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Friday Fun Link – The Perfect Five

Every week (or so), The Perfect Five features five songs – one Hyped, one Covered, one Classic, one Remixed and one Loved.  A great place to discover new music.

Posted 03 September 2010 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Load “$”,8, 1

Commodore is apparently releasing a new computer with modern specs but featuring the old-style casings. As the C64 was the first computer I worked on *way* back in grade six, I think I may just have to put in a request to Santa Claus! Here’s a really quick nerd test – do the following two […]

Posted 27 August 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Joseph Gordon Levitt Is The Internet’s New Boyfriend

Joseph Gordon Levitt, child star of “3rd Rock From the Son” and blossoming movie star ranging from indy-hits like “(500) Days of Summer” to this summer’s cerebral blockbuster, “Inception” is also apparently a big Web 2.0, open-source, open-collaboration advocate. Five years ago, he formed an online studio called HitRECord.org where anyone can contribute, remix and […]

Posted 20 August 2010 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 10 Best Condiments in the World Right Now

Some I’ve heard of, some I haven’t and man, I love me some rooster hot sauce!

Posted 13 August 2010 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 15 Most Addictive Web Sites Ever

Yep, they are. 

Posted 07 August 2010 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Repeat Link – How *Does* A Google Query Work?

I posted this three years ago (!) but the question recently popped back into my head and since I find the answer truly awe-inspiring in that “how many stars are there in the galaxy?” kinda way, I'm going to post it again.  I suspect the process has remained essentially the same in those intervening three […]

Posted 31 July 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – IWriteLike.me (July 15, 2010)

A new site called IWriteLike.Me claims to analyse your writing and tell you which author's style you most resemble.  I tried it with a couple recent blog posts and got Dan Brown (great! ).  On the other hand, when I copied in the recent article I wrote for real money and with a bit of […]

Posted 17 July 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Apple's Eight Steps to Beat Microsoft & Google

Apple Study: 8 easy steps to beat Microsoft (and Google) View more presentations from Ouriel Ohayon.

Posted 10 July 2010 § Internet § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Cash Cow: User Fees in Alberta Public Libraries (June 4, 2010)

Posting this as a Friday Fun Link sorta feels like being the party guest who comes over and starts criticizing your housekeeping or your parenting skills or whatever.  But anyhow, here I am in Edmonton, enjoying the CLA conference and I can't help but re-post my essay, “Cash Cow: User Fees in Alberta Public Libraries“.  […]

Posted 05 June 2010 § Canada § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Google Tourist Heat Map (May 28, 2010)

Here's a pretty cool mash-up that takes user-submitted photos to Panoramio and places them onto a Google Map to identify tourist hot-spots worldwide.

Posted 29 May 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: