I compiled a list of Saskatchewan songs for a fellow student so thought I would post it here as a counterpoint to my SW Ontario playlist entry. (This is not an exhaustive list by any means – feel free to add others in the comments section.)“Last Sask Pirate” – Captain Tractor/Arrogant Worms “Roll On, Saskatchewan” […]
So I got hooked on the RockStar: Supernova TV show and tonight watched the finale where Toronto's Lukas Rossi became the second Canadian in a row to win on the show. I am proud to report that I was the one who created the intial page for him on Wikipedia and of course, this makes […]
With apologies to Billy Shakes for the paraphrase, I think this will be my “semester of disconnect” at FIMS. I've got two classes at Somerville House up in UGG-ville I've also got one evening class and one distance class so only need to be at the North Campus Building one day per week (in the […]
Corb Lund is a great country-rock/roots singer in the tradition of Hank Williams and Steve Earle. His web site has some audio and video samples (check out “Hurtin' Albertan” for “Time To Switch To Whiskey” for a couple of my own personal favourite songs.) A bunch of his shows out west are sold out but […]
Woke up at 8am today to watch the real-time video stream of CNN's coverage from five years ago that they're showing all day today.
Here's my own real-time coverage, a chat I had that morning with the person who took over from me at the Sask Publishers Group
In addition to giving out free water, a free keychain with a combination compass, pen light and whistle, free candy necklaces and free frisbees, Weldon Library had a pretty cool idea to help promote the library for their Frosh Week display – producing on-the-spot postcards at their display just outside their front entrance. On a […]
I'm over at the school having worked on a couple of my first assignments for most of the night after walking Shea to work at 7pm. Now I'm just surfing around aimlessly because Shea's at work and if I go home, er, I'd probably just be doing the same thing. Here's something fun I came […]
Google Accessible Search is “an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that is most relevant to your tasks. Accessible Search goes one step further by helping you find the […]
Kerry, Linda and I went into the 504 section today for what we're calling “First Friday Q&A” – something we did informally last semester but are now doing under the banner of the student council. The idea is to give students a chance to ask any and all questions they might have after they've had […]
I mentioned in my last post that I might do a list of some reasons why a certain library system isn't one of my favourites. Jen's comment that she didn't mind this system inspired me to do that list now. So here's my list of some reasons why I'm not a fan of LPL:1. They […]
