A September 29th, 2011 CBC.ca article entitled “Tories want to wrap copyright law by Christmas” garnered 596 comments in the 48 hours before comments were locked. The proposed legislation, now titled Bill C-11, appears to be an exact copy of… Read moreBill C-11 – Canada’s new copyright legislation
My taxes pay for CBC Radio One’s Spark. I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Spark is an intelligent and informative radio show that brings me snappy interviews with clever folks who talk about technology and internet-related issues. I also… Read moreSpark #156 – Canada’s Lawful Access Legistlation and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One
As It Happens, a long running CBC Radio series, used to feature the occasional short story reading by host Alan Maitland. In fact we reviewed one of the collections, Scary Stories with Alan Maitland |READ OUR REVIEW| back in 2005…. Read moreCBC: Rewind: Alan Maitland’s readings of three stories by Stephen Leacock, Saki, and O. Henry
The SFFaudio Podcast #116 – Scott, Jesse, Tamahome and Professor Eric S. Rabkin talk about The Space Merchants (aka Gravy Planet) by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth Talked about on today’s show: Frederik Pohl’s blog, differences between Gravy Planet and… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #116 – READALONG: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
The SFFaudio Podcast #115 – Scott and Jesse talk to Anne Frid de Vries of the Anne Is A Man blog for a talk about podcasts and podcasting. Talked about on today’s show: Anne rhymes with manna, SFFaudio Podcast #053,… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #115
My favourite evening radio show, CBC Radio One’s Ideas, had a wonderfully intimate tour of the building at 104 Pall Mall, London back in February. At that address you will find the Reform Club – if that rings a bell… Read moreCBC: Ideas: 104 Pall Mall (the Reform Club)