Health care latest: House passes legislation - CNN.com

History is being made on this day, ladies and gentlemen.



Watch it unfold here.

Female bloggers take on Margaret Wente - The Globe and Mail

Margaret Wente of the Globe and Mail infuriated the world of female bloggers yesterday by saying that "blogging is a man's world."

I guess she's never heard of Google.
(I typed 'female blogs' into Google just now and came up with 82 million results. I'm sure a couple of those might have been blogs written by women. Maybe not.)

Read female bloggers' responses to Wente here. You must read this.

Maybe teen mums are on to something. I'm just saying | Leah McLaren, The Globe and Mail

“I think it would be very difficult to have done it a different way. When I was 19, I didn't have to give up my life to have a child. I was 19 – I didn't have a life yet. I established one later.”

Leah McLaren, columnist for the Globe and Mail, writes about author Hilary Mantel's controversial case for teen motherhood.

Read the whole story here.

Has Activision Just Shot "Modern Warfare" in the Head? | Fast Company

So, what do you do when you've got the most successful cross-platform FPS franchise, aka Call of Duty, under your belt?


You fire the guys who are responsible for that success.


Activision announced yesterday that they had ousted their two leads of development at Infinity Ward, Jason West and Vince Zampella, citing insubordination as just cause. Idiots.

So, what do you do when you've got a bunch of money hungry turds trying to run your favourite game into the ground?









BOOM! HEADSHOT.

but that's just my opinion.
Read the actual story from Fast Company here.

Sucking the Quileute Dry, by Angela R. Riley | NYTimes.com

Sucking the Quileute Dry

The effect Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular 'Twilight' series has had on the real Quileute people of La Push, Washington. A great article written by the director of American Indian Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, Angela R. Riley.

RWW Cartoon: Rest in Peace, Internet Explorer 6

Cartoon: IE6 RIP

Google giveth, and Google taketh away.
Praise be.

RIM's hybrid BlackBerry 'on course' | News | TechRadar UK

RIM's hybrid BlackBerry 'on course'

"Touchscreen and keyboard fused in one Berry package"

Hot times in Zombieland | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Ottawa Sun

Hot times in Zombieland | Lorrie Goldstein
I don't normally care for Ottawa Sun columnists, but I read this article this morning and chuckled. Maybe it was the java fucking with me.

8 Things That Suck About the iPad - Gizmodo

8 Things That Suck About the iPad

By Adam Frucci
"A lot of people at Gizmodo are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would want to do."

Why Apple’s iPad Will Succeed | The Rugged

Why Apple’s iPad Will Succeed

By Harry C. Marks

"...'why should I buy this?' To skeptics and jaded tech pundits, the iPad is nothing more than an oversized iPod Touch, a novelty product defining an unwieldy niche. To Apple and the many true believers out there, it’s an opportunity to break out of that niche and redefine entire industries."


How's THAT for balanced?

The News Record - Study: Fast food linked to depression

fast food linked to depression

"Burgers, french fries and pizza might taste good, but consumption of processed junk food is not only bad for the waistline, but also for mental health."

Me and my homeopathic overdose | Hadley Freeman

"How I knocked back a bottle of homeopathic 'medicine' and lived to tell the tale"

Columnist for the British daily newspaper, The Guardian, and author of The Meaning of Sunglasses, Hadley Freeman rips and tears at the facade of homeopathic medicine. If you've got an aversion to neo-hippies, and fancy yourself a lover of satire, do yourself a favour and read on.

Hope for Haiti now

Hope for Haiti now

"...the life cycle of this humanitarian endeavor must extend long after the initial burst of compassion."

Haiti still needs our help. Here's how you can continue to help.

the End of End Hits - March 13th 2010

the End of End Hits, an announcement from Shawn Scallen

After four years of supplying Ottawa with our fill of local and underground music, End Hits will be closing its doors on March 13th, 2010. Read on for a brief but honourable explanation written by Shawn Scallen.

Social Media Week —

Social Media Week —
"Social Media Week conferences take place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world. The aim of each event is to advance the use and understanding of social media in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors."

Facebook | Bunnie L.M. Hartzke: The Bunnie Disclaimer

Facebook | Bunnie L.M. Hartzke: The Bunnie Disclaimer

A fellow mommy and former co-worker of mine fiercely defends her choices. God speed, woman.