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Monthly Archives March 2011

Music Monday – “And Sunday comes afterwords!”

Last Friday, I wrote about Chat Roulette Love Song which was the extremely successful proof of a guy’s Masters thesis on viral video. Speaking of Friday, another recent viral video that blew up even bigger than Chat Roulette Love Song is the video for “Friday” by Rebecca Black which has gained over 30 million (!) […]

¶ Posted 21 March 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Technology § Uncategorized § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: metafilter, music

2011 Havana Book Fair Tour for Librarians, Writers and Bibliophiles

I missed it this year but I think it’s an annual event so maybe I’ll get to the Havana International Book Fair someday?

¶ Posted 20 March 2011 § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, book, economics, holiday

Saturday Snap – Varadero Beach, Early in the Morning

Our first morning in Varadero, Shea, Pace and I woke up early (well, we woke Mr. Sleepy Head up!) and made our way down to the beach which we ended up having pretty much to ourselves. One of many special moments from our trip…

¶ Posted 19 March 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, weather

Friday Fun Link – “At first I was just happy you weren’t another naked guy” – ChatRoulette Love Song

If you’re not familiar with ChatRoulette, read this old post first. As I say in that post, a good portion of Chat Roulette’s participants appear to be young men looking to expose themselves to unsuspecting (although if you’re on ChatRoulette, it won’t take long to become “suspecting”) viewers. Occasionally though, Chat Roulette breeds some incredible […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2011 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, cute, music

And Now A Message From Shane MacGowan…

…Happy St. Patty’s Day! But as someone points out in the comments, “Shane will be drunk temporarily but the interviewer will be a twat forever.” (Though that’s admittedly a pretty broad definition of “temporarily”!) Ah well, he’s always been a gooder, addictions or no.

¶ Posted 17 March 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, music

Movies That Are Better Than The Book?

We all know that most books are better than the movies that they inspire. Books give much more depth and insight and allow you to actively create a world for yourself rather than having one created for you passively. But a recent Reddit thread asking this question led me to do a general Google search […]

¶ Posted 16 March 2011 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, movies

In More Cuban News, Alberto Granado Dies and Tourists Don’t Notice

We started to watch “The Motorcycle Diaries” the other night and a Google search during the movie ended up leading to the sad news that Alberto Granado, Che’s companion on the voyage that gave the book and movie its name, passed away in Havana during the time we were in Cuba. He died on March […]

¶ Posted 15 March 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, history, holiday

Che: The Original CC Image?

Everyone know the famous photo of Che Guevara that is a symbol of revolution around the world. Of course, for many, it’s also a symbol of revolutionary iconography being co-opted by capitalist interests which have placed the image on everything from t-shirts to posters and much much more. I always leaned towards the latter interpretation of […]

¶ Posted 14 March 2011 § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cool, copyright, economics, history

Our Man in Havana

I was going to do a list of some of the highlights of our trip (and still might) but I just came across a business card for a taxi while sorting the various papers I accumulated during the trip and so I thought I’d focus instead, on one of the singular highlights of our trip. […]