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Monthly Archives June 2012

Saturday Snap – The Best Thing About Comic Cons…

…is that it made it permissible for people to wear super-hero costumes in public year-round.  (I’m behind the camera so you can’t see what Pace made me wear on our Adventure Walk tonight!)

Posted 30 June 2012 § Family § Humour § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Swiper, No Swiping!

I’m not sure who’d enjoy this movie more – Pace or me? (via MetaFilter) CollegeHumor’s Favorite Funny Videos

Posted 29 June 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Google Creates Artificial Intelligence Brain Using 16 000 Networked Computers

Librarians rejoice as the first thing this artificial brain recognizes when it is turned loose on the Internet?  Pictures of cats! (All kidding aside, this feels like another one of those amazing milestones for technology which keep coming at an ever-accelerating pace.)

Posted 28 June 2012 § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

iDevices and the Visually Impaired

I think I may have posted at least one of these links before but here’s a collection of a few cool stories about how iDevices (iPhones & iPads) have out-of-the-box accessibility features and add-on apps that are changing the lives of visually impaired people in majorly significant ways (that second story about how a new […]

Posted 27 June 2012 § Library § Sad § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What’s The Most Valuable Lesson You’ve Learned In Your Professional Life?

I love Quora and could probably post a question a week from their awesome weekly e-digest where they summarize some of the most active posts from the Topics you subscribe to.  For example, this week, they had a question and answers on “What is the Most Valuable Lesson You’ve Learned In Your Professional Life?” Here’s […]

Posted 26 June 2012 § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I don’t go in for ancient wisdom/I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious/It means that they’re worthy.”

Saw this meme on Facebook and thought I’d share since June 25 is halfway to Christmas and since it fits with Music Monday, why not post a Christmas song today? I’ve posted this one before but every time I listen to it, I just love it more and more. So sweet and funny and perfect. […]

Posted 25 June 2012 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The Best High School Graduation Gift Ever

Saw this idea on Reddit and thought – wow, that’s amazing. If only I knew of a kid that was starting kindergarten this fall that I could do this for! 😉

Posted 24 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – A Nice Father’s Day Surprise

Won a pretty cool raffle prize at the Father’s Day Prostate Walk last weekend…a commemorative jersey and special edition Riders loonie!

Posted 23 June 2012 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – World Map of the Most Popular Web Sites In Every Country

Interesting to see which sites are most popular in non-North American/Western European countries.

Posted 22 June 2012 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Pace on Father’s Day

It’s not Saturday but here’s a picture anyhow…

Posted 21 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °