I've been spending part of the week contributing to the Teen Age project CBC has been rolling out this week; our regional site includes a piece I wrote about the startling drop in the number of teenagers over the last few decades. We've also posted an interactive quiz about teenagers in Newfoundland history. Have a poke around and let me know what you think.
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Teenage Wasteland
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- That is, where did this blog get its name?Dot Dot Dot is Morse code for the letter 'S,' the full message Guglielmo Marconi claimed to have received atop Signal Hill in St. John's in 1901. It ushered in the age of telecommunications. My maternal grandfather worked as a telegraph operator for Canadian Marconi on Signal Hill for many years. As well, I have a habit of overusing the ellipsis when I write ... as frequent readers might notice.
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