Feeding the Phish
Posted by Christopher Smith
From an e-mail that really was (really) sent from one of my credit card issuers: “If you are concerned about the authenticity of this message, please click here.”
FIRE on fire
Posted by Christopher Smith
There is, understandably, a lot of discussion about the economy right now. Eric Janszen’s article in Harpers strikes me as one of the better articles I’ve read on the subject. I find it interesting that he thinks the money is shifting in to alternative energy. It makes sense as a hedge bet, but is so capital intensive I can’t imagine it holds up for long.
UPDATE: Looks like the feds have made their next move. Hold on to your seat belts tax payers! It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
Enjoy Your Canada Day in Obscurity
Posted by Christopher Smith
Happy Canada Day!
I was listening to Morning Edition on KPCC this morning, hearing an interview with Le Vent Du Nord. The article opens talking about how in the US we’re anticipating the 4th of July, while many of “our neighbors (sic) to the north” are all getting excited about Quebec’s 400th anniversary. It somehow failed to mention that pretty much all of “our neighbours to the north” are celebrating Canada Day today. That’s right, on Canada Day, they did a story about founding celebrations in Canada, and managed to find a way to make the 4th of July relevant, but they didn’t so much as mention Canada Day, the one such celebration occurring that day which is actually celebrated by everyone to the north.
Be careful about dissing Canada. If you really tick them off the Jay’s will win the World Series a few more times as punishment.
UPDATE: Apparently there is another noteworthy celebration going on today. It feels like there is some kind of significance to SOS being adopted on Canada Day, but what that significance is seems rather open to interpretation. ;-)