Recent Episodes
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Repeat of Spark 157 – May 27 & 30, 2012
25 May 2012 11:47 AM | No Comments -
Spark 183 – May 20 & 23, 2012
18 May 2012 4:24 PM | 6 Comments -
Spark 182 – May 13 & 16, 2012
11 May 2012 10:37 AM | 4 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Fisheries Act changes questioned by former ministers
- RIM shares drop on warning of operating loss
- Social media websites ignoring privacy laws, watchdog says
- Facebook shares fall below $30 US
- Call them mayflies, not June bugs, biologist says
- Newly discovered malware most lethal cyberweapon to date
- Snake-like robots making surgery, search and rescue easier
- Waterbeds, chiropractic care make for more productive cows
- Narwhal tusk exportation case adjourned again
- Major RIM layoffs expected
Archive for May, 2009
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Contest and Full Interview: Grammar Girl, aka Mignon Fogarty
Posted on May 21, 2009 | 28 CommentsWe are so excited to have Grammar Girl on Spark! Nora interviewed Mignon Fogarty about the overuse (!!!) of exclamation marks in online writing, including emails! Mignon is a big... -
Episode 78 – May 20 & 23, 2009
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 9 CommentsSoaking dishes, driving tech innovation with porn, and cultural laziness. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20090520_15846.mp3|width=160] -
Sneak Peek: SPIN-Farming in Saskatoon
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 16 CommentsLast week, CBC producer Sean Prpick paid a visit to Saskatoon to meet the father of SPIN-Farming, Wally Satzewich. SPIN stands for Small, Plot, INtensive farming. Wally’s idea to densely... -
Starting this September, Spark gets a new timeslot and a new length
Posted on May 14, 2009 | 34 CommentsAs part of CBC Radio’s fall schedule announcement, Spark got some great news today: we’re moving to a terrific new timeslot — Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm, right after the Vinyl... -
The Future of Our Digital Heritage (or “Why Metadata Matters”)
Posted on May 12, 2009 | 9 CommentsA little while ago, I was talking to Seamus Ross, Dean of the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. We were talking about digital preservation and curation, and...