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Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:41:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Globe: “Balls” http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2010/04/limey_idiom_globe/ Sexual innuendo makes for poor military story headline [writing] http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2010/04/sexy_military_headlines/ Public disclosure and MLA pay increases in Richmond: an investigation [finally] reported http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2009/05/richmond_mla_payraise2007/ Unspun: a BC Liberal guide to its throne speech http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2009/02/thronspeech_unspun_2009/ He’s Gibson the Great, but his ’2009 win for BC-STV and NDP’ piece is too tainted to accept at face value http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2009/01/gibson_opinion/ Responsible to millions from billions [of dollars], Ballem’s pay may not have changed — much — for new Terminal City post http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/12/ballem_terminalcityjob/ Globe goes with hyphen modification(s)? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/12/globe_hyphen_change_kinda/ One broken neck, but many happy returns. Happy Christmas. http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/12/happy_returns/ Holidays ‘pun’ishment http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/12/act_of_dog/ On the lighter side of nerdom http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/06/nerds_bright/ Surcharge your pie? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/06/pie_surcharge/ Give SkyTrain stories better wheels http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/06/give-skytrain-stories-better-wheels/ Conventional math? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/06/conventional-math/ Jurisdictional issues http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/05/jurisdiction_place/ Conduct unbecoming any reporter http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2008/05/unbecoming_a_reporter/ The back [web] pages (part 1) http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/12/backpages_1/ Found: card fun http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/08/card_fun/ On the blame game: a short response http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/08/blame_game/ Muddy media waters? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/08/muddy_mediawaters/ ICBC sells Surrey’s central, “Central City” http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/08/icbc_sells_centralcity/ Tory blue makes political green in B.C. http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/04/lightbulb_liberal_green/ Months, if not days http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2007/04/finally/ My own mea culpa http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/12/i_am_arrived_again/ The uplifting effect of military shopping http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/aircraft_shopping/ Casket issues http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/caskets/ Manufacturing [sexual] consent http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/manufacturing_consent/ I, robots… http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/i_robots-2/ Of seal hunts and stringers http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/sealhunt_stringers/ Far from Burton, this nugget, found anyway http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/nobastards_whitehorsestar/ Prince of Darkness says… ‘sorry’? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/kinsella_apology/ An appeal for the Crown… http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/04/crown_appeal/ A journalism charter: the renewal of relevance http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/03/journalism_charter/ Globe online redesign: first impressions http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/02/globe_redesign_online/ Canada Line: the name game http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/01/canada-line-the-name-game/ And now, a shameless bit of self-promotion http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/01/self-promotion/ Bandroll http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/01/bandroll/ BSE: Just plain criminal? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/01/bse-just-plain-criminal/ Though it’s all been said and done… http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2006/01/though-its-all-been-said-and-done/ Keeping online in mind http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/12/keeping-online-in-mind/ Who says the VPD ain’t savvy? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/12/who-says-the-vpd-aint-savvy/ A slight [online] injustice http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/12/a-slight-online-injustice/ It’s not quite a sign, eh? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/11/its-not-quite-a-sign-eh/ Negligence http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/11/negligence/ What I’m watching http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/11/what-im-watching/ Thou shalt not file the following? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/irony-at-church/ On laziness: the benefits of basic radio http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/radios-big-advantage-laziness/ Finding ‘a way out’ http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/finding-a-way-out/ Teachers, politicans, here’s the deal: round one http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/teachers-politicans-heres-the-deal/ Google goes gorilla http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/google-goes-gorilla/ Holman gets holed http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/10/holman-gets-holed/ Tory v. Tory? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/tory-v-tory/ Wired does “iPods for Anarchists” http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/homemade-ipod/ Real dicussion on electoral change finally begins… hopefully http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/electoral-reform-discussion/ Yes, I know him http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/friends-blog/ Handheld NAFTA http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/nafta-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/ Escape from Ontario? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/09/globe-writers-bail-out-to-live-out-of-a-car/ Straight gets new editor http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/straight-gets-new-editor/ ‘Official’ photography http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/military-shooters/ Vancouver’s weeklies and the web: a prescription http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/weeklies-and-the-web-a-prescription/ More on [bad] headlines http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/more-on-headlines/ Iraq’s impact: facts, photography and pop culture worth making you ‘feel’ http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/the-blender-iraq-facts-faces-and-photography/ cbc.ca/bc gets ads, kinda http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/cbcca-gets-ads-kinda/ On a columnist who needs a lesson http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/or-why-gary-mason-sucks/ Bad headline writing: an example http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/bad-headline-writing/ Kwantlen adds Punjabi — so what? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/kwantlen-add-punjab/ The ebb and flow of Canada’s neo-con tide http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/08/ebb-and-flow-of-the-not-quite-tory-tide/ London: On the media http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/07/london-media-attacks/ Old school new media: CNN turns 25 http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/06/cnn-birthday/ Required reading http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/05/required-reading/ Problems http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/05/computer-problems/ Maybe I’m getting old http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/05/ea-profit/ UBC: Selling the wrong idea http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/05/education-for-sale/ It’s High Noon as Black calls out CanWest http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/black-attacks-canwest/ Lynn plays “Let’s Make a Deal” — sort of http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/lynns-lets-make-a-deal/ Media failure: Mason profiles MLA http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/masons-coverage-isnt-above-board/ Is it bias, or just stupidity at canada.com? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/bad-canwest-online-choices/ Googlin’ yourself: passé, but it’s still fun http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/google-myself/ B.C. Liberals don’t play ‘House’ http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/new-story/ Truth in advertising? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/advertising-humour/ Media and the Pivot Legal Society http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/pivot/ Of quotes and cars: get it correct http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/04/of-quotes-and-cars-get-it-correct/ Dose to transmit — electronically http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/dose-methods/ Prison caught, Jail initially blamed in news reports http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/jails-versus-prisons/ Education, examined http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/re-examining-universities/ Martha Piper says toodles http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/martha-says-good-bye/ “Olsen, on your side” goes Dutch http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/van-dusen-goes-public/ Martlet’s got no legs http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/martlet-slow-on-the-draw/ Flacks as journalists: the debate continues http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/flacks-as-journalists/ 24 Hours nabs CanWest editor http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/24-hours-hires-vancouver-editor/ Trouble in FlackLand? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/trouble-in-flackland/ Metro + CanWest + Torstar = collusion central http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/canwest-partners-with-torstar/ cbc.ca/bc… doesn’t do weekends http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/cbc-weekends/ Black plans to make mark at the Leg. http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/black-legislature/ SATs receive makeover, remain ugly part of U.S. education system http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/sat-makeover/ Globe gets RSS http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/globe-gets-rss/ Dose going balls deep? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/dose-rumours/ Mountie PR mettle gets tested http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/mountie-pr/ I’d dream of Jeannie… if she’d get back into the bottle http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/03/jeannie-watch/ Trek-to-Ottawa 2005: a western budget odyssey? http://www.fullstop.ca/blog/index.php/2005/02/premiers-converge-on-ottawa/