Cameron Reed

thedailywhat: Disgruntled Employee of the Day: An anonymous...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:02:23 -0800

Disgruntled Employee of the Day: An anonymous Toronto Star editor upset over Star publisher John Cruickshank’s decision to outsource union editing jobs to freelancers expresses her displeasure the best way he/she knows how: By marking up the internal memo notifying employees of said decision.

Embiggen.

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I’m almost 100% sure this guy was looking at a live sexy...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:22:11 -0800

I’m almost 100% sure this guy was looking at a live sexy chat in Bean Around The World. At first I just thought it was a girlfriend getting sexy for him but the fact that he looked entirely bored and the page was open to MyLiveCams.com I’m going to assume they didn’t know each other.

I love reading all the people on Twitter disappointed about...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:20:06 -0800

I love reading all the people on Twitter disappointed about Health Care Reform passed. I didn’t realize how American it was to take out a 2nd mortgage because you were diagnosed with Cancer.

dazza: A reminder to our American friends who are saddened that ‘single payer’ health care didn’t...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:07:03 -0800

dazza:

A reminder to our American friends who are saddened that ‘single payer’ health care didn’t pass the House today, only an expansion of existing systems, don’t panic.

Canada didn’t get it in one fell swoop either. It was an incremental build from the 1940s (when it worked just like the US) to 1966 (when it was reorganised to ensure every legal resident was covered for hospitals and doctors).

In between, accidents were covered first, later all hospital stays, later still, doctors appointments.

And while abortions are now, rightly, covered, there were not originally. But once the system is in place and running, medical decisions cease to determined in the legislature and instead are determined by the doctor and the patient.

If you are looking to emulate the Canadian system then, do what our forefathers-and-mothers did: take what you can get, and build on that.

For extra credit, here’s a New Yorker article on how the UK and France developed their own systems.

The beer cart robot just came by my cubicle so I put my hands...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:10:00 -0800

The beer cart robot just came by my cubicle so I put my hands up, their playing my song, butterflies fly away, yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah, there’s a party in the USA.

Facebook | ABSOLUT® Vancouver Submission Criteria

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0800

Facebook | ABSOLUT® Vancouver Submission Criteria:

Did anyone know about this? Absolut is offering a $120,000 grant to some enterprising individual that submits “a unique initiative designed to help foster and support creativity, leadership, innovation and excellence in the visual arts”.

I’m kind of pissed because I just know something ridiculous is going to win.

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:37:20 -0800

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:05 -0800

Never has the world’s population been able to learn so...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:21:00 -0800

Never has the world’s population been able to learn so quickly that a girl has two vaginas. Thank you, Twitter. Thank you, Tyra.

hipstertracker: The Privacy scarf. A real product, that you can...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:19 -0800

hipstertracker: The Privacy scarf. A real product, that you can pay money for.

cameronr: This is art.

[Download] Oh Canada 6 | The Line Of Best Fit

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:16:52 -0800

[Download] Oh Canada 6 | The Line Of Best Fit:

Some UK site put together a compilation of Canadian music.

Side A:
1. The WIlderness of Manitoba – Bluebirds
2. Wintermitts -Schoolyard
3. Eamon McGrath – Big River
4. Culture Reject – Inside The Cinema
5. Royal Wood - Thinking About
6. Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - Flash
7. Hooded Fang – Land of Giants
8. No Gold – Hot Bay
9. Woodpigeon featuring Voicescapes - Morningside (live)
10. Howie Beck – Save Me
11. The Mountain and The Trees – Up & Down

Side B:
12. Babe Rainbow - Like I Give A Care
13. Friendo - Callers
14. Little Girls – Youth Notes
15. A Horse and His Boy – Home
16. Tegan and Sara – Hell
17. You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom
18. Puberty – Common Sense
19. Precious Fathers – 100% Pure Rock Fibres
20. World Club - Sick Machines
21. Basketball – Journey To The End Of The Night

okayfine: Opening tonight.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:51:39 -0800

okayfine:

Opening tonight.

Iraqi woman, 20, dies; police in Arizona say father ran her over - CNN.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:51 -0800

Iraqi woman, 20, dies; police in Arizona say father ran her over - CNN.com:

(CNN) — A 20-year-old woman from Iraq has died in an Arizona hospital, nearly two weeks after her father, police say, ran her over with a car because she had become “too Westernized.”

Not to make light of this, but isn’t running someone over with a car a pretty “Westernized” way to kill someone?

Factory Magazine - BOOOOOOOM! Oh hi, me.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0800

Factory Magazine - BOOOOOOOM!

Oh hi, me.

A comparison between Wrestling and Rap music I’ve been think about this lately. However, my...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:33 -0800

A comparison between Wrestling and Rap music

I’ve been think about this lately. However, my take was: Both wrestlers and rappers claim superiority of skills that have no real tangible or objective way to judge. I don’t think I can think of another area that does this. Not to mention similarities in their constant flexing of strength and swagger. And this is how careers are made in both professions, claiming to be better than the rest.

You can’t really claim that Biggie was “better” than Tupac (I’d argue that, but that’s my subjective opinion) because they’re completely different and you can’t really claim Andre the Giant was better than the Ultimate Warrior because wrestling is fake.

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Miley Cyrus: 'I've Never Heard A Jay-Z Song'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:11:55 -0800

Miley Cyrus: 'I've Never Heard A Jay-Z Song':

You’re breaking my heart, Miley.

I wish I could accurately describe the kind of anger and disappointment I’m feeling towards...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:59:00 -0800

I wish I could accurately describe the kind of anger and disappointment I’m feeling towards the media as this Fort Hood shooting unfolds. The Vancouver Sun, for instance, mentioned that the shooter was Muslim in the 4th sentence of an article while waiting for the 20th PARAGRAPH to mention he was being tormented by his peers and was about to be deployed to Iraq. I’m obviously not making excuses for this heinous violence, however I can’t help but think that the two latter factors are so much more relevant in shaping our understanding of what happened there today. Pretty happy that this industry is in its final death throes.

Real talk.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:03:32 -0800

Real talk.

"Nader Hasan also told a local Fox affiliate that his cousin said he heard “horrific things” from..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:48:00 -0800

“Nader Hasan also told a local Fox affiliate that his cousin said he heard “horrific things” from soldiers who had served in combat, and that he had been “dealing with harassment from his military colleagues.””

- Mass Shooting at Fort Hood - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

If I said that this whole scenario loosely seems like a microcosom for 9/11 would that make sense? The whole being harassed and retaliating (“blowback”) thing and rather than focusing on the bigger issue at hand (“how we treat each other”; “foreign/social relationships”) all anyone wants to talk about is his religion.

I’m probably entirely wrong, but it was a thought I had.

"Gen. Cone added that soldiers are not armed on the base: “As a matter of practice, we do not carry..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:38:58 -0800

“Gen. Cone added that soldiers are not armed on the base: “As a matter of practice, we do not carry weapons — this is our home.””

- Mass Shooting at Fort Hood - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

I hope this statement confused or angered a bunch gun nuts in the US.