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The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. ” Ok so how did I miss this band for so long? Former Propaghandi member makes a punk folk group and some how […]

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Distance Learning circa 1948

One of the many great things to be springing forth from the great vineyard of the net is the tools and opportunities to learn things and perhaps even get a degree of some sort out of it. Nihil sub sol novum, an example of such being the NBC University Theater. From 1948 to 1951 NBC […]

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Free Speech Response

Someday I’ll tell my kid the fairy tale of free speech.

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DS Jam Sessions

Not a game like GuitarZeros but rather a guitar sim in all the right ways. Like all good sims it simplifies something (running a city, playing god, strumming a guitar) such that the bar for participation is lowered while acting as a gateway to pushing yourself to further understanding. Jam Sessions is not perfect but […]

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RIP

Both gone, well as gone as you can be in the metasphere.

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