Year: 2011

Some Thoughts on The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world. So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a

Friday Fun Link – Dig A Hole To The Other Side of the World

I’m sure everybody’s wondered where they’d end up if they could dig a hole directly through to the other side of the earth. In fact, I think the

Happy RPL-a-versary to Me!

Today is my three year anniversary of starting work at RPL. A few stream-of-unconscious thoughts and observations… 1. I started working for the Writers Guild of Alberta at

The 50 Best Tasting Foods in the World

CNN conducted an unscientific worldwide poll and after getting 35 000 responses, created a list of the 50 best tasting foods in the world. Canada hits the list

“Straight, Not Narrow”: Has Calgary Quietly Become The Most Progressive City in Canada?

Calgary had their annual Pride Parade this past weekend. Pride Parades are commonly held in major cities throughout Canada but Calgary’s recent parade set two important milestones –

Music Monday – “B is for Butt, C is for Cat-Butt, D is for doo-doo”

Pace’s new favourite song (or is that his dad’s?)… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfkxPnkRG0

“Rome Sweet Rome” – A Very Cool Web-Generated Novella

A Redditor asks if a modern battalion of a couple thousand Marines could beat the hundreds of thousands of men in the Roman Legion to take over the

Saturday Snap – Bad Parenting Example #289

Letting your child use an upturned picnic table as a playhouse when camping… 😉

Friday Fun Link – Minus.com

Quinn Dupont was one my classmates in library school who was a constant source of what was the latest and greatest in the technology world. That continues to

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