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Category Archives: Censorship

Why Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library

This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can read/watch/listen to.  Period.” To expand on this a bit… I’ve seen patrons watching things that are a lot […]

Posted 14 December 2014 § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

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 § Internet § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Falling Man: The Most Famous Image Most People Haven’t Seen

Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed since 2001 and raises some questions on how it might have been different had a similar disaster occurred in 2014?  Would the […]

Posted 11 September 2014 § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

VPL Strikes Blow For Freedom of Expression!

Vancouver Public Library has recently made news in libraryland with a controversial revised Internet Access Policy that added a restriction specifically addressing patrons viewing “explicit sexual images”. And I, for one, am glad to see that Vancouver Public Library has taken this important step! For far too long, libraries have allowed patrons to view any and […]

Posted 24 August 2014 § Humour § Internet § Library ‡ Comments (2) °

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6fvVaVgOQ “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

Posted 02 June 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Gives a NSFW Defense of Gay Marriage

Hell yeah! (h/t to JK or FB)

Posted 23 April 2014 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – “Who Needs A God When You’ve Got Satan”

  There’s a certain level of irony that I spent part of my Good Friday watching a band from just behind a guy who was wearing a “Who Needs God When You’ve Got Satan” t-shirt. 😉 But I should probably back up a bit… Shea and I spent Friday doing a bunch of spring cleaning […]

Posted 19 April 2014 § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Pirate Bay’s Longest Surviving Torrent Turns 10 Years Old

I would’ve guessed the longest lasting torrent would’ve been The Anarchist Cookbook (uhm, probably a bad idea to link to that, eh?) 😉 but it’s not.  Instead, it’s RECIPES!!! Exactly ten years ago a Pirate Bay user uploaded a torrent linking to “Top Secret Recipes” ebooks. Today, this torrent is the oldest surviving torrent file […]

Posted 30 March 2014 § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Edward Snowden’s Surprise TED Talk

Hero.

Posted 19 March 2014 § Internet § Politics § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °