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Friday Fun Link – NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

No big deal – NASA is only planning to shoot an asteroid out of space in a day or so!

¶ Posted 23 September 2022 § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, science

Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)

¶ Posted 16 September 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, movies, music

Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

Here’s another Wordle clone that might just become part of my daily routine!

¶ Posted 29 July 2022 § LibrarySchool § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cup Winning Goals (1933-2019)

This video isn’t as relevant tonight as I’d hoped it would be. But oh well, the Avs will hopefully add their own contribution to this montage on Sunday!

¶ Posted 24 June 2022 § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Saskatchewan Political Contribution Search Tool

Not sure how long this has existed but recently came across a tool that lets you search political donations to various parties in Saskatchewan (I think the cut-off for public disclosure is amounts $250 or over. So if you’re a manager and want to donate to the NDP or a union member who wants to […]

¶ Posted 17 June 2022 § Internet § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cupple

Another Wordle variant, Cupple is one by the NHL where you try to guess a player by narrowing down various facts, stats and categories (division, position, nation, points, goals and Stanley Cup wins.) Requires a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of current NHL players which means that 10-year old Jason would likely blow nearly-50 year old Jason […]