Petroglyphs

O. Henry could write with finesse
The Gift of the Magi’s his best;
A poor couple trades gifts
Irony in their thrifts:
Sells his watch, then finds that she’s distressed.

At work, I’ve finally had a chance to apply some of the practices I’ve been reading about (and advocating) for months. Foremost among them are the related concepts of test-driven development, (proper) unit testing, dependency injection and the principle of least knowledge (aka the Law of Demeter).

And what do …

Obverse:

It has been Hollywood gospel for decades that advertising and marketing can help a film to open strongly, but moviegoers talking with each other are crucial to its continuing success. [... Younger moviegoers] resist a choice that is not in step with …

The movie “UHF” was released to an unsuspecting public exactly 20 years ago today. #UHF

It sure was. Twenty years ago my friend Bob picked me …

Apparently cold, rainy summer days bring the spelling snipers out. (For what it’s worth, I agree with Donald’s assessment of the latter production.)

It’s summer music festival time, which makes this cautionary tale all the more topical:

I have several musical friends who are travelling by air in the near future, to places all across Canada and even into Europe, so here’s hoping none of them end up becoming …

While reading I’m a proud Brainiac, Roger Ebert’s non-apology to those who call him “elitist” for not liking Transformers 2, I was reminded of one of my favourite moments from this year’s Fringe festival. It was during The NO Show, a nightly “talk show” put on by local …

As an unofficial part of the 2009 London Fringe Festival, I organized a group of seven people to write opening-weekend reviews for every production. (Which has given me a whole new level of respect for Kathy Navackas and Alison Challis, who do about a million more things for the …

This sort of thing fascinates me…

A video of Ed Robertson and Kevin Hearn in the recording studio, working out an awkward moment in a new song with producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Go. Buy it, already. What are you waiting for?