Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
Misdefinition of ‘visible minority’
Did you know that projections show whites will be the minority in Toronto in 2036? Well, only if you’re a racist, or the Toronto Star
‘Web Standards for E-Books’
My new article on the use of ePub (hence XHTML) in electronic books is now out at A List Apart
Steve Holcomb’s thousand gay boyfriends
Another year, another season of bobsleigh. And who got discovered by the bears?
5
Type I Saw Today: 5
Staring at Karen Walton’s tits
Karen Walton keeps bombarding me with invitations to Ink Canada events, yet her girlfriends accuse me of ogling them. Why does this not compute?
The Internets don’t want you to improve
The Internets, like other young men, hold grudges. The issue is not your own desire or need to change. It is enemies’ and opponents’ desire and need to stop you from doing that
Not exactly as bad as recruiting Kissinger to investigate 9/11
Matthew fucking Blackett is now on the TTC customer-service panel
Food
Type I Saw Today: FOOD
National Gas and Variety
Type I Saw Today: Cooper Black fake small caps. (Surely the utmost?)
za us fir Apple
When, if ever, is Apple going to fix the word prediction in the iPhone keyboard? (Too many errors fir my liking)
Republic of haters of ‘Doyle’
Attention, Republic of Doyle haters: You’re full of shit
Confidential to Karen Walton
Do you and your girlfriends seriously think this correspondent was “leering” at you at the last boozeup?
Only!
Splorpist photo: That’s a lot of pink. (Note passing hijabi)
When failure is an option
I try to improve. Who, it seems, does not? Denis McGrath
Calling Kinnear’s bluff
The TTC union wants to hold town-hall meetings with riders. Fine – but meet with citizen journalists first. (I’ll arrange it)
Agent: Undeliverable
What happens when one tries every trick in the book to actually sign an agent’s contract
Adam Giambrone’s micromanagement
It turns out that Adam Giambrone and the Toronto Transit Commission do more than set “policy.” They buy individual sheets of paper and specify what your shoes will touch at Union station
Career coaching for TTC staff
When you’re driving streetcar 4225, don’t lie to the passenger (or call the “police”) on him. And if you’re his supervisor, don’t lie, either
Put up or shut up, Blackett
Matt Blackett of Spacing really ought to stop accusing me of getting “facts” wrong
‘Eye’ visits Berlin, unnoticed
Eye’s “Berlin special” is more like a series of blog posts, which, oddly, they also published