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Monthly Archives April 2011

Saturday Snap – Yes We Cane!

Posted 30 April 2011 § Politics § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Angry Bairds

For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed like a lot to pay for something that looked like a silly kid’s game. 😉 But I finally broke down and bought it and though I don’t […]

Posted 29 April 2011 § FridayFunLink § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Gimme One Reason

I keep trying to find the perfect article, the perfect viral video, the perfect web site that might convince Conservatives that, if they don’t want to switch their vote, at the least, maybe there’s a reason to stay home on Monday rather than support Stephen Harper? The options always seem to have problems – too […]

Posted 28 April 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Mouseland

So appropriate for this year’s election…  

Posted 27 April 2011 § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way”

The song, “Vote” by the Submarines, details a real-life break-up that happened between the duo who lead the band, just before Super Tuesday during the 2008 US Election. Except for the fact that the last line is “We all know, our system’s broken, And I, I’ll never vote again“, I thought it would be appropriate […]

Posted 25 April 2011 § MusicMonday § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Resurrecting An Idea…

Last Christmas, I did a week-long series of posts exploring the topic of religion in general and my atheism specifically. One of my posts was about how, even though believers will give dozens of reasons why they are religious, from my perspective there were three main reasons I thought people actually were religious – whether […]

Posted 24 April 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – The World’s Most Boring Privacy Violation

It’s just come out that the iPhone creates a secret file on user’s computers without their knowledge or permission which has a record of their geo-location information.  Unsurprisingly, this has privacy advocates up in arms. Jessamyn West wrote about this and linked to a small app you can download which can help you visualize what […]

Posted 23 April 2011 § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Tout

Tout is a new social media site that combines elements of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to allow you to do 15-second video status updates. “Some moments in life just can’t be reflected in text.  Tout delivers “life as it happens” in full-motion color and sound, as opposed to ‘life as it’s written in 140 characters […]

Posted 22 April 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

And Now You Know…

One of the bad things about not being religious is I don’t have a full and complete understanding of much of what happens within the world of religion and why (What?  Most religious folk don’t either?  Oh…) Anyhow, luckily I have my own god in the form of Google which provides answers to all of […]

Posted 21 April 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Questions I’m Wondering About During This Election

1.  Will young people vote in greater numbers than in past elections due to social media influence (or just more attention being paid to them generally?)  (Also, are polls under-representing young voters due to the prevalence of cell phones for this demographic and could that result in any election surprises?  Or have pollsters learned to […]

Posted 20 April 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (2) °