Some humour for a rainy Friday…
A pretty revealing list comparing word counts for various topics on Wikipedia:Call of Duty WWII Video Game (13 069 words) vs. World War II (11 884 words) Pokemon (5 721) vs. Poker (1 857 words) Superman (10 641) vs. Human (10 385)…and wait until you see the final result – God vs. Knuckles (of Sonic […]
I think I first heard about “The Last Lecture” via a book request we got at the library. The Amazon page for the book has more info including a couple video clips explaining the background and significance of this particular Last Lecture. A bit more searching revealed that the full video of the original Last […]
Continuing last week's theme of Jason finding extremely exciting, anything that presents typical linear information in a cool, revolving circular format, I present to you: Tag Galaxy (via Reddit)
Spectra is a new visual news reader from MSNBC. I haven't played around with it much but it looks cool, mostly because the news spins in a circle instead of the old-fashioned columnar approach. Whoo-hooo! On a much broader scale, I've recently come across a couple lists predicting of technologies that will change the world […]
“For all the creativity and innovation that goes into making (some) Hollywood films, there are also a lot of ideas that get recycled time and time again. I’m not referring to stock characters or the sequalitis that hits multiplexes every summer. I’m talking about the basic building blocks of storytelling that are ingrained in the […]
TimeTube is a site that creates a timeline of YouTube videos based on any keyword you enter and sorted based on the date they were added. You can also view the results in a couple other modes – “list view”, “flipbook” and “map view” for videos that have been tagged with a location. They have […]
If you're like me, you spend all your time wondering “What's it like to be a celebrity in today's day and age with your name splashed all over, not just TV, print and other traditional media, but on literally millions of sites across the Internet, large and small?” Also, “what does George Clooney think of […]
Book beer pairings sees authors suggesting brews that are best enjoyed with their work. What brews go with your favourite books – a very important question for the ages.In semi-related news, the next “Books to Beers and Stacks to Snacks” social gathering will happen following the final day of the SLA conference, Saturday May 3 […]
How many of the following do you know?Aglet. Bollard. Dingbat. Ferrule. Keeper. Kerf. Punt (or kick). Philtrum. Phosphenes. Tragus.I knew exactly one and somewhat unsurprisingly, it was “dingbat”. (As an aside, there is a book called “The Joy of Lex” that was one of my absolute favourites as a kid. If you're a fan […]
