I don’t often post ads in this space, but this one is special: — The Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University invites applications for a tenure track position to begin on August 1, 2008, in the area of Media and Public Policy. Although the appointment is expected to be made at …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Skipping Ahead to the Ending. . . .
People keep asking us if we found a place, and since we’re in the midst of moving, perhaps it’s time to flip the novel to the end before getting there the old fashioned way. YES, we found a place. The full story will have to wait, but it’s a floor of an old calendar factory …
Real Estate Part V: A Learning Experience
Note to readers who have tuned in with the program in progress: as I mentioned in my first entry for this series, my story is mostly in the past tense. In fact, we have purchased a place and are set to move in late August. The Verdun entry describes events from last August and September …
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Collapsing Bridges
Since last year’s collapse in Laval, there have been ongoing public inquiries in Quebec. Now that it’s happened in my other home state, I’m inclined to think that maybe North America’s aging infrastructure is hitting a tipping point.
Real Estate Saga Part IV: Verdun
In case it’s not already clear, we had a strategy. We figured that if we wanted a large place at a slight discount, we’d have to look outside the “hottest” neighborhoods: Plateau, Mile End, Outremont, etc. One of our alternatives was a neighborhood called Verdun. It was on the metro green line (same as McGill) …
If I blogged more regularly, I would have told them so
Those of you outside Canada may not know two important things about the Canadian economy: the Canadian dollar is at an all-time high, and Canada is in the middle of an economic boom. When the dollar hit its peak earlier this week, there was a rash of articles on the subject. My favorite, though, was …
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Confession
I know I’m not supposed to say this right now and that it singles me out as a terrible human being, but I hate the Harry Potter series. I don’t generally read fiction to begin with and never found the books captivating enough to change my custom. As a non-reader of the books, I found …