August 2007

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• Et Cetera, Sports

  Apathy is Golden: Hipster Olympics Video

  08.25.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment |

  Anyone that knows me well enough knows I harbour deep resentment for hipsterdom and all it encompasses. Imagine the divine glee with which I absorbed the fantastic satirical sports coverage of the Hipster Olympics, embedded below.
  My favourite line: And they’re back to the mirror! They’ve gone back to the Mirror! I haven’t seen performances like [...]

• Photography, Politics

  Montebello: Stop the SPP Photo Gallery

  08.25.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  It took longer than I hoped, but I finally got a photo gallery online of 25 images from the Stop the SPP demo in Montebello. Here are a few of the images—the full gallery can be seen on my Flickr page.
  For those unfamiliar with what went on, over 1200 demonstrators took to the streets of [...]

• Middle East, Politics, Sports

  Palestinian Under-19 Soccer Team Banned in Britain

  08.23.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Just in case life in Gaza wasn’t hard enough to begin with: the British government has banned a Palestinian under-19 soccer team from entering the country to participate in a three week tour. Every member of the Gaza-based team had their visa applications rejected, a decision reportedly taken at “the highest level of the [...]

• Canada, Politics

  Montebello in the Morning

  08.20.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  At eight in the morning tomorrow I’ll be jumping on one of the many buses leaving downtown Montreal for Montebello, QC, site of the “Security and Prosperity Partnership” summit and inevitable public demonstrations. I’ll be there with my camera equipment in tow, and should have photos online sometime tomorrow.
  In the meanwhile, our good ole [...]

• Et Cetera

  New Site Design, Wordpress In Rear

  08.13.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  It’s always impressive what a fresh coat of paint can do to one’s spirits! After a long hiatus marked by progressive digital decay, robmaguire.com has been revamped. Wordpress is now my weapon of choice, having quickly fallen in love with it after taking my new job at the National Film Board of Canada’s CitizenShift ( [...]