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Wanderings – I have the TV streaming blues
A recent internet and cable outage has led to a significant change in my home – I cut the cord. Well I almost cut the cord. I still have high speed internet, but the PVR […]
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Wanderings – Noteworthy newsroom notions and nonsense
Working in a physical newsroom is an interesting experience. The smell of printer’s ink, the sound of a press running, the ringing of phones, and the tactile feel of newsprint held in your hands. Just […]
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Wanderings – I prefer dessert to desert
I am fortunate at this point in my journalism career to still work in a newsroom, and at a weekly newspaper. Not because of my own ability or inability, but because there still is a […]
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Wanderings – Caveat emptor or something like that
I grew up mostly along a railroad track. Not on one particularly bad side of the tracks or the other, but I lived near them. My father enjoyed a long career with the railroad which […]
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Wanderings – Handling the basics of technology
Have you ever noticed that there are things in the world that do everything, but the job the thing was meant to do? I can name quite a few items that fit this description, but […]
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Wanderings – Rooting for the underdog in the biggest league
There are many reasons why people enter the journalism profession. Of my many reasons, the most interesting of which was underdog stories. I have a soft spot for rooting for the underdog, which is part […]
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Wanderings – When did change become a bad thing?
The newly-announced redesign of the Canadian Passport have many in a kerfuffle over the design. The little book that identifies you as a legal citizen of Canada when travelling out of country, was redesigned to […]
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Wanderings – Some sympathy for the Leaf fans
I have a new-found appreciation – er, make that sympathy – for fans for the Toronto Maple Leafs. This week, I paid the piper – and wore one of their dreaded blue-and-white jerseys. “Are you […]
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Wanderings – The forgotten part of the world
When I was a kid growing up near Gananoque, the running joke was: if you want your road paved, run for township council. The perception was if you were on council, your road would be […]
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Wanderings – Online commenting and Mark Twain
There is a positive trend in the news media business. One that I hope is adopted by more and more places – the lack of comments. Or to be more clear, the lack of the […]