is that if I knew how to change the colors of the blog to Black and Gold right now, I would.
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
A Few Days Late
but for the record, my honeymoon with the Globe&Mail has officially ended. I cite the following unforgiveable infractions: –attributing the Boxing Day shootings in Toronto to a problem with “fatherless” families for dark-skinned immigrants. That kind of thinking should sound familiar to Americans (Moynihan report, anyone?) but it is lame and ignores the specific social …
Dis-gust-ing
I don’t normally blog about the weather but this morning’s commute took over 75 minutes. Oh, how I long for -20. It’s the north. It’s supposed to be cold. It’s not supposed to rain on top of the ice.
Psycho-Acoustic
So I learned today that the Oxford English Dictionary missed the boat on psychoacoustics. I noted some definitional errors when work on The Audible Past, so it’s fun to find another one. Allow me to quote myself: They chart the first reference to Harvard’s laboratory to 1946, though according to Harvard University’s archives the laboratory …
Twenty-Four Content Analysis
As you may know, there is branch of social scientific media research where they count the number of times a specific phrase occurs in a show. We’ve elevated it to a game with Twenty-Four. Carrie selected the phrase “we don’t have time.” I selected the phrase “you’re just going to have to trust me” our …
Conservative Chutzpah
I may have mentioned in the past that my riding is solidly Bloc. By an overwhelming majority. This is no surprise since it’s largely Francophone working class. But there’s a development of new condos and duplexes up by the old rail yard (where Loblaws is on Rachel, for the locals). This is an area for …
Scattered Thoughts
One of the best playoff experiences ever was watching Pittsburgh upset Indianapolis. And I like the Colts. Now, I’m rooting for the Stillers all the way, despite the fact that such an outcome is improbable. I guess fandom is the believing in the impossible part. In other news, I’m happy to report that changes are …