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Friday Fun Link – Another New Social Network For You To Join

Saw this on The Daily Show the other night – Li.st is a new social network by author and actor, BJ Novak. It’s got all the usual social media features you’d expect – Follows and Likes and Trending – so I guess the main thing that sets it apart is the conceit that everything on […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2016 § FridayFunLink § Internet § List § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

A Math Puzzle That Went Viral in Japan

So I saw this on Facebook then looked up a more detailed explanation on YouTube to try to understand why this is getting so much attention. I’m not sure if it’s true or not but they say that something like 90% of people who went to school in the 1980’s could solve it but only 60% […]

¶ Posted 11 May 2016 § Internet § MemoryLane § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

A Selfie A Day For 8.5 Years

Following yesterday’s post about a guy who created a montage of him singing a single song over five years, here’s a new record holder – one selfie every day for 8.5 years!

¶ Posted 10 May 2016 § Internet § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Music Monday – “Time came a-creeping, oh, and time’s a loaded gun/Every road is a ray of light/It goes on, time only can lead you on/Still, it’s such a beautiful night”

A young guy took photos of himself every day for five straight years to create this montage of a Coldplay song. Spoiler alert but since the thumbnail he picked gives it away anyhow, it appears that he came up with a pretty cool way to commemorate his undergrad years… “Life in Technicolour” – Coldplay

¶ Posted 09 May 2016 § MusicMonday § Randomness § Technology § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, education

(Belated) Music Monday – “Abandon all reason/Avoid all eye contact/Do not react/Shoot the messengers”

I forgot to do a Music Monday post yesterday but it worked out okay because this video showed up in my News Feed today! Most people figured a new Radiohead song/album was imminent as Radiohead, already known for very unique albums releases, had done something very unique in the past few days. In our hyper-viral attention […]

¶ Posted 03 May 2016 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music

Friday Fun Link – Hack The Menu

Some interesting ideas on how to “hack” the menus of various chain restaurants.

¶ Posted 08 April 2016 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food

Yay For Meaningless Internet Points! #feelthebern #whichhillary

I occasionally post on Reddit but most of my comments get a handful of upvotes (maybe) then disappear into obscurity. Lately, as I’ve been following the Bernie Sanders campaign from afar and knowing how much the campaign is being driven by Reddit users, I’ve been a bit more active than usual adding my theories, observations and/or snark on […]

¶ Posted 06 April 2016 § Humour § Internet § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: reddit, twitter, unitedstates