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Category Archives: Internet

The World’s Longest Waterslide (And Some Thoughts on Zen Videos, Feelings of Melancholy and Modern Technology)

There’s something very zen about watching a video of someone going down the Guinness World Record Holding world’s longest waterslide which snakes through a jungle in Malaysia (some feel that the slowness of the slide is a negative but I disagree.) At the same time, there’s also something melancholy about thinking about how vast our […]

Posted 13 March 2022 § Randomness § Sad § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “The Main Event” – 2009 Canadian Library Association Conference @adr @jessamyn

I have so many fond memories of different experiences during my fifteen (!) years as a public librarian. One of the most memorable was being invited to represent public libraries in a pre-conference session put on by the Emerging Technologies group of CLA. As if being the representative for basically all public libraries in the […]

Posted 10 March 2022 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Heardle

There are literally hundreds of Wordle variations but Heardle, which plays increasingly longer snippets of a song as you try to get the track name and artist, is one of the most unique I’ve found.

Posted 09 March 2022 § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

8 Positive Impacts of the Covid Pandemic

I was thinking about making my own list but this YouTube video captures most of what I’d put on my list fairly well. I’m especially intrigued by the way Covid is going to change the workplace/increase acceptance of work-from-home for those who can do so…  

Posted 02 February 2022 § Jobs § List § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Ain’t singin’ for Pepsi/Ain’t singin’ for Coke/I don’t sing for nobody Makes me look like a joke/This note’s for you”

There’s some irony that Warner Brothers Music Group won’t allow me to embed this anti-corporate sponsorship song on my blog. But worth a click-thru to watch a classic Neil Young song… “This Note’s For You” – Neil Young

Posted 31 January 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wordle? Why Yes, I’m Something of an Authority Myself…

Well, maybe not an authority but a recent blog post may have at least convinced a couple people at the Mother Corp that I should be interviewed for a CBC story about the game! 😉 (And I’m going to lose sleep tonight thinking how that beautiful pre-planned quote came off worse than I intended simply […]

Posted 26 January 2022 § Humour § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Sweardle (A Wordle Parody Site)

In light of the Wordle craze, this site feels inevitable.

Posted 21 January 2022 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Wordle, The Latest Online Craze

Wordle is the latest craze to sweep the online world. If you haven’t played, you get six chances to guess a five letter word.  After entering your first guess, it will tell you if you have a letter in the right spot (green) or a right letter but in the wrong spot (yellow). Then, sort […]

Posted 14 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Meme § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Reloading Random Things

I’m not sure how to embed a video clip I found on Reddit so will just say it’s worth a click to go check this out – *this* is the type of content that makes the Internet awesome!

Posted 17 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

Posted 16 December 2021 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,