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Music Monday – “Spring is almost over/And the summer’s come/The day’s are getting long”

I had such an amazing time camping this long weekend at Nickle Lake with Shea’s folks at their seasonal site, I thought I’d do a bulleted list of some of the highlights. (To set the scene, Shea’s parents have possibly the the nicest site in the entire campground. They’ve had it for nearly a decade […]

¶ Posted 01 August 2011 § Family § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Friday Fun Link – MTV News Explains The Internet (in 1995)

An old clip from 1995 of Kurt Loder explaining “the Internet” to the MTV generation has gone viral over the last day or so. This hits home for me because 1995 was when I discovered the Internet as well. I was nearing the end of my undergrad degree when I ended up applying for (and […]

¶ Posted 29 July 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, music

Friday Fun Link – All Space Shuttle Missions In Eight Minutes

¶ Posted 22 July 2011 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, science, unitedstates, weather

The Art of Effortless Decision-Making

This article speaks to me. I think we probably all have that experience where decisions don’t get made because we’re paralyzed by trying to make the “perfect” choice or not trusting our intuition? The article reminds me of one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. I was trying to make one of […]

¶ Posted 21 July 2011 § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: language, philosophy

But How Will People on G+ Know It’s My Birthday???

Tomorrow’s my birthday and since I’ve been spending so much time with G+ lately (I just added ~200 MetaFilter members to a designated circle tonight) and not so much with Facebook, I’ve been thinking about the biggest differences between the two services. One obvious one is that Facebook is a “social” network which regards individuals […]

¶ Posted 17 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, google, holiday

Friday Fun Link – MetaFilter 12th Anniversary Memories

In addition to the traditional anniversary post which echoes the very first MetaFilter post twelve years ago, this year MetaFilter’s owner decided to solicit user comments on their fondest memories about the site on a very special domain– some of which are funny, some are romantic and some of which are poignant. (And some of which […]

¶ Posted 15 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, metafilter

Our Newfoundland Itinerary

I thought it might be nice to post our Newfoundland itinerary with some of the details about what we did, stuff we ate (& drank!), where we ate, and other tips/suggestions for a trip to The Rock – both for our family and friends and for anyone who stumbles across this post looking for some […]