Year: 2011

Saturday Snap – A Bicycle Built For Three

Shea recently booked us in for family photos. She had a choice of locales and ended up choosing “Urban” as our setting. Once I saw the address where

Friday Fun Link – Barley Buddy

Now this is social media I can get behind – tell the site which beers you prefer and it will make recommendations for your next brew!

Why Is U2 So Popular?

An answer to the question of why U2 is so popular on Quora becomes a beautiful evisceration of the typical U2 fan. (In the interest of full disclosure,

Wisdom Wednesday – Librarians Are Pushers & Hookers

I recently did a post about speakers I’ve seen at various conferences and elsewhere. In the post, I said it was the work version of another list I’d

In A Reverse of the Ongoing Move Towards Digitization of Books…

…the Internet Archive has announced a project to create an archive of one (physical) copy of every single book ever published.

“…a gateway to a better and happier and more useful life.”

When it opened in 1971, nearly 100 authors (including one of my faves) sent letters of congratulations to the new Troy, Michigan public library. The Troy public library,

Saturday Snap – Capoeira

Mosaic is a long-standing multicultural festival in Regina which is an highlight for many in the city. For $14 (the current price though I remember when it cost

Friday Fun Link – Tout Hits the Big Time

Back in late April (two months ago in normal human time but eons in Internet time), I wrote about Tout, a new web video service that’s like a

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