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Friday Fun Link – All Space Shuttle Missions In Eight Minutes

Posted 22 July 2011 § MemoryLane § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Newfoundland vs. Saskatchewan

We head for home tomorrow and after 10 days in Newfoundland, I’ve managed to confirm my long-held belief that Newfoundland and Saskatchewan are two of the most unexpectedly similar provinces in Canada. In Saskatchewan, we farm the land.  In Newfoundland, they farm the sea. Both provinces have reputations for extremely friendly, welcoming people. To be […]

Posted 08 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy Canada Day!

The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…

Posted 01 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Would You Pay For Search? How Much?

Researchers at the University of Michigan did an experiment to figure out how much Internet search was worth. They asked students to find answers to questions using the stacks (average time: 22 minutes) then using Google (average time: 7 minutes) then used the difference (15 minutes) and the average American wage ($22/hour) to determine that […]

Posted 17 June 2011 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Barley Buddy

Now this is social media I can get behind – tell the site which beers you prefer and it will make recommendations for your next brew!

Posted 10 June 2011 § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Don’t Say Gay…

…say “Takei” according to Star Trek’s George Takei who is taking on a controversial Tennessee law by suggesting people could use his surname as a replacement for the word “gay”. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 20 May 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Rate My Politician

There are all sorts of sites that allow you to rate various things connected to your life – your teachers, your professors, your workplace, your doctor, your neighbours (oops, appears to no longer exist).  And now, a site that allows you to rate your politicians as well. Most of these sites are based on anonymous […]

Posted 06 May 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Angry Bairds

For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed like a lot to pay for something that looked like a silly kid’s game. 😉 But I finally broke down and bought it and though I don’t […]

Posted 29 April 2011 § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Tout

Tout is a new social media site that combines elements of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to allow you to do 15-second video status updates. “Some moments in life just can’t be reflected in text.  Tout delivers “life as it happens” in full-motion color and sound, as opposed to ‘life as it’s written in 140 characters […]

Posted 22 April 2011 § Family § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – MIT Scientist Captures 90 000 Hours of His Son’s Life on Tape, Analyzes for Start of Language

This clip is pretty cool for all manner of reasons – amazing technology, cutting-edge video editing – combine when an MIT scientist captures the first 90 000 hours of his son’s life on tape to try to understand how language develops.

Posted 15 April 2011 § Family § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,