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Friday Fun Link – AllTheMinutes (Twitter Clock)

You may want to turn your Mute button but otherwise, the site AllTheMinutes.com is pretty cool. It shows a clock comprised of live tweets (one per second) from people around the world who have mentioned the current time. Great insight into the boring everyday lives of humanity (at least those who use Twitter!)

¶ Posted 23 January 2015 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, twitter

Friday Fun Link – Grand Palladium Palace, Punta Cana

One month… http://youtu.be/u0XztuN2QK4

¶ Posted 16 January 2015 § Family § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive

Friday Fun Link – Explain The Events of Star Wars IV-VI Like You Are A Heavily-Biased Imperial History Textbook

This is pretty funny stuff… The Emperor’s most trusted lieutenant and advisor, Darth Vader, was seen as an imposing and frightening figure to those who did not know him. This was because Vader, a veteran of the Clone Wars, had been injured in battle, and required a full-body suit to sustain him. The suit was […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, movies

Friday Fun Link – New Copyright Laws Come Into Effect Today (On An Unrelated Note, Here’s Some Info On How To Torrent Without Your ISP Being Able to Identify You)

A new law comes into effect today which requires ISPs to forward letters to their customers that media companies suspect of pirating movies, music and other digital content via IP addresses connected to those files. On a completely unrelated note, here’s a thread on Reddit about ways that people can torrent files without your ISP knowing […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2015 § Canada § Humour § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, economics

Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year

At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents. This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the same wrapping paper as mommy and daddy?” questions, and allows the kids to get an immediate jolt when they first glimpse […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2014 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Randomness § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

Friday Fun Link – 7 Top Kickstarter Projects Now Available on Amazon

Some really interesting, cool stuff here.

¶ Posted 19 December 2014 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, health, music, science

Friday Fun Link – Cola Tricks

Fun stuff!

¶ Posted 12 December 2014 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, science

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 § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Star Wars “The Force Awakens” Trailer

Yes!

¶ Posted 28 November 2014 § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Spirit of the West’s John Mann Dancing

I recently wrote about the sad news that Spirit of the West lead singer, John Mann, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Without being too hyperbolic, I have to say there aren’t many bands that have played as big of a role in my life as Spirit of the West – everything from the […]