Dylan

So I'm (by coincidence) listening to "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and reading an article about the climate negotiations in Bali. When did Canada become such an obstructionist power? And why does our generation have to resort to the protest music of the last to find something that seems apropos? Apparently one day recently Canada won first, second AND third place in the "fossil awards" for doing the most to hold up negotiations. In the totals, we're only behind the US - yes, that does mean we're ahead of Sauid Arabia. And yes, this makes me very very sad.

On the plus side, there's a Canadian company called Zenn that's making and selling electric cars. In the US. Not in Canada, because there's no approval for it yet....grrrrrr...although they did recently get approval in BC, so hopefully they'll be some rolling onto the roads there soon once they get distribution networks up and running. 

anyway, check out the angry-making and the car story

New Media

Somebody researching at the Oxford internet institute pointed out something interesting to me - despite the hype about the rise of new media, it's barely a drop in the bucket. We still overwhelmingly get our news and analysis from the same old sources. I felt this was a cynical way of looking at it, but then realised that I definitely am one of the people who fits his analysis: the podcasts I listen to are from the CBC and BBC, and all the news online I read is from the websites of traditional media sources. So I am faced with giving in to cynicism or changing my habits...and I'm going to try for the latter.

I've figured out (sort of) the RSS feed thing, but now am just looking for good stuff to fill it with...alternative news sources, interesting columnists, blogs, that sort of thing. Anything to balance out the perspectives I'm normally exposed to. And then I'm looking for other things too - good websites, maybe good newspapers, and particularly any interesting podcasts. Anyone in the ether with any ideas on this one?