Monthly Archives: January 2005

Music

“Starting next week, the Anti-Hit List is moving a couple of kilometres southeast to the Toronto Star, where it will run Saturdays in the A&E section.” - John Sakamoto (Anti-Hit List)

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #129 (Jan 31, 2005)
A Saskatchewan scandal, a 10 tonne fiddle and bar fighting.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Arts

“If you take a brief tour around cbc.ca/arts, you’ll find a passionate
attack on book clubs, a story about a magazine published in Vancouver that caters to high-end canine owners and a chat with Douglas Coupland about his latest novel. Katrina Onstad reviews Don McKellar’s new film, Childstar; Liz Hodgson profiles controversial architect, Daniel Libeskind; and [...]

Music

“When asked to give a quote for the dust jacket to Kurt Cobain’s posthumously published diaries submitted this quote: ‘Please don’t do this to me after I kill myself.’ (The publishers opted not to use the quote.)” - From the Eel’s All about Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. You can listen to a little bit [...]

Games

Oughtta Stay Out of Pictures - Why video games shouldn’t be like the movies | Slate
By Clive Thompson

Travel

Portland to Halifax: Taking the Car Along for the Ride | The New York Times

Nerd Alert

Dethroning King Gillette: Is iPod the Razor or the Blade? | PBS

Nerd Alert

Free FileMaker Pro 7 Seminar

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #128 (Jan 24, 2005)
Robbing the church, unnerving Newfoundlanders and potatoes for the poor.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Film

The Official Website for the “Strangers With Candy” movie

Games

WarioWare: Twisted!

Video

The Postal Service “We Will Become Silhouettes” (dir. Jared Hess)

News

Hurtubise says invention sees through walls | BayToday.ca

Facts

100 things we didn’t know this time last year | BBC NEWS

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #127 (Jan 17, 2005)
Block Parent abandonment, smelly Cow Head kelp and major audits.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Audio

The Conet Project - Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations

Tech

Apple’s Magic Act (January 12) | Fool.com
The Mac Mini and the iPod Shuffle may sound like good news to some, but one Fool thinks he hears the sound of Steve Jobs slipping his foot into a neoprene booty, slipping on Fonzi’s leather jacket, and preparing to take a trip off the ramp and over the [...]

TV

2004: the stupid version

Film

Tara’s Sundance Trip
film

Charity

Canada For Asia - A broadcast event to benefit Southeast Asia

Nerd Alert

Macworld San Francisco 2005 Expo Keynote
Highlights: Mac mini & iPod shuffle

History

20 Year Usenet Timeline | Google

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #126 (Jan 10, 2005)
Lowering the flag, lovely lumpfish and the adventures of Acadieman.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Post

Torture Tapes | Metafilter

Film

2004: The Year in Movies - Flight of the Movie Club. By David Edelstein, A.O. Scott, Charles Taylor, Armond White, Stephanie Zacharek, Scott Foundas, Christopher Kelly, and Wesley Morris | Slate