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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 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, saskatchewan

How To Win at Wordle Every Time

Two main strategies – use four words that are going to knock off 20 of the 26 most common letters in the alphabet then give you two guesses to pick the word or try to narrow it down to guess in the fewest tries as possible.

¶ Posted 14 June 2022 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

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: travel

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: education, metafilter

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: music

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: Covid, economics, education, health, science

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: Covid, economics, music

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: education, language

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: language

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 […]