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Monthly Archives December 2014

Today in Piracy (er, Grey Market Copyright Activity)

Pirate Bay taken down by Swiss authorities It will likely be up again very soon in a different form and/or with a different URL SaskTel rumoured to begin sending copyright infringement notices to its Internet customers in the new year

Posted 09 December 2014 § Censorship § Internet § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Can’t get out of the yard / I’m snowed in with the drifts / No one is coming to open these gifts”

I’m a big believer that the best Christmas songs are the ones with a sense of sadness and melancholy underlying them. Corb Lund has jumped to the top of that category with his latest song.  An 80-year old rancher buying gifts for his gifts just in case they show up for Christmas even though they’re […]

Posted 08 December 2014 § MusicMonday § Sad § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

A few years back, I did a post about Reddit’s /r/mapporn sub-Reddit. Now someone has compiled some of the best maps from that sub-Reddit that will blow your mind in one way or another.

Posted 07 December 2014 § Infographic § Randomness § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Candy Cane Lane #yqr

As a follow-up to my post about SparkleTour.ca, Shea and I ended up doing a mini-sparkle tour in the north end last night after running a couple errands. One of our stops was an area called Candy Cane Lane where the residents of the Normanview community are encouraged to decorate their homes for Christmas.  One […]

Posted 06 December 2014 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Edmonton Is No Good

The Calgary Flames are having an amazing year as they move past the the quarter way point and head towards the halfway point of the season with no signs (well, maybe one or two) that they’re going to fall back to earth. Being in a re-build mode and with predictions of a bottom 5 finish […]

Posted 05 December 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Southernmost Point in Canada (2006)

Shea and I at Point Pelee, Ontario, the southernmost point in mainland Canada…

Posted 04 December 2014 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Christmas Tradition

Baby crying on Santa’s lap…

Posted 03 December 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) °

“Spirit of Giving” – WestJet Does It Again

Just like last year, WestJet has created a viral-ready commercial/marketing gimmick/promo video for the Christmas season. Instead of surprising travelers on a cross-Canada flight with gifts they asked for at the start of their journey like they did in their inaugural video last year, this year WestJet provided personalized gifts for residents of a town in the Dominican […]

Posted 02 December 2014 § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,