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Friday Fun Link – Another New Social Network For You To Join

Saw this on The Daily Show the other night – Li.st is a new social network by author and actor, BJ Novak. It’s got all the usual social media features you’d expect – Follows and Likes and Trending – so I guess the main thing that sets it apart is the conceit that everything on […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2016 § Internet § List § Meme § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Friday Fun Link – The Leicester Miracle

This is a great summary of the incredible season of underdog British football team, Leicester Foxes. Whether you follow international soccer or not, stories like this are what make sport so engaging.

¶ Posted 06 May 2016 § Sports § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

Friday Fun Link – The First Ever Performance of “Purple Rain”

Prince was against his music being available on most streaming services (except artist-friendly Tidal) and even YouTube so it’s hard to find clips to help celebrate the man and his music after his untimely passing yesterday. Still, there are spots where some clips exist online – none more historic than his first-ever live performance of […]

¶ Posted 22 April 2016 § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, history, music

Friday Fun Link – Fred Eaglesmith & Spirit of the West Documentaries Coming

Two of my favourite music acts of all-time have upcoming documentaries… Trailer – The Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show from Lagoonside Pictures on Vimeo.

¶ Posted 15 April 2016 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Hack The Menu

Some interesting ideas on how to “hack” the menus of various chain restaurants.

¶ Posted 08 April 2016 § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food

Friday Fun Link – Redditors Share The Best “Don’t Tell Mom” Moments They’ve Had With Their Dads

A mixture of fun, funny and sad.

¶ Posted 26 March 2016 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Friday Fun Link – Books Everyone Should Read

Word cloud created from the “most read books” lists from a variety of libraries, booksellers, book web sites and other sources… (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 11 March 2016 § Infographic § Library § List § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education

Friday Fun Link – Inside Out (Without the “Inside” Parts)

Recent Academy Award “Best Animated Feature” winner, Pixar’s “Inside Out” was one of the best movies released last year. Part of the appeal was how it used cartoonish illustrations to show the interplay of emotions within a person’s head. But what happens if you take away the “inside” parts? You still end up with a pretty […]

¶ Posted 04 March 2016 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, movies

FTRW 2016 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – A Wide & Varied Selection of Some of the Most Offensive Jokes Ever

Watch this… Then take your pick of these… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FLGEr1zJYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2THqZemoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmayuHwK0c Did any of the jokes above offend you? If so, watch this (ffwd to 3:20 if the link doesn’t start at the right place for you)… Still offended? Watch this one too…