Column

Atlantic News Perspective #173 (Mar 27, 2006)
Fighting in a cage, messaging in a parlor and a dog in a park.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

Ron Sexsmith "All In Good Time" [MP3]

Windom Clips

Windom Earle - Stage Nine
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Touched by a Transvestite
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Get On Into It!
March 9, 2006

Windom Earle play that Greg song
March 9, 2006

Random Bits

All Televisions tuned to FOX News | The Smoking Gun

"Quiet Town" by Josh Rouse [MP3]

Kill the Moonlight DVD | Plexifilm

Word!

Metro-technical: n. Someone who's willing to try ANY piece of software or hardware for at least a week until the shine wears off and they go sniffing for the next buzz. The metro-technical is to the far left of the tech scale, equidistant from the suspender-wearing sys admin and the nervous iPod upgrader. (Mule Design Studio's Blog)

Film

The C.S.A.

Religion

Inside Scientology: Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion | Rolling Stone

Word!

Neurologism: a word created by prefixing "neuro" to almost any normal word | Mind Hacks

Film

The Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s | The Online Film Critics Society

Freelance

"From Idea to Air" Workshop in Halifax | I Love Radio .org

Muzak

Bing Crosby, Gwen Verdon, Bobbie Gentry, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Dick Shawn sing a Beatles Medley | WOW Report

Shaving Technology

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #172 (Mar 20, 2006)
Gymnastics, petitioning and meat packing.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Robots Part Deux

Exceptionally Memorable Movie Robots | The A.V. Club

Toys

Kurt Cobain Action Figure | Toy News International

Career Alert

Therapeutic Clown | CareerBeacon.com

Robots

"Maybe I was the only one that saw Small Wonder and decided to get a PhD" - Daniel H. Wilson ("How to Survive a Robot Uprising" Reading | Google Video)

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #171 (Mar 13, 2006)
A holy face cloth, Sunday moose killing and death by piercing.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

German Word of the Day

Geisterfahrer: A person driving on the wrong side of the road. Literal translation: Ghost Driver.

Music

Jeff Tweedy with Special Guest Nels Cline Live from Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago | Wilco

Quote

"Jon Stewart did a capable job, but I didn't feel like he was embracing the movie business. Jon doesn't have the basic understanding of show business that Johnny Carson had. Jon's fresh and irreverent, but I don't think it worked." - Tim Allen Reviews Jon Stewart | Defamer

Nerd Alert

"We are thoroughly surprised at how accurately Microsoft and Intel have targeted a segment of the computing market completely barren of potential customers." - Origami: Buzz Killer? | Gizmodo

Criticism

Art statements, Pitchfork, and fancypants analysis | Signal vs. Noise

Stopped Holding My Breath

From William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers: We do not plan to publish FREAKONOMICS in paperback until September 2007.

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #170 (Mar 6, 2006)
Twin tower controversy in Halifax, two moose deaths in New Brunswick and heavy helmets.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

The State of Real Estate

"Thanks to various market pressures and especially some recent online innovations, the real-estate agent seems poised to join a list of endangered service-worker species that includes stockbrokers and travel agents." Endangered Species by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | NY Times

Shopping

"Many Europeans use platform beds without box springs. Do you hear them complaining?" - Seth Stevenson (Going to the Mattresses | Slate)

Film

Hollywood By The Numbers | The Smoking Gun

Commercials

2005 Awards | Best Ads On TV