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Category Archives: Internet

Friday Fun Link – What The World’s Biggest Sites Looked Like At Launch

This is pretty interesting featuring screenshots of the original version of sites such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. For comparison’s sake, here’s what my very first web page looked like in December 1998 (this isn’t the first page I ever made but the earliest I could find in the Wayback Machine). Crazy to […]

Gord Downie Taught Me To Dance: Memories of A Band That Defined Me and My Country

So I woke up today to the very sad news that Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, has terminal brain cancer. Obviously, as you age, it’s natural that your own heroes and icons will age ahead of you. But 2016 has been a rough year where we lost some top-shelf music icons – […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2016 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: hockey, language, music, saskatchewan, travel

Some Nerd Tracked His Drinking For A Full Year

And no, it wasn’t me! But it’s got me thinking about what a full project this could be! (This guy was more focused on consumption but I think it’d be more interesting/useful to track what you drink as as well as how much!) (via r/dataisbeautiful)

¶ Posted 18 May 2016 § Humour § Infographic § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday, science

Friday Fun Link – Another New Social Network For You To Join

Saw this on The Daily Show the other night – Li.st is a new social network by author and actor, BJ Novak. It’s got all the usual social media features you’d expect – Follows and Likes and Trending – so I guess the main thing that sets it apart is the conceit that everything on […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2016 § FridayFunLink § List § Meme § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

A Math Puzzle That Went Viral in Japan

So I saw this on Facebook then looked up a more detailed explanation on YouTube to try to understand why this is getting so much attention. I’m not sure if it’s true or not but they say that something like 90% of people who went to school in the 1980’s could solve it but only 60% […]

¶ Posted 11 May 2016 § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

A Selfie A Day For 8.5 Years

Following yesterday’s post about a guy who created a montage of him singing a single song over five years, here’s a new record holder – one selfie every day for 8.5 years!

¶ Posted 10 May 2016 § Meme § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

A Few Thoughts On @BernieSanders Use of Technology #feelthebern #primaryday #newyork

So today was a pretty big day in the United States as born and raised Brooklyn boy, Bernie Sanders went up against adopted hometown gal, Hillary Clinton in the New York primary in their ongoing battle to secure the Democratic Party nomination. As someone who’s very interested in the use of digital technology and social media in politics, I […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2016 § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, facebook, history, reddit, twitter

Yay For Meaningless Internet Points! #feelthebern #whichhillary

I occasionally post on Reddit but most of my comments get a handful of upvotes (maybe) then disappear into obscurity. Lately, as I’ve been following the Bernie Sanders campaign from afar and knowing how much the campaign is being driven by Reddit users, I’ve been a bit more active than usual adding my theories, observations and/or snark on […]

¶ Posted 06 April 2016 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: reddit, twitter, unitedstates

20+ Page Report on the Clinton E-mail Scandal

I haven’t finished the whole thing but this seems like a fairly even-handed, exhaustive look at this controversy from both Clinton and the Justice Department point-of-views.