Year: 2007

Feeling Entitled? Blame (Thank?) Mr. Rogers

Reddit had a link today to a column from the Wall Street Journal which attempts to explain why the young people today feel so damn entitled.  Turns out

Eulogy For Grandma Peet

I'm sort of working in reverse here. The following is the first eulogy I ever did. I had little idea what I was doing at the time but

Chris Dixon (1972 – 2007)

(Chris liked this photo I snapped of him after a 503 class so much that he asked me to send it to him for possible use in his

Eulogy For Grandma Hammond

Since I've got a bit of a morbid theme going, I thought I'd post another eulogy - this one was for my Grandma Hammond who passed away a

Eulogy For Grandpa Peet

(I mentioned a couple weeks ago that this eulogy had gone over very well and that I would post it when time allowed. A long weekend is ideal

Facebook Round-Up

When did this blog go from a wide swath of technology-related stories to “Today's Facebook news is…” 😉  But Facebook is booming – I'm finding and being found

Friday Fun Link – The Concept of Alphabetization (June 29, 2007)

On late night TV talk shows, every show begins with the host inevitably saying something like “We’ve got a really good show for you tonight!” whether the guest

Show Pile

I don't talk a lot about my work on this blog but I thought I'd discuss one of my favourite activities that I do – approving the purchase

Toronto Is The Facebook Capital of the World

A MetaFilter thread discussing an essay entitled “Viewing American Class Divisions Through MySpace and Facebook” leads to this interesting nugget: Toronto has the most Facebook members of any

How *Does* A Google Query Work?

Here's a great answer to the question of what exactly happens when you do a Google query. 

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