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Monthly Archives September 2010

Music Monday – “These cruel men keep running ’round/That’s why Charlie’s coming down”

You may be familiar with CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Song Quest“, a contest where people could write-in votes for different locations in each of Canada’s provinces and territories then a designated artist/band from each region write a song about the top vote getting spot.  (The first edition was 2009 and featured specific locations.  This year’s […]

Posted 20 September 2010 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Purple Cows & Public Libraries

Recently finished Seth Godin”s book “The Purple Cow” which has a main premise that businesses should no longer do mass marketing to the big bulge that is the early and late majority but instead, focus on niche marketing to the much smaller but much more rabid early adopters group who are much more likely to […]

Posted 19 September 2010 § Library ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Illegal U-turn = Crunch!

I put this on Facebook but thought I’d post it here too since it was so out of the ordinary. Between Calgary, London and Regina, I’ve probably spent hundreds of hours on public transit without any accidents. Until yesterday that was. We were on our way downtown in the morning when I heard a long […]

Posted 18 September 2010 § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – An Environmentally Friendly Reference Desk

Plus it’s a good way to re-use weeded books instead of having to pulp them! (via Pages Bookstore Facebook Feed)

Posted 17 September 2010 § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (2) °

Ex-Nazi Head of Worldwide Pedophile Ring Warns of “Atheist Menace” (cue laughter from irony police)

Atheist menace? Sure thing, Emperor. 👿 UK officials had some good ideas about the Perp’s visit initally but I think persecuting him for crimes against humanity is a better option.  I mean, his “get out of jail free” card is pretty flimsy by any standard. Oh well, we can hope! (most links via Reddit and […]

Posted 16 September 2010 § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Face of Facebook – Mark Zuckerberg Profile in The New Yorker

A well-written profile of Facebook’s founder and CEO.   I’m not a huge fan of the guy but that’s mostly because he refused to add me as a friend when I first joined Facebook. 🙁 (via MetaFilter)

Posted 15 September 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Fuck The Rain

Seriously.

Posted 14 September 2010 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Good Article, Great Photo! The Creative Commons at Work

Shea was a bit surprised to see this article show up on Facebook tonight, especially since this random blog post happened to feature a picture of Shea and Pace breastfeeding. Turns out an acquaintance of Shea’s from a mommy board (but who Shea’s never met in person and is someone who likely wouldn’t know what […]

Posted 13 September 2010 § Family § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

High School Reunions (& Other Marathons)

Two fairly diverse things converged this weekend to inspire this post. Out of the blue, I got a Facebook message from a high school classmate saying a couple people are starting to talk about our twenty year high school reunion next year. She asked if I’d mind setting up a Facebook group where people could […]

Posted 12 September 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – One World Trade Center (September 2010)

Posted 11 September 2010 § Politics § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , ,