Accessibility for physically handicapped people people is an important part of the architecture of a building. imagine a university was built in such a way that most classes were not accessible to people in wheelchairs because they involved going up a flight of stairs or getting past some other obstacle. People would be up in [...]
Check out this article about The Limits of Science. This is as close as you’re going to get to straight talk about the strengths and weaknesses of science. Anthony Gottlieb, the ex-executive editor at The Economist who penned the article, starts off with the highest praise possible: There is, or should be, no mystery about [...]
“Tell me,” I inquired, hoping a like-minded DJ could settle the matter for me, “Why didn’t any of Angola’s ’70s musicians play 4/4 funk? They play their guitars through wah-wah pedals, and they had access to all of the music that neighboring African countries took to so readily…” “4/4 funk!” he laughed, in a response [...]
When I first heard how long the trapped Chilean were going to be down there, I felt claustrophobic just at the thought of it. Newsweek has a graphic that makes that feeling even worse (below, click for full size image). Basically, you print the page, cut out the hole and stick it on your ceiling. [...]
Posts have been heavy so far this week…education reform, medical ethics, blood minerals. Here’s a change of pace: I remember exactly where I was when I first heard Karkwa. How many bands can you say that about? It was an overcast March morning and the ground was covered with just enough wet snow so that [...]
This Magazine has a list of seven private members’ bills that will hopefully pass before this session of parliament ends. I’m happy to see that a Conservative bill made the list: 5) C-509: An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (library materials) Libraries are one of the most used public institutions in the [...]
“Be careful about reading health books. You might die of a misprint.” -Mark Twain Imagine what it would be like if your favourite movies somehow merged. Characters competing for their own plot lines trying to cut off actors from the other movie. Basically, it would be a disaster most of the time. That’s how I [...]
Here’s a new documentary that will be hitting the silver screen September 24 on education reform. I’m keenly interested in this type of thing but unfortunately I don’t have time to write about it today. Here are a couple reviews from MindShift, The Toronto Star and the LA Times and here’s the preview: My first [...]
Some of you know I finished my first marathon less than two weeks ago. I was sick, I slept poorly the night before and the last 5km were probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done all of which made crossing the finish line a huge emotional high. HUGE. Big enough that it could [...]
This is me stoking the fire of a hot debate. In class today, a physician made this bold claim, “Bike helmets. I wear mine. You should all wear yours.” On the face of it, it’s good advice. It makes perfect sense that you will be safer wearing a helmet biking than not wearing one. Do [...]
