A new US Army report claims that Twitter could potentially be used as a communication tool for terrorists and other sketchy characters. Well, duh. As a communications tool, Twitter can be used by anyone to communicate anything. The same could be said for radio, the Internet in general, the Post Office, messenger pigeons, and smoke signals. [...]
Way, way back in December of 1999, the world was a different place. The economy was booming, global warming was a phrase whispered only by paranoid delusionals, and we had yet to experience the horror of September 11th and the bumbling authoritarianism of the war on terror. Into this seeming paradise came one of the [...]
This one’s for you, MB. A good friend of mine is getting married this weekend. And, as an occassional reader of this blog, he was fervent in his desire to see some Mixed Martial Arts-related content. In fact, my invitation to his upcoming nuptials may have been contingent on some MMA content appearing on Nunc Scio [...]
In my effort to maximize my utility for my readers, I’m launching a new occasional feature. Nunc Scio’s Continuing Political Taxonomy will attempt to catalogue the endless variety of political animals that clutter the public landscape. Part the first: Churchius Ignoramus C. Ignoramus is a large biped common to the Midwestern and Southern United States. [...]
This entry is crossposted with blogTO. Of all the various television templates created by man to variously entertain and sell advertising, few are more intolerable than the medical drama. With the exception of House, these shows are the broadcast equivalent of smashing yourself repeatedly in the face with a hammer, because it feels so good [...]
Finally. Public transportation I can get behind. A bunch of genius Brits have launched a campaign to raise about $12,000 to place pro-atheist advertising on the side of London buses. And, they reached their goal in something like an hour. So, starting in January, commuters in will be treated to this rather warm, inobtrusive message [...]
Our humble metropolis, much maligned by both its citizens and the hordes of slack-jawed troglodytes cluttering up its periphery, may not be so bad after all. Foreign Policy magazine has listed Toronto as #10 on its global cities index, right in there with heavy hitters like New York, London and Tokyo. And, we beat out popular favourites [...]