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Friday Fun Link – “Creep” (But The Genre Keeps Changing)

¶ Posted 06 October 2023 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Rona Sent Multiple Emails Asking Me To Review The 30×50 Blue Polyethylene Tarp I Bought

So I did. Then, after all their asking, not sure why they rejected my review! 😉 Greatest Tarp of All-Time? Greatest Tarp of All-Time! I wasn’t sure what to expect when i ordered this 30×50 blue polyethylene tarp that was listed on the Rona web site. But I was pleasantly surprised to receive a 30×50 […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2023 § Humour § Internet § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Friday Fun Link – Visualizing Why Americans Increasingly Use Sub-Titles

Not understanding accents. Poor sound mixing. Helps overcome noisy distractions while watching. (Ironically as I type this, Sasha is literally digging in the fridge asking if we have any yoghurt as Shea and I (try to) watch “Daisy Jones and the Six” – and yes, we have sub-titles on!) Bad hearing Not necessarily bad hearing […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2023 § Infographic § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, language, movies, television

Friday Fun Link – Bank of Canada Unclaimed Property Search

Check to see if you might have money hidden away in a forgotten bank account or investment!

¶ Posted 15 September 2023 § Canada § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics

Friday Fun Link – Puckdoku

Puckdoku is a hockey version of Suduko.

¶ Posted 11 August 2023 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Clone Your Voice Using AI, Give It A Personality and Then Converse With Yourself

Unfortunately, you may have to join a waitlist to get access to this tool (at least I did.) But then again, maybe I don’t want to talk to myself (at least out loud!) I just spoke to myself, and it was weird. You can now clone your voice using a few seconds of audio, give […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2023 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language

Friday Fun Link – Fuck Professionalism: Creating A Workplace That Works For All

So much of what we’re taught to believe from our earliest days, by our parents, by our schools, by popular culture, is outdated, incorrect and potentially even harmful such as the notion of “professionalism“.

¶ Posted 02 June 2023 § Jobs § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, language, orgdevl

Friday Fun Link – Sing A Note

Can’t find it now but whoever posted this (likely on Reddit?) said this reminds them of the random silly amazingness of the early days of the Internet before a handful of tech giants controlled pretty much all content and discourse (and yes, I know there’s irony saying that since this is a YouTube video!)

¶ Posted 19 May 2023 § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, music

Friday Fun Link – The Scientific Case For Two Spaces After A Period

This. Is. Vindication. For Myself. And everyone. Who took. Typing. On a manual typewriter. In grade 10. In 1989. (Even Google agrees!) Google Translate puts two spaces after the end of a sentence by inmildlyinfuriating There might even be a free speech argument for two spaces after a period?!?