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Friday Fun Link – How Hard Is It To Vanish In The Digital Age? (November 20, 2009)

A writer for Wired magazine offers $5000 to anyone who can find him after he purposely attempts to drop out of society for a month.“The idea for the

Conservative? I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means

So it was just announced that the Sask Party, which initially projected potash revenues to be $1.9 billion will actually only bring $109 million to provincial coffers (a

Music Monday – "I got chills/They're multiplyin'/And I'm losin' control"

The easiest way to make a cover version sound unique is to slow down a quick song.  Dozens of artists use this trick on their own hits and

10 Most Ridiculously Overpriced iPhone Apps

Because who wouldn't pay one grand for a single graphic of a red diamond that doesn't do anything else except prove that you have too much money?

Saturday Snap – The Cast Is Dead, Long Live The Cast

I thought about posting a picture I snapped of what my foot looked like underneath the cast but it's kinda gross – still some bruising and a really

Friday Fun Link – Only Six Weeks Left: Great Ideas for Buying Gifts Online

AskMetaFilter's suggestions for great places to buy unique, cool gifts online.  Ho-ho-holy cow, where did the year go?

"A Master's Degree in Archive Management? What does that even mean?"

Last night, Jon Stewart had some fun discussing the Master of Library Science's sister degree, the Master of Archival Studies.  (Fast forward to 1:40).

Lest We Forget…

Linking to this post is becoming another annual blog tradition… I don't know if the Army was where Grandpa got into the habit of wearing his hats just

"You Get To Decide What Has Meaning and What Doesn't, You Get To Decide What To Worship" – David Foster Wallace Commencement Address On The True Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education

Lots of good, thought-provoking stuff in this 2005 commencement speech by David Foster Wallace.  The following section especially jumped out at me knowing how Wallace would eventually kill

Music Monday – "I saw the decade end/When it seemed the world could change/In the blink of an eye"

Does anybody know why a company would prevent embedding of their YouTube clips?  Just to maintain control of how their content is presented I guess?  (This is also

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