Author Archives: shirty

Advice for artists and creatives: Embrace the chaos.

Bowie’s gone. One of the best thinkpieces I’ve read in the past day (and they’ve all been good; testament to the thinking man and woman’s idol) is this one, from Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine. Not only is it a fun look at life pre-fame and in the grind of production, but also an artist’s […]

Oh man, sometimes I’m glad my dream of snagging George Clooney didn’t come true. He’s a professional prankster who sometimes acts.  

I’ve spent fair amount of time away in the past two years, and while I don’t often feel nostalgic about Scotland, this video has reminded me of how fun the average bus trip could be. Assuming you weren’t on the 10% of buses containing a physically aggressive drunk, you were apt to leave the bus with a […]

“Extreme birdwatching”. I would watch the shit out of this. Jiffier Gifs Source: motogp – Jiffier gifs through HTML5 Video Conversion.

I’m saddened, if not surprised, to hear that Parisians are starting to feel afraid of daily life after the terror attacks. I recognise those bargaining symptoms myself, though. It’s strange how everyone deals so differently and independently with fear. I think I could feel quite safe wandering around Paris right now, though I wouldn’t be able […]

I’ve been having a hard time in the wake of the Paris attacks.  I’m glad, though, to see the city rebounding in exactly the way I would expect it to (which is one of the reasons I love it). One of the band members in the Bataclan has the same mindset: Hughes said the band […]

I’m still reeling from the terror attacks on my favourite city the other night. It’s been tough reading old friends and neighbours baying for blood and falling right into the trap ISIS set for them. I wish more people recognised what this writer does. It might help us deal with the threat more clear-headedly. But I […]

This is an interesting look at last night’s Canadian election from a statistical point of view, discussing polls, votes per seat, and riding vs national votes. The Liberals’ also had unexpected vote efficiency. They had the momentum, but the party did not seem to have the electoral map to give them 170 seats. In 2011, […]