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Category Archives: Meme

“Liminal” by Rodney Mullen, Inventor of the “Ollie” Trick That Most Skateboarding Tricks Are Based On

Pace is getting into skateboarding which means that I’m getting into skateboarding. 😉 But I came across this article and video recently and did want to share because it’s *very* cool – the guy who invented “the ollie” (flat ground version) on which most modern skateboarding tricks are based who is now 49 years old […]

Posted 04 September 2016 § Family § Pace § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – I Replaced The Word ‘Millennials’ With ‘43-Year-Old White Men’ And Now These Headlines Are *Italian Chef Kissing Fingers Gesture*

As a 43-year old white male, I feel duty-bound to post this funny piece that came out last week and which shows how silly many web articles about an entire generation sound when applied to a very specific slice of demography… Some examples… How Tumblr Plans To Pay 43-Year-Old White Men To Blog ?—?Inc. Is The […]

Posted 12 August 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Pokemania!

So you have to be living under a rock to have not heard about the new augmented reality map-based game, Pokemon Go!.  I first heard about it when it was all over Reddit, soon after its release in early July. I have to be honest – my first reaction was to ignore it as I thought of […]

Posted 19 July 2016 § Family § Internet § Library § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Technology § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“When you’re born in this world, you’re given a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in the US, you get a front row seat.”

God, I love George Carlin…

Posted 13 July 2016 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Time to say goodbye to countries I never saw and shared with you, now, yes, I shall experience them.”

Happy Fourth of July! Fireworks filmed from a drone – very cool… “Con te partirò (Time To Say Goodbye)” – Andrea Bocelli

Posted 04 July 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay Full Match

This match from New Japan Pro Wrestling is getting a lot of attention, positive and negative. Some are saying the match’s focus on the gymnastics and “flippy shit” takes away from the suspension of disbelief at the heart of all pro wrestling matches. Others (including one of the match participants) are defending it as one […]

Posted 31 May 2016 § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

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:

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:

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:

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: ,