Even Elvis made it out to the festival and he’s dead. What’s your excuse?
Communication breakdown
But, you see, except for one exception, none of these grumbles came to me. And that’s the Canadian way too. When somebody has a problem, nobody talks directly to each other. Oh no, no, heavens no.
I’m not complaining, but…
Was this too subtle?
Redesign
Just finished my first major redesign of Theatre in London. It looks a lot less like the default blog template and more like an actual media site. The biggest change is that I’m taking advantage of all of the imagery that’s available: posters are prominent almost everywhere, and I’ve made it easier to display images on individual articles. I’m also quite happy with some of the not-immediately-visible additions, like the overlaid icons for festival productions and the placeholder images for events that don’t have posters. Finally, I think the expanded event listings page and the calendar complement each other a lot better; at one point I had tried to include posters on the calendar too, and it was just an unreadable mess.
There will certainly be tweaks, but I think this is something that can stick around for a while without looking dated. And it’s only taken 12 months to get here!
Save the CBC
The title of the Save the CBC petition might sound a little alarmist—it’s not at risk of disappearing à la GM or Chrysler—but it’s not hard to extrapolate an eventual result from the actions (and inactions) of the party that’s currently in control of the purse strings.
Among other things, you’ll be helping to support Canadian musicians like Emm Gryner and T. Nile, and a news source that’s more trusted and unbiased than any other in the country (and perhaps the entire continent).
…or don’t
…the term “deus ex machina” has come to mean any inferior plot device that expeditiously solves the conflict of a narrative. See Battlestar Galactica.
Beware the Ides of March
Actually, the day before. But close enough.
On the edge
It’s ironic that this post will be a “meta” one—an entry about this blog—given my dislike for them (which I don’t think I’ve ever detailed; maybe that will be next). But coincidence abounds at the moment, and I’m a numbers guy, so I have to mark it somehow. It’s like watching the odometer click over, except in quadruplicate:
- This is post 800 on Petroglyphs.
- In this blog’s lifespan there have been 697 comments posted.
- I’ve posted 493 items on my longest-running work blog, samizdat.
- Theatre in London has seen 899 posts, with one more coming tonight.
Yay me.
Ripped from the headlines, 20 years later
This was a ridiculous story the first time it was on TV.
Horrible news
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are you enjoying your dvds yet?
Hello from Amazon.ca.
We’re sorry to report the release of the following item has been cancelled:
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”
Although we’d expected to be able to send this item to you, we’ve since found it won’t be released after all. Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience we’ve caused you.
We’ve cancelled this item from your order.
As the kids say, WTF?