My aunt has always been a prolific amateur photographer. Recently, she purchased a scanner for her computer and so she sent along a bunch of photos she’d scanned from her archives including a series called “Jason’s High School Grad”. Opening that folder began a scary, sentimental walk down memory lane. The hair was big but […]
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Friday Fun Link – Joseph Gordon Levitt Is The Internet’s New Boyfriend
Joseph Gordon Levitt, child star of “3rd Rock From the Son” and blossoming movie star ranging from indy-hits like “(500) Days of Summer” to this summer’s cerebral blockbuster, “Inception” is also apparently a big Web 2.0, open-source, open-collaboration advocate. Five years ago, he formed an online studio called HitRECord.org where anyone can contribute, remix and […]
Facebook Adding Exciting New Services While Google Is Closing Them
Maybe it’s just a quirk of timing but it seems like Facebook’s had a couple big launch announcements recently while Google’s most noticeable activity is dropping their heavily hyped Wave product. Here’s the comparison: Facebook Facebook’s big news yesterday was that they made it official they were launching, Facebook Places, a service to give them […]
Five Pet Peeves
When you’re sitting at home sick and shivering with a (slightly less) sick kid sitting beside you, that’s a good time for a post listing some of your biggest pet peeves… 1. Captchas that use nonsense words and/or stretch words so that it’s almost impossible to decipher them. (“Is that an ‘i’? An ‘l’? A […]
Blogging as A Facebook Status Update
Jason is sick.
Music Monday – “Down our long dusty driveway/I set my mind to go/I was eighteen and wild and free and wondering
Any time I spend time at our farm with my dad and Pace as I did this past weekend… …I think of this song. One reason the lyrics resonate is because I literally was that nervous boy getting onto the school bus for the first time. (Of course I managed to come home with a […]
Five Thoughts
1. It’s always a shock to see someone wearing a Hitler ‘stash. If anybody permanently ruined a certain look, it’s Hitler. (If anybody else did, it’s Vanilla Ice and I secretly enjoy the fact that now, this blog post will become the top hit for Google searches for “Hitler Vanilla Ice”) 2. I was impressed […]
Friday Fun Link – 10 Best Condiments in the World Right Now
Some I’ve heard of, some I haven’t and man, I love me some rooster hot sauce!
If this clip were a Superstore marinade, it’d be called “Memories of FIMS”
Look at all the baby librarians!!! Just joking but this is a great video about the UWO library school a couple current graduating students. I’m in HR but don’t actually have the magical power to hire anyone. Too bad though – I’ve often thought that libraries should be monitoring what’s happening in library schools and […]