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Friday Fun Link – Every Library and Museum in America Mapped

17,000 libraries vs. 14,000 McDonald’s – forget “Value Meals”, sometimes the stats show what society really values. (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 28 July 2017 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, unitedstates

Europe’s Top Things To Do According to Trip Advisor

(via Reddit)

¶ Posted 19 July 2017 § MemoryLane § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, travel

Every American Flag Since 1776

(via r/vexillology)

¶ Posted 04 July 2017 § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Spotify’s Biggest One Hit Wonders

A graph of the songs that get the most plays out of an artist’s entire catalogue on Spotify…

¶ Posted 16 June 2017 § FridayFunLink § Internet § List § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @SaskParty Provides $5.2 Million To Fund SILS Province-wide Library System (March 2010) #skpoli #saveSKLibraries

For Throwback Thursday, I’m posting an article I found in the Spring 2010 issue of the Saskatchewan Library Trustees Association newsletter – a happier time only seven short years ago when the province’s ten library systems joined together to form SILS, a province-wide public library consortium that was the culmination of decades of inter-provincial cooperation between […]

¶ Posted 30 March 2017 § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy, saskatchewan

Librarian Says “Too Many MLAs” The Sequel! #skpoli #saveSKLibraries #yqr #yxe

So, yesterday’s post about “MLA says Saskatchewan has too many libraries. Librarian says Saskatchewan has too many MLAs” has become my most viewed post of all-time. Within 24 hours, it’s blown away my previous record holder which, ironically, was about a random encounter I had with Brad Wall, soon after he axed the Film Tax […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2017 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: economics, education, language, saskatchewan, science

Friday Fun Link – SongSim: Visualizing Song Lyrics

This site uses an algorithm to visualize patterns of repetition in song lyrics and other texts (anthems, speeches, etc.)

¶ Posted 17 March 2017 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Some Real (Not “Alternative”) Facts About #muslimban

Fears of Islamic Terrorists are greatly overblown. Even if this ten-year average accounted for 9/11 deaths, Americans are *still* more likely to be killed getting hit by a bus! Trump’s “Muslim Ban” shows why he’s in a conflicted position as the first non-elected, non-military person to serve as President of the United States… Even *if* […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2017 § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, television

Friday Fun Link – Politics By Profession

This site breaks down the political preferences of different professions. No surprise to see that librarians tend to be very liberal leaning. (I heard a good line recently – someone observed: “What’s the easiest way to tell if someone’s a liberal or a conservative? Ask them if they’ve read a book in the past year.” […]