Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
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Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
03 February 2012 12:21 PM | 4 Comments -
Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Teen's Facebook post prompts dad to shoot computer
- CBC digital music service launches today
- Chinese iPhone, iPad factories audited
- FBI seeks social media data mining tool
- Video game's 50th anniversary marked by MIT
- Create-your-own-app product to launch in Moncton
- Pandas being lent to Calgary, Toronto zoos
- Game developer seeks $400K, makes $1M in a day
- Snowy owls flock south
- B.C. killer whale habitat protection ruled a legal duty
Modern Irritants Archive
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How much information overload is self-induced?
Posted on February 20, 2009 | 18 CommentsWith my always-flowing Twitter stream, borderline-unmanageable list of RSS feeds, and more unanswered email that I care to admit, it’s no wonder that I often feel overloaded with information. The... -
Does your word processor look like this?
Posted on March 13, 2008 | 15 CommentsWhen I sit down to write, it always seems like there are more pressing things to do than actually write. If I’m not distracted by email, or sidetracked by my... -
What? I Can’t Hear You! I’m on the Subway!
Posted on September 22, 2007 | 7 CommentsNew Yorkers are set to welcome another flavour of modern life to their subway system: cell phones! The New York Times reports that the transportation authority has opted to enable...