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Friday Fun Link – Apple's Eight Steps to Beat Microsoft & Google

Apple Study: 8 easy steps to beat Microsoft (and Google) View more presentations from Ouriel Ohayon.

Posted 10 July 2010 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Few (More) Random Book Lists

Most Anticipated Books of Summer & Fall 2010 What's A Great Book For Somebody Trying To Figure Out What To Do With Their Life?Please Recommend History/Science Books Similar to “Cosmos” or “Guns, Germs and Steel”Books That Will Induce A Mind Fuck

Posted 09 July 2010 § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

FIMS Student Explores Bibliotherapy with children living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

[Edit: It helps if I actually remember to put a link to the story I'm highlighting in the body of a post.]

Posted 08 July 2010 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Ten Random Thoughts From Our BC Trip

4400 km.  20 days.  9 stops.  3 provinces.  One really awesome trip!  And a super-long post to vent all the built-up thoughts after three weeks without blogging!Here are some random thoughts about our trip…1. “It’s the journey, not the destination”Shea’s a “destination” person and I’m a “journey” person and though neither is right or wrong, […]

Posted 06 July 2010 § List § Pace § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) °

Music Monday – "Outside my window/I listen to the rain/And the sounds of the passin' cars/And the waves on English Bay"

We're back from our trip (actually, have been back since last Thursday night but I was enjoying my blog holiday too much to start posting right away.)  But today was back to work and so I'll get back to working on my blog as well.  I'm not sure if the blog holiday will influence how […]

Posted 06 July 2010 § Canada § Library § MusicMonday § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Blog Holiday

As I mentioned the other day, Shea, Pace and I are on holidays for the next little bit.  And even though I have such a serious Internet addiction that I bought a wireless router on my way into Kelowna so I could have WiFi at my aunt's place (I wish I were kidding about that! […]

Posted 16 June 2010 § Blog § Humour ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "The Golden Rim Motor Inn/Soft water and a colour TV/Can’t afford the luxury"

You probably shouldn’t base your motel selections on twenty year old Tragically Hip songs but when they end up having views like this… …you should just send Gord Downie a thank-you note and be done with it!  Might be time to update the lyrics though – “Outdoor patio and (now) free WiFi/(Still) can’t afford the […]

Posted 14 June 2010 § Canada § MusicMonday § Photo § Video ‡ Comments (3) °

Wikipedia Manual of Style: Spelling

As someone who tends to use pretty much all of these interchangeably, I still think this page is great!

Posted 14 June 2010 § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – On the Road Again

We're off for a few weeks' holidays, planning to hit Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver as our main ports of call.  Here's a shot from somewhere near Brooks, Alberta.  “When you gotta go” and all that – glad we decided to throw the potty in the van with us!  The funniest/scariest part of this was the […]

Posted 13 June 2010 § Humour § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Three Lions

 

Posted 12 June 2010 § PopCulture § Sports § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: