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Monthly Archives July 2012

Social Media Olympics

The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school where I looked at the future of broadcasting in a Media Studies course on the History of Communication, I may have made one mistake. At the time, […]

Posted 31 July 2012 § Internet § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Here Comes The Sons?” A Missed Opportunity For The World’s Most Appropriate Beatles Tribute Band

Normally I post a song each week on Monday but this week I’m going to do something a bit different (mostly because every single video of Paul McCartney closing out the Olympics Opening ceremony that I might’ve posted is being taken down by YouTube as fast as it’s uploaded.) But watching that performance (and who […]

Posted 30 July 2012 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Botox Blog Update

I made a reference to my blog undergoing botox treatments yesterday which was more than a bit intentional as I have indeed restored some youthful vigour to this blog. After starting my first blog on the Blogware platform at blog.jason.hammond.net back in 2006 when I was in library school, I ended up with two blogs after […]

Posted 29 July 2012 § Blog § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Lego Show

Haven’t posted for a few days as the blog was undergoing Botox treatments to regain its youthful vigour this week (more in that tomorrow). In the meantime, here’s some shots from our day trip to Moose Jaw for Sask Lego Users Group show.

Posted 28 July 2012 § Family § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Sundown/in the Paris of the Prairies/Wheat kings/Have all their treasure buried.”

This is Justin Bieber covering The Tragically Hip during a concert in Malaysia.  Kudos to a Canadian superstar paying tribute to Canadian icons but also…gah!

Posted 23 July 2012 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“Goodnight iPad” – A Parody

The classic children’s book gets re-imagined for our modern age.

Posted 22 July 2012 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Hawaiian-Style Shrimp Poke

Shea and I attempt to re-create one of our (okay, my!) favourite snacks from our Hawaii trip.  Pretty close though I think the version we ate had fresh kim-chi in it as well.

Posted 21 July 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Where do babies come from?” A magic potion.

Reddit has a couple cool sub-Reddits – one called AMA (Ask Me Anything) and another larger one called IAMA (I Am A) where users can take questions from other Redditors related to their jobs or their celebrity or other experiences they’ve had – from the amazing to the horrifying – to pretty much every other angle you can […]

Posted 20 July 2012 § Humour § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

How A Pro-Life Conservative Christian American Learned To Love Canadian-Style Socialized Healthcare

Short answer: She experienced it firsthand. You know, one of the biggest mysteries in my life (not really) is wondering how every western society on earth can have some form of socialized medicine for its citizens and yet a large part of the population of the United States persists in the belief that their nightmare […]

Posted 19 July 2012 § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Average Canadian Male Life Expectancy = 78 years (aka Happy 39th Birthday to Me!)

The average life expectancy for a Canadian male is currently 78 years.  That means as I turn 39 today, I have officially reached the half-way point of my expected life span on this planet (and accounting for abuses suffered in earlier years – from over-drinking to being exposed to god knows what working at a […]

Posted 18 July 2012 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) °