Things I think about or just find and want to share. https://craigmcn.ca/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:45:27 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:45:27 +0000 Jekyll v3.10.0 A court in Ontario has ruled that homelessness is a protected ground under the Charter, and Premier Ford thinks that's cockamamie. What it actually is, is a government being held to its own constitutional obligations for the first time. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/homelessness-is-discrimination.html https://craigmcn.ca/homelessness-is-discrimination.html government Canada housing Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is Respect. The 1965 Otis Redding original and a 1967 cover by Aretha Franklin. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/respect.html https://craigmcn.ca/respect.html covers music video Otis Redding Aretha Franklin People Music Monday We engineered away every idle moment and then repackaged the experience of having nothing to do as a skill you have to learn. Nobody called it mindfulness when you were just waiting for the bus. Thu, 28 May 2026 23:02:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/weve-forgotten-how-to-be-bored.html https://craigmcn.ca/weve-forgotten-how-to-be-bored.html productivity technology mindfulness social media Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is I Will Always Love You. The 1974 Dolly Parton original and a 1992 cover by Whitney Houston. Mon, 25 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/i-will-always-love-you.html https://craigmcn.ca/i-will-always-love-you.html covers music video Dolly Parton Whitney Houston People Music Monday The em dash has been doing honest literary work since Shakespeare, but AI models trained on classic literature adopted the habit and now overuse it so relentlessly that people call it the "ChatGPT hyphen." Blaming the punctuation is the wrong diagnosis. Thu, 21 May 2026 22:47:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/in-defence-of-the-em-dash.html https://craigmcn.ca/in-defence-of-the-em-dash.html 99% Invisible language punctuation productivity AI Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is Tainted Love. The 1964 Gloria Jones original and a 1981 cover by Soft Cell. Mon, 11 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/tainted-love.html https://craigmcn.ca/tainted-love.html covers music video Gloria Jones Soft Cell People Music Monday This week's instalment of Music Monday is All Along the Watchtower. The 1967 Bob Dylan original and a 1968 cover by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mon, 04 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/all-along-the-watchtower.html https://craigmcn.ca/all-along-the-watchtower.html covers music video Bob Dylan The Jimi Hendrix Experience People Music Monday This week’s instalment of Music Monday is Best of You. The 2005 Foo Fighters original and a 2006 acoustic version. Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/best-of-you.html https://craigmcn.ca/best-of-you.html music video Foo Fighters acoustic People Music Monday This week’s instalment of Music Monday is As It Was. The 2022 Harry Styles original and a 2022 cover by Tate McRae. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/as-it-was.html https://craigmcn.ca/as-it-was.html covers music video Harry Styles Tate McRae People Music Monday This week’s instalment of Music Monday is I Go Blind. The 1986 54-40 original and a 1995 cover by Hootie & the Blowfish. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/i-go-blind.html https://craigmcn.ca/i-go-blind.html covers music video 54-40 Hootie & the Blowfish People Music Monday