By Chris Tait
If anyone has learned anything from film sequels, it’s that if the first one sucked, chances are the second one will suck more. Phillip J. Bartell and Q. Allan Brocka take this to a whole new level in their addition to this year’s Fairy Tales gay and lesbian film festival, Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds.… Continue reading A rose by any other name would suck as bad
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Making a blender out of your PC,” Chris Tait and Ændrew Rininsland, Feb. 2, 2007.] This steaming pile of crap marks an astonishing new low in journalistic integrity for the Gauntlet. I don’t even know where to begin with it. Neither of the authors have any idea what Windows Vista’s DRM… Continue reading Letter: Vista Valued
By Chris Tait and Aendrew Rininsland
Last Tuesday, Microsoft released the much-anticipated Windows Vista, which has been lauded as revolutionizing the personal computing experience in much the same way the move from MS DOS to Windows 3.11 did. Yet, amongst all the fanfare, very few people are questioning the most potentially negative aspects of the release, in particular the focus of… Continue reading Making a blender out of your PC
By Chris Tait
As anyone with siblings can attest, rivalries are usually the hardest on the youngest of the litter. This probably should be the case for Exposure, the Calgary-Banff photography festival happening throughout the month of February. Standing in the shadow of the likes of Contact, Toronto’s month-long counterpart in May and the biggest photography festival in… Continue reading Expose yourself to photography
By Chris Tait
Walking the cold, crowded streets of downtown, I once spotted, in the part of a passing and bravely unzipped jacket, the words “Shakespeare hates your emo poems.” This image recurred, unpleasantly, upon encountering Numb, a graphic novella by Joshua Kemble.Kemble’s autobiographical short, short comic “about lost love and broken memories” describes a breakup with his… Continue reading Book Review: “Numb” Mind-Numbing
By C.W. Bogart
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Stem cells aren’t people too,” editorial, Aug. 10, 2006.] I must applaud Chris Tait on a well-written article referenced above. I read the article from a link in a Google stem cell link. I have experienced cord blood stem cell therapy outside of the U.S. and have seen positive effects for… Continue reading Letter: A Belated Kudos
By Chris Tait
If there were lessons to be learned from garbage–perhaps some great truths leading to some significant changes–would it still be haphazardly tossed aside? Recent developments in stem cell research have provided us with a very controversial answer. Like any good controversy, many players swirl about in this tragicomedy of ethical confusion.Oddly enough the fertility clinics… Continue reading Stem cells aren’t people too
By Chris Tait
The gaze of Calgary’s media is focused once more on the University of Calgary Solar Car Team as it cruises through the Australian outback for the World Solar Challenge. Passing another competitor proved to be the most recent highlight on Wednesday’s leg of the 3,021 km race, having already passed the halfway mark on Tuesday.“There… Continue reading World Solar Challenge wraps up
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: TEAMwork: UofC Solar at NASC 2K5 by Chris Tait [While reading this article,] I noticed one glaring omission. Here is my piece on the one individual whose story wasn’t told:He was supposed to be the team’s embedded reporter but soon became the team’s indentured servant. As the only team member on the… Continue reading A missing team member
By Chris Tait
Two months after the North American Solar Challenge finished in Calgary, the University of Calgary Solar Car Team will be leaving for Australia’s World Solar Challenge.’While the newly-revised race route of the NASC is now the longest of its kind in the world, the Australian WSC is by far the most coveted. Spanning 3,000 km… Continue reading Soleon heads down under