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And we’re off…

So I’m in Ottawa and things are hopping. The general consensus in the media is that the writ should drop on Friday or so, calling an election around 14 Octo...

Into the whirlwind, again

As in 2006, the NDP has asked me to help work on their national campaign’s website, and I’ve agreed. I’ll be working there for two weeks, and I’ll try to bl...

Languages

Finally — rules for French nouns! Well, 75% of them. It won’t help with things like the words which are masculine when singular and feminine when plural. ...

Cease and DeSeuss

Back when a website was something only a hard-core nerd knew how to make, someone emailed me a copy of the Dr. Seuss poem “Yertle the Turtle”, and I put it o...