Where possible, I like to embed videos in Contrarian, to save readers the trouble of clicking through to them,  while including the links for those who prefer to view them at source. Lately, however, most of the embedded videos are disappearing from the emails a few hundred of you use to read Contrarian [see link (1) at right.] At first I assumed this was an artifact of Steve Jobs's hatred of Adobe Flash, causing the embedded videos to disappear chiefly on iPads and iPhones. But, no, of late they have failed to show up in my regular email program. Is this true...

17 August, 2010

Several real life events and issues, most notably including the need to program our fall film series, have kept the cranky fellow from posting in recent days. Apologies to several readers who have inquired. Over the next week, we'll do our best to work our way through a backlog of topics including: Reflections on the life and death of Donald Marshall, Jr.; what the sorry state of provincial finances and its analog, the sorry state of our political leadership; a simple way HRM could save money while curbing greenhouse gasses; and a few nuggets about mapping....

19 August, 2009