This article talks about a new auction site called Swoopo.com which is apparently super-addictive. The gimmick is that the site is sort of like a cross between an auction, a lottery and those “you only pay $0.25/call to vote for your American Idol. Er, vote as many times as you'd like!” deals.Every item up for […]
A recent Globe & Mail article on Indigo's current practices and strategies provides a lot of ideas about what public libraries will have to consider in an increasingly digital age.
I first heard about a new Google service, Wave, during the Emerging Technology Interest Group pre-conference at CLA in early May. The whole idea is “What would e-mail look like if it was invented today?” And Wave is Google's answer. I never got around to posting it then but with yesterday's announcement that Google is […]
Do you ever get disappointed when you realise not everything's online and instantly accessible? For example, tonight I was reading a recent copy of Rolling Stone which had an article called “The Mayor of Hell”. It was about Braddock, Pennsylvania, a dying town of 2900 in Pennsylvania which is still the site of Andrew Carnegie's […]
I was planning to throw together one last Meili tribute video since it's been a month to the day since the vote at the NDP convention. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll get it done tonight so instead, I'll dedicate today's “Music Monday” clip to Dwain Lingenfelter who, as I type this, is receiving the nomination […]
Sarah Palin announced her resignation on July 3, the Friday before a long weekend which is the classic tactic of a politician trying to bury bad news. But this is Sarah Palin we're talking about here and some are even speculating that she actually timed this announcement to try and tie her news into […]
…Regina barrister, Noah Evanchuk!Other blogs have already broken, commented on and projected some potential impacts of this story with the main theme appearing to be: “Team Meili was more than a bunch of people drawn to an inspiring new political figure but a group of already accomplished men and women, many of whom will make […]
Print-on-demand web site, Lulu.com has a service that helps project how well your book will do based solely on its title. The algorithm was developed exclusively for Lulu by statisticians who studied 50 years' worth of bestseller data encompassing over 700 titles from 1954 to 2004. They compared the attributes of these titles against a […]
Does anyone else see this recent post on my blog as the first result in the Turkish version of Google when you search for “fucks”? Man, that widget down there… —-> …on the lower part of the right hand column that tracks what countries people are hitting my blog from and also occasionally what search […]
I'm home sick today with what is either H1N1, severe neck and intra-skeletal damage from dragging around concrete patio blocks in my backyard the other day or possibly a slow-developing brain aneurysm. For that reason, I wasn't able to attend the “BBQ With The NDP Leader” event that happened in a Regina park this evening. […]
