Jay Currie

I’ve been studying this research for the past three years, in the course of writing my new book The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember. But my interest in the subject is not just academic. It’s personal. I was inspired to write the book after I realised that [...]

There has been widespread opposition to the move to Salford, close to Manchester city centre, which is intended to make the Corporation less “London-centric” but is to cost around £877million over the next 20 years.

Large chunks of its operation will be moved north, including those responsible for children’s television, Radio 5 Live and BBC Breakfast. [...]

Commenting will be closed on all stories at 6 p.m. on Aug. 17 at thestar.com. We apologize for any inconvenience. toronto star

Is this forever? Or just for tonight while the Star mods take a well deserved rest?

My hunch is forever simply because the Star keeps having its lefty ass handed to it in the comments. [...]

Speaking by telephone from an undisclosed location, Zabihullah Mujahid told Channel 4 News that the insurgent group will investigate the named individuals before deciding on their fate.

“We are studying the report,” he said, confirming that the insurgent group already has access to the 92,000 intelligence documents and field reports.

“We knew about the spies and people [...]

I was there. My LAV CASEVACed Bulletmagnet after he was hit by the same shrap that got Mellish and Cushley. It was a Taliban Spig 9, not friendly fire.

Jack Harris is a tool. milnet.ca

No more of this then:

I blame sexless morons at the top of the BBC…they hated the fact a lad show was the most popular thing the BBC has got.

In the meantime, Lord Black continues to learn the piano and teach English to his fellow inmates, recently handing out graduation diplomas to his class, and preparing for his next group of students. national post

That would be a diploma worth having.

The pile of crap which sent Conrad Black to jail took a bullet to the head in a ruling by the United States Supreme Court issued today.

Ruling for two prominent corporate executives in prison for fraud, the Supreme Court on Thursday dramatically narrowed the scope of a law often used by federal prosecutors in corruption [...]

So you start with a CBC poll on Fox North where 15% say they would watch such a thing. 20 something hours later: 73%.

The difference…some gal in Delisle (but you too can help).

To be fair I think the whole idea is lame purely because television is really on the way out. A brilliant website in [...]

The foundational principle of the new bill remains that anytime a digital lock is used – whether on books, movies, music, or electronic devices – the lock trumps virtually all other rights. In other words, in the battle between two sets of property rights – those of the intellectual property rights holder and those [...]

Canwest Global Communications Corp. has found a buyer for the the country’s largest newspaper chain, agreeing Monday to sell its publishing division to a group of its creditors led by National Post president and CEO Paul Godfrey for $1.1-billion. national post

Beats the Hell out of a Torstar takeover.

Apparently morale is low at the CBC…Kate linked it up and, I suspect, morale is dropping like a rock in a sock. I’ve taken a few kicks at the rat but thought this summed it up, [Ouimet is the blogger at The Tea Makers]:

I fear, Ouimet, that the natives are restless. Crappy product, crappy ratings, [...]

Mr. Hockey Stick, Michael Mann is threatening to sue over the hilarious “Hide the Decline” video.

And UVic’s own Andrew Weaver is suing the National Post for “grossly irresponsible falsehoods”.

As a commentor at The Tyee puts it “Back in the days when scientists conducted research instead of propaganda, they did not have much use for a [...]

A spokesman for the group that organized the event said there were fears for Coulter’s well-being after about two thousand people gathered outside the venue to protest her presence there. the star

And yes I do have the screen shot….

Here’s a shot of the massive police presence required to keep the thousands in check:

h/t Jaeger over [...]

Take a look at the linked graphic:

Now, if you were looking for a job which side would you look to?

One side are a bunch of blogs; the other the BBC, the New York Times, the World Bank…the fun part is that the Davids are beating the crap out of the Goliaths simply by sticking to [...]

The pathetic lamers at the “homeless tent city” set up to protest homelessness managed to get themselves a bit of media attention by grabbing my pal Matt Chamber’s iPhone and erasing his audio files.

A young woman later identified as Harsha Walia interrupted:

“Wait a minute– is that guy recording?” she asked, stepping into the circle.

I said [...]

The editor of Nature has been forced to resign from the panel investigating the East Anglia emails, code and data. Apparently someone notice that Nature has been in the global warming hysteria tank for years.

“There was some discussion on the Channel Four report of sceptics seeing his departure as “taking a scalp” – I don’t [...]

A pal of mine, despite my warnings about internet magazines/blogs/local media, has launched a Vancouver blog just in time to be Down and Out for the Vancouver Olympics. The best thing, not a word about the Olympics. Trust me, this is a feature not a bug.

The Dependent, (and yes, I did try to stop Matt [...]

U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege

Four months (well four years actually) late, it dawns on the Times that there may be a tiny problem with this “climate change stuff”.

Of course the Times could not be bothered doing the digging itself…instead it reports stories from the Telegraph and the London times….Perhaps the New York [...]

Deborah Jones, the Townhall editor at j-source seems a pleasant enough person; but if someone dares notice the lack of research on the part of a leading Canadian science journalist she sure is not going to print that comment and here is why:

There are many places to argue over the specific details of issues like [...]