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Client Plug: Turn In That Old and Busted Lawnmower

Friday, April 18th, 2008

We’re doing some work at the moment for the Clean Air Foundation. Specifically, we’re helping to spread the word about Mow Down Pollution, one of those small, worthy causes that makes the world a little greener. They’re running a program to get rid of as many of those old, polluting, two-stroke mowers are they can:
Bring […]

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Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell on Canada

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

On the CBC’s Ideas podcast, I’m currently listening to “Canada: Nation or Notion” (MP3, 25 MB, 53:46), a debate between two Canadians who live in the US: Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell. They’re both very smart, eloquent speakers, and it makes for an hour of enjoyable listening:

The talk was sponsored by Maclean’s, and there’s text […]

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You’re Going to Regret Those Oversized Printed Hoodies

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I went away a year ago. I came back, and all of a sudden everybody under 25 seems to be wearing a big white hoodie with lots of black skulls or text printed on it. I associate this trend, for no particular reason, with the Solja Boy video from last summer. It features both oversized […]

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Additional items in this category:
What’s Greener: An Electric Razor or A Disposable One?
A Virtual Prayer Flag for a Free Tibet?
Rethinking Poverty (and Getting Nowhere)
How Living Abroad Limits Choice
The Ethics of Procreation are Getting Really Complicated
Great News: Americans Are Giving Up Golf
Jesus for the Non-Religious

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