly, and he was unwaveringly diligent in fulfilling what he saw as his sworn duties: to warn the neighb...
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Things They Should Invent: text transcription of Web 2.0

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A lot of the very important G20 record is on YouTube or Twitter. The problem with this is it's more difficult to read. This is an issu...
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Now taking suggestions for a new word

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The protesters who were wrecking stuff were using black bloc tactics, complete with full black costumes. This does is a great favour semant...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Journalism wanted

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I have a number of questions about recent G20 happenings. In more or less chronological order: 1. On June 16, it was announced that health...
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Currently wondering: are politicians open to specific solutions from citizens?

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Sometimes when I write to my elected representatives, it's because I've come up with a solution to a problem. When the debate of th...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

How security people can get ordinary citizens onside

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If people who want to implement questionable-looking and inconvenient security measures want to get the citizenry onside, they need to give ...
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This post contains a Grooveshark widget

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This post is just here so I can figure out how to make Grooveshark widgets work consistently. Carry on.
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Are they TRYING to turn me into a conspiracy theorist?

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So here's a problem: Health cards not considered official ID Anyone attempting to enter the security perimeter around the Metro Toronto ...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

I wonder where G20 Director General Sanjeev Chowdhury is from?

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From the last paragraph of this article: "Don't forget that we are hosting the G20 in Toronto on a Saturday and Sunday," said ...
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Things They Should Invent: extend G20 media's hotel stays for a week for free

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This , what's going on in downtown Toronto right now, is not my city . My city is alive. It has patios and jaywalking and musical thea...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Why do they consider business attire risky?

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From the contents of a downtown condo's G20 Resident Information Guide : Here are suggestions of things we would normally do, but won...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Wanted: shave minimizing lotion

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I used to use a product called Jergen's Naturally Smooth on my legs, to slow down the regrowth of my (shaved) leg hair. It was discontin...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

The major flaw in the immigration program for Afghan interpreters

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This is an old story, but I haven't heard this major flaw addressed yet so I'm putting it out there. There's a program to fast-t...

Why do religious people want other people to say grace?

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Ken Gallinger's ethics column in this Saturday's Star (which, weirdly, hasn't been posted online) has a letter from someone whos...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Improving the deal-breaker personal ads

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A while back, I came up with the idea of deal-breaker personal ads . You start out by disclosing your deal-breakers and your own characteri...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Awesome customer service via Twitter!

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1. In the library, I see a sign showing their renovation plans. On the sign is a post-it saying "Do not photograph." That's ...
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Biopsies

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A biopsy is when they find a lump that isn't supposed to be there, so they take a tiny bit of the lump out to see what it's made of ...
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