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Friday Fun Link – Analysing the Reading Level of the 21 Most Popular Sub-Reddits

Cool idea but not too many surprises on this list – the science sub-reddit is really high (just shy of grade 9 level) and the one for people who smoke pot is really low (just shy of grade 5 level).  Also nice to see /r/atheism come in as one of the top three most advanced […]

Posted 09 November 2012 § Humour § Internet § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Much Did It Cost Google To Stream “Gangnam Style” 600 Million Times? Did They Make a Profit?

[Edit: This video is now poised to be the first YouTube clip to reach 1 billion views, amazingly in less than six months!] [Edit2: Some further analysis of the revenue Gangnam created.] “Gangnam Style”, a quirky Korean pop song with a very “uniquely” stylish video is the second most watched clip in the history of […]

Posted 02 November 2012 § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shea and I Are Expecting (You’ll Watch This Video We Made)

Posted 26 October 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) °

Friday Fun Link – Theory of Evolution Explained

Such a great video. Every science classroom should view this on day one…

Posted 19 October 2012 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

I Win The #skndpldr Membership Sweepstakes

I just sold an NDP membership to this guy! (The guy on the right. If I could swing a sale to the guy on the left, I’d be running for NDP Leader myself!)

Posted 12 October 2012 § Family § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun LInk – Genetic Portraits

A Canadian photographic artist is getting lots of attention for his blended portraits where he combines photos of parents and children into a single image – often with striking results.

Posted 05 October 2012 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – 5-Star Wrestling Matches

I’m tempting to use the “Xmas” tag on this one. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer newsletter is like the Roger Ebert of reviewing wrestling matches.  This Reddit thread contains links to almost all of the matches Meltzer has given the highly coveted and very rare 5 Star rating.  Quite a trip down memory lane […]

Posted 28 September 2012 § Censorship § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – @RyanMeili ‘s #skndpldr campaign launch video

A couple nice touches – how the words of the three endorsers blend into one and also that shot near the end of the two babies “talking”.

Posted 21 September 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A Fun Day! #skndpldr @ryanmeili

Usually, every Friday, I try to post a link to an interesting site or video or whatever. But today, I just want to ruminate on one of the most enjoyable days I’ve had in awhile. Today was the day that Ryan Meili kicked off his campaign for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP.  I was […]

Posted 14 September 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Using A Manual Typewriter as an iPad Keyboard

Cool!

Posted 07 September 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,