On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

ride_4ever reminded me that Due South fans may want to note the recurrence of the Eleventh of March tomorrow.

Any browser add-ons you think I should add to my set-up for using Twitter via Firefox?

I plan to mail some stuff. So, apparently the stamps I want to use up need glue. So that's one more thing to get tomorrow along with no-scent soap, toothpaste, compression socks (that have been discontinued by the manufacturer in my size and pressure-rating but there's still two pair within public transit shopping range), and assorted groceries.

Also, seeing as I have these odd denominations of stamps - 65¢, 93¢, $1.10, $1.20, a few others - that are just peel-and-plant-on-envelope, I'd like to see the smaller denominations similarly formatted for sale wherever possible. From 1¢ on upward to 50¢, please?

And if such is already offered via their online catalogue, can anyone advise me where to look for them?

Has anyone reading this had any dealings with Unsplash? If so, what's your opinion of the organization?

(I note that they're headquartered in Montréal at present, so there's that. Whether it matters?)

The main reason for asking is that they currently have an arrangement with Serif re: the Affinity suite of graphic design software. I just discovered this by opening up my copy of Affinity Publisher for the first time. There's a tab marked "Stock" - as in "stock images", I suspect - and when I clicked on it, the Unsplash logo and an invitation to use images from their site appeared.

I am likely to avoid answering your ad if I don't know whose ad I'm going to be responding to. You could be posting an opportunity for any of my "dream job" scenarios, but I won't take that chance.

Back to the search.

I don't agree with the idea.

Reminder: I worked with the CBC's Ottawa newsroom back in the 1990's as a courtroom artist on freelance. I also count several reporters as friends and friendly acquaintances through SF&F fandom channels. This happens, fans are in every line of work, including journalism and the public services of the world, so deal with it.

Back on point: there is a tendency to blame "the media" as a group for sensationalizing every single bad-news story as it develops. I think that stereotyping has roots in facts that were true once upon a time. Going back a century, yes. That problem has been getting addressed over the generations, from the j-school classrooms of the US, UK, Canada and elsewhere across the planet to the newsrooms themselves. Those journalism schools have websites, some of them publish material on best practices currently in play - Ryerson in Canada, Columbia and Poynter in the US all coming to mind right now - and we might help ourselves during this particular crisis to go have a look at those. I'll try to remember to amend this posting with linkages relevant.

Anyway, there's my point for the moment.

More on other topics as the day goes by.

Don't ever again try to sell me Nestlé products.

To help you avoid giving offense this way in future, here's a list of what they sell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestl%C3%A9_brands

If the situation re: Nestlé changes, I will post here - or on a successor-blog - to explain why.

If you'd like me to consider dropping my ad-blockerware, you might want to consider selling hardcopy editions in the Ottawa-Gatineau region (again, if you previously did so and stopped for whatever reason).

Long live the hardcopy newspaper.

Michael Enright in conversation with Prof. Michael Sander on the state of liberal democracy. We may find some constructive criticism in this conversation, advice that can be of real and helpful use in the months and years ahead.

(We might also want to listen to a conversation about sleep from the same program.)

Note to Warner Bros.: If you're going to put "visitgothamcity.com" on the license plates of Gothamites' cars, trucks, buses, etc. in your movies, maybe it might be a good thing to actually have a site for people to visit using that URL?