January 9, 2013
Borgen is a Danish political drama sent in Copenhagen. Despite being a subtitled Danish show loosely based on complicated domestic Danish political events, it grew to unexpected popularity throughout Europe.
January 8, 2013
India’s Gulabi gang in beautiful pink. Gulabi means “rose” in rose.”
“The Gulabi gang is a group of women vigilantes active across North India. It is named after the pink saris worn by its members.
December 30, 2012
Well it’s the last day of 2012, the end of another alarming year in a string of alarming years. These are not times to be proud of in Vancouver, in British Columbia or especially in Canada.
December 28, 2012
I am in full support of Idle No More and Chief Theresa Spence’s now perilous hunger strike in a tipi across from Canada’s Parliament buildings in Ottawa. Chief of the beleaguered town on Attawapiskat in Ontario, where inadequate housing has led to a level of misery that attracted even UN censure, Spence is engaged in a desperate gambit to force PM Harper to speak with her.
December 21, 2012
On this strange, shortest day of the year, when the world of course did not end but nevertheless continues its alarming drift into polar melt, I just hope that miraculous creatures like the Venezuelan poodle moth are managing to survive.
December 19, 2012
I like both approaches, preferably in combination: Anonymous’ no-nonsense takedown of the WBC’s internet presence and cell phones, and Russell Brand’s charming, friendly, tolerant yet devastating mockery of some really obnoxious religious extremists.
November 23, 2012
Buy Nothing Day was launched by Vancouver’s Adbusters Magazine.
“The journey towards a sane sustainable future begins with a single step. It could all start with a personal challenge, such as this: make a vow to yourself to participate in Buy Nothing Day this year.
November 22, 2012
An article on fashions in appliance colours (stainless steel vs. white) on oveninfo.com (a kitchen appliance website) quickly leads to a flame war in its comment section. Stainless steel is pitted against avocado and harvest gold, bellbottoms against video games and Vietnam vs.
November 17, 2012
Very nice map of surveillance cameras in downtown Vancouver, by the Vancouver Public Space Network.
Disturbing content aside, it’s a very attractive map.
November 15, 2012
Vancouver, is that your motto?
Out with the old, in with the new?
Meanwhile, this questionable object will replace The Ridge Theatre, one of Vancouver’s few historic repertory cinemas:
Apparently this passed a City of Vancouver design panel.
