Children's Books You Will Never See
Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
Scott McCloud
"But this wasn't what people were picking up from the book. They were talking about the nature of cartoons, and they were talking about the combination of words and pictures. That one comes up a lot. And they were comparing the experience of surfing the Web to the alchemy that occurs between the panels. " I'm glad to see this book [<a href = "http://scottmccloud.com/objects/uc/uc.html">Understanding Comics</a>] getting around. I read it a few times over when it first came out. A couple years ago I started to see it popping up in art schools and recently more and more web people are takling about it. It's a truly remarkable piece of work!
Daniel Jacques : Des «conditions gagnantes»
aux «conditions signifiantes»
"Compte tenu de l'état d'esprit qui prédomine dans notre société, j'estime préférable de suivre les enseignements de Rousseau. Il ne s'agit pas tant de parvenir à réunir «les conditions gagnantes» qui nous permettraient de nous assurer collectivement de la maîtrise de l'avenir, mais plutôt d'examiner sous quelles conditions cette prise de contrôle - en admettant qu'elle puisse être acquise - pourrait avoir sens et légitimité de manière à favoriser la concorde entre tous les citoyens du futur État."
An American's Guide to Canada
I pulled this link off
an especially boring article about how Canadians have gone from spending all their time thinkng themselves boring to thinking themselves not boring. Whatever. Meanwhile, the ever attentive This American Life investigates
The Canadians Among Us.
Mondo Canuck Trivia Applet
Mondo Canuck,
the book, was co-written by a guy who to used to deconstruct American sitcoms on national radio, but it's still worth reading. Requires Java.