Sex and the Single Plagiarist

Media

“After three years of chronicling the local dating scene, one of Vancouver’s most talked-about columnists has put away her little black book — and dodged her biggest controversy yet.”


ANGELEYANOR

Angèle Yanor

The Globe and Mail’s Alexandra Gill bemoans the fact that Angèle Yanor no longer writes the ‘singles chick’ column for the Vancouver Sun.
For VanRamblings, the real issue surrounding the controversy involving Ms. Yanor is not that she proved to be a plagiarist (gee shucks, came as a complete surprise to me), but rather that The Vancouver Sun cynically chose to inflict her unreadable, self-indulgent wannabe ‘chick lit’ prose on an unsuspecting readership, in the first place.

A New Tradition: International Blog Comment Day

Weblogs

DEBRAGALANT

Debra Galant explains
the universe

When making my daily foray to Debra Galant’s weblog, the first item I ran across today made reference to International Blog Comment Day, an idea put forth by Spanglemonkey.
According to Debra, here are the rules: “No freeloading. If you read somebody’s blog, you have to post a comment. No silent stalking and making us pick up your scent on our Sitemeter referrers page. And a smart comment, too. Pithy, funny, to the point. Mom, Dad — no excuses about not getting how this comment thing works. Just CLICK ON IT. We want to hear from everybody.” International Blog Comment Day — what a great idea!
Pass it on.

Canada: Satellite Radio Proposals Already on the Table

Radio, Web & Tech

SIRIUS

XM Satellite radio comes from space bearing gifts: 100 digital channels with eclectic music options and few or no commercials, beamed directly to cars and home stereos. To date, the service has been available only in the continental United States, but all that is about to change as dueling satellite radio providers, XM and Sirius, have recently signed deals with potential Canadian providers.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, along with privately held Standard Radio, and Sirius Satellite Radio have teamed up, while a competing venture launched by Toronto entrepreneurs John Bitove Jr. and Stewart Lyons has allied with Washington-based XM Satellite Radio.
In Saturday’s Globe and mail, Michael Posner writes about the three contenders (CHUM has recently entered the picture) for consumer satelllite-radio dollars. Satellite radio is in Canada’s near future.
Some analysts expect satellite radio to grow the way satellite TV did. If so, XM and Sirius radios will become standard in cars and homes sooner than later, and both companies could become budding media giants.

Media speculation about the call-girl blogger

Diversions

BELLEDEJOUR

Sarah Champion

For weeks the literary world has been kept guessing as to the identity of a prostitute whose web diary, written under the name Belle de Jour, has attracted a worldwide cult readership.
The writer’s sexual frankness — which appeared to lay bare a world of loveless sexual encounters and cash exchanges — has garnered both shock and praise.
But now a literary detective claims he has identified the person behind the Belle de Jour diary through a close analysis of her writing style.

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