THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Michael Cuthbertson September 8, 2011
Before The Simpsons became a cheap Family Guy clone, it was perhaps the most significant show on television. During the 1990s, The Simpsons was not the gag-reel that it is today. Instead, the show was a scathing review of American society.
By Bryn Becker September 7, 2011
About a year ago, the world’s one-time premier social news site, Digg.com, buried itself under an avalanche of crippling mistakes. Following a calamitous and ill-conceived redesign, the site’s downfall caused quite a stir online. Roughly 12 months later, the digital dust has almost settled. If you look back, though, there’s much to be learned.
By Phineas Garrelson September 3, 2011
Duck Face Girl, The Relentless Updater, Two-Weeks-Late Internet Meme Guy and others: round two of our list of Facebook friends you’ll most likely want to avoid.
By Ishmael N. Daro September 3, 2011
You, the sexy, smart, confident woman I’m trying to woo. Yes, you!
It’s been great talking to you tonight and I’m really impressed by your sense of humor and your intricate knowledge of Kosovo’s ethnic divisions. And the way you slammed that beer back earlier was simply amazing. I think you’re really cool and I would ask you to hang out some time or to add me on Facebook, but here’s another idea: just sleep with me. Please?
By Michael Cuthbertson September 3, 2011
I spent my summer in two places: the wilderness and working in a bar. In both venues, I met a lot of people with conspiracy theories. I heard things like “You know, there’s a lot of shit going on we aren’t told about.”
“Like what?” I would ask. Then they would start listing things.
By Project Syndicate August 28, 2011
The Internet’s governing body, ICANN, is allowing for a dramatic expansion of the namespace with a host of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs), the suffixes that go after the dot, such as .com, .org, and, soon, .anything.
By Project Syndicate August 22, 2011
Amid a growing wave of concern about climate change, many countries — including Brazil, Australia, the US, and EU members — passed laws in the 2000’s outlawing or severely restricting access to incandescent light bulbs. But the real problem, as ever, is that the new technology is not yet as attractive as the old.
By Project Syndicate August 21, 2011
While the human race took perhaps one million years to reach one billion people (around the year 1800), we have been adding successive billions every 10-20 years since 1960. Will we be able to meet the population challenge, just as we have met previous challenges, through technological and institutional innovation?