Science opinions
If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and…
technology
Love + delusion
“Humans will start falling in love with [and marrying] robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007) On Nov. 22, 2009 guests…
Growing pains
To say that the Internet can be controversial is a supreme understatement. With but a few keystrokes, sites containing literally anything can be happened upon…
Solar power
What if I told you that enough of the sun’s energy strikes the Earth every hour to power the entire planet for a full year?…
Internet killed the business star
Just like video killed the radio star, online shopping has sent many traditional businesses the way of the dodo. We have seen the ramifications of…
Hands-on and Hyperlinked
When asked about his latest work, Headspace, playwright and U of M theatre alumni Mike Bell described it as a “play that feels like a…
UMSU elections Facebook-free
This year, the supplementary rules for the upcoming University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) election campaigns bans candidates from using Facebook.com to gain support for…
The new validity of social media
Sometimes, when the rate of social change is so rapid and its effects so broad and widespread, all points along the time continuum become murky…
Tweets are Sweet
If you need any indication of Twitter.com’s booming popularity, look no further than Nick Douglas’s recent publication, Twitter Wit, which describes itself as “an authorized…
Sudoku: behind the scenes
Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he…