You need to go to this page and click on the first Real Media link in the second section. There you will find a video of Daler Mehndi’s hit “Tunak Tunak Tun.” Just go. Now. AKMA is to blame
Here is an update on the Starbucks – HaidaBucks dispute. The news is that Starbucks has actually lied. They said, in a letter that they invited me to post in my weblog (which I did), that the two parties “have recently resolved their trademark dispute.” In fact they haven’t resolved the dispute, and HaidaBucks has not made any changes to their name or logo to accomodate the ridiculous demands of Starbucks. HaidaBucks has just released a statement that says: HaidaBucks, in the village of Masset, is owned by three Haida men and one man married to a Haida woman. The …
Found a nice Flash presentation of a short meditation on peace by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Oh Bob! Thanks for pointing me to this website containing every episode of perhaps the most significant Canadian television series ever produced. That’s right: Hinterland Who’s Who. In the 1960s and 1970s there were two major changes in Canadian society. First, more and more of the country was becoming urbanized and fewer people had experiences with the creatures of the wilderness. This was resulting in Canadians losing touch with the wildlife that was supposed to be one of our defining features. THe other major trend was the spread of television. As Canada is a very very big country, we pioneered …
Now I know the blogosphere is supposed to be powerful, but what do we make of this? One day after I post my letter to Starbucks on this weblog I get another letter from “Michael,” the bot that runs the “Customer Relations” email service at Starbucks (I’d post a link to that critical department of the company, but they don’t have a website): Dear Mr. Corrigan: Thank you for contacting Starbucks Coffee Company. Here is the latest news for your weblog. Starbucks Coffee Company and Haida Bucks Caf� have recently resolved their trademark dispute. Whenever trademark confusion arises, it is …