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A Few Reasons I Hate Computers Right Now

I consider myself pretty computer savvy but occasionally there are weird glitchy things that happen in the world of computers, technology and online services that I either can’t figure out (or if I can find a quick workaround, I realize it’s just as easy to use the workaround as spend a lot of time trying […]

Posted 18 May 2014 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Calgary Stampede Debuts 66 New Midway Foods From Great to Gross

Red velvet mini donuts.  Chocolate dipped cookie dough.  Deep fried butter.  Scorpion pizza. One of these things is *not* like the other! 😉

Posted 02 May 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Most Famous Book Set In Each of the 50 States

Earlier this week, I posted an infographic of the most famous brand from each US state. Soon after, I came across a similar graphic which features (arguably) the most famous book set in every state…

Posted 25 April 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Corporate States of America

Here’s an interesting map of the best known brand from each American state (with a handy list of all the brands-by-state so you can see the smaller states that are harder to make out on the map)…

Posted 22 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

“10 Actors That Should Be Cast As Authors” and “Readers Match Their Bodies To Book Covers”

A couple fun book related posts I recently came across – 10 Actors That Should Be Cast As Authors and Readers Match Their Bodies to Books

Posted 15 April 2014 § Humour § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]

Posted 10 April 2014 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Ten Random Thoughts

Not sure if the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day worked for Pace.  He called me a “stupid noob” when I got home then gave me a double shot to the stomach! Time to cut back on the Minecraft I guess… 😉 Talking to people who don’t live in Libraryland often makes me realise that librarians are […]

Posted 09 April 2014 § Baby § Family § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – 43 of the Happiest Little Kids in the World

Okay, 43 plus a couple more…

Posted 04 April 2014 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership?

Below is the top voted answer, by former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, to the Quora question “What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership” (it’s worth clicking through for some of the other answers as well.) 1) Have a grand vision – Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire […]

Posted 03 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ten Things That Can Ruin An E-Book Help Session at the Library

So I consider myself a fairly tech-savvy individual. I’ve been using computers since I was ten years old.  The first computer I used regularly was a Commodore-64.  I sent my first e-mail in 1995 and designed my first web site in 1997. I’ve since designed numerous web sites and even got paid to produce many […]

Posted 28 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,