Any way, in it he toys with the idea of the drinking age in Ontario (19 [...]]]> I love RSS Feed Readers. When the feeds work, I grab a lot of very interesting articles, tips, etc. I happened to read this piece by my friend Joey. I’m going to categorize it as one of his opinion pieces.

Any way, in it he toys with the idea of the drinking age in Ontario (19 years) being lowered to the age of majority (18 years). His view is that the government won’t lower the age because “this would be political suicide for any government that has the courage to treat adults like, well, adults.”

I am inclined to argue that’s not the reason. Apart from the whole political and maybe financial sides of things there are social issues to consider. Underage drinking is a reality. Unfortunately so are young drunk drivers. Keeping the legal drinking age where it is now is not hurting anyone. The government has no reason to change it. It is a well established age of passage in our current culture. Everyone knows the age to drink is 19. Many respect it and many don’t.

Joey suggests the age should be lowered since it was set this high due to highschool’s grade 13 which does not exist anymore. That’s hardly a good reason for it.

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Before I mention them, keep in mind that I am aware Maclean’s most likely is not the only site which may be suffering from [...]]]> This post is about 2 problems I have with Maclean’s Education site. They may apply to other parts of the Maclean’s site but I haven’t visited them for long enough to notice.

Before I mention them, keep in mind that I am aware Maclean’s most likely is not the only site which may be suffering from these. I guess I just wanted to pick on them tonight (or place whatever other rationalization makes sense for you). Without further ado:

1. FLASH ADS -> Yes. A lot of other sites have them. However it seems that only the ones on their site cause my laptop to go bonkers (read: fans start pumping out a lot of heat). I understand they’re nice and although I enjoy the idea of being able to read a Maclean’s article and roast a marshmallow by my laptop’s air duct, I just plain hate the noise the fans make (yes I’ve cleaned them, I just like them OFF better). I don’t see why normal ads don’t work, but I guess the ad content is only approved to display, not designed by your webmasters. [Oh and I know I can use a Firefox extension to turn them off but I don't need to give FF more reason to be bloated]
2. RSS FEEDS -> specifically those that don’t work. I enjoy reading blogs in my RSS reader. Call me old fashioned(or I guess that would be new fashioned…either way) but I like knowing a new post was made so that I don’t have to check the blog everyday. I’m just lazy like that. I contacted Joey Coleman about his feed and it’s up and working now. If you guys want I can take a look at Erin Millar’s and Tony Keller’s and see if I can figure out what’s wrong. Please get them working. Readers expect more from a publication like yours.

I’m not sure how you’d be able to solve the first problem I have. I guess trying to figure out why a flash movie which only displays one or two screens with no advanced transition seems to take so much processing power to display would be a start. The RSS Feeds, like I said, contact me and I’ll be glad to help you out. I’m not much of a webwiz but I can troubleshoot really well so I’m offering my services for the rest of your site too.

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This provides at least some way to comment on the articles [...]]]> Maclean’s magazine has a section I have not previously visited, their forum section. It acts as a normal forum (duh!) where you are encouraged to discuss the articles in the particular section of the magazine you’ve read (i.e. Education related articles in the Education Forums).

This provides at least some way to comment on the articles posted rather than not having any say at all as an outsider of the “University Panel.” Check the forums out and have your say.

(I think it’s only fair to warn you that the presentation and layout of the forums isn’t the best I’ve seen but hey, it will do for now)

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