Category Archives: Internet

Friday Fun Link – Finding A Book When You’ve Forgotten Its Title

NYPL has a pretty cool article about how to find a book when you’ve forgotten its title.

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “I’m Ready for My Curbside, Mr. Dewey!” (March 27, 2021)

This was one of the last pictures I took two months ago to the day on Saturday March 27, 2021 as Regina Public Library prepared to once again close our branches the following day as Covid was spiking in Regina and area. And just like when we shut down in March 2020 “a week or […]

Friday Fun Link – Know Rivalry

Know Rivalry is a research project from an American university where you can enter your thoughts and impressions about whoever you feel your favourite sports team(s) greatest rivals are then see results from other fans of the same team *and* your rivals’ team to see if they feel the same way about your team.

Music Monday – “So while you sit back and wonder why/I got this fucking thorn in my side/Oh my God, it’s a mirage/I’m tellin’ y’all, it’s a sabotage”

Shea and I recently watched the Beastie Boys documentary on AppleTV+ and really enjoyed it. “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys

Friday Fun Link – How Long Would It Take To Hack Your Password?

You don’t have to submit your password – just type it into the box on this site and it will tell you how long it would take a computer to guess it. If you’re nervous about testing your own passwords, use something similar eg. instead of “password”, use “massward” or whatever.)

Friday Fun Link – Second

Reddit has long released some unique site or game or feature, often tied to group psychology, on April Fool’s Day. This year was no exception as they released “Second” which is a seemingly simple game where you vote for one of three pictures (maybe three different popular video games or celebrities or products or even, […]

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

Friday Fun Link – Best of “Flyin’ Ted” Cruz Goes To Cancun Memes

Also this… Aruba, Jamaica, Ted Cruz ain't gonna take yaBermuda, Bahama, just freeze or ask ObamaKey Largo, Montego, baby why don't HE goOh Ted won't take you down to Cancun, Mexico, HE'LL GET THERE FAST, you'll have no water flowThat's where Ted wanna go, while you're covered in snow — Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) February 18, […]

Saskatchewan Billionaire Becomes Tech Titan

Wow – never realised that the head of CloudFlare is from Saskatchewan For the record, Zatlyn’s stake in Cloudflare, based on its market capitalization of $28 billion, amounts to over $1 billion. That’s ‘one’ with nine zeros after it. We’re in a binary digital world but that one and all those zeros mean so much […]

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

The NYPL has a Buzzfeed-esque quiz that’s pretty fun…