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Rookie Calgary MLA Is Early Victim of the “Human Search Engine”

An engaging article about the ability of humans, rather than machines (eg. regular Google searches), to track down and then amplify interesting or especially incriminating finds. I have been trying to help introduce the concept of “human search engine” (actually “human flesh search engine” in the original Chinese) to the English-language discourse: it arose a few […]

Posted 27 May 2015 § Censorship § Internet § News § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File Sharing

Libraries and file-sharing do not differ in principle. The purpose of libraries was – is – to make culture and knowledge available to as many as possible, as efficiently as possible, for free – simply because of the greater socioeconomic benefit of an educated and cultural populace. How is this not file-sharing? Great article that […]

Posted 21 May 2015 § Library § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The NDP Surprised People By Taking Quebec, Alberta and…

…soon! (Photo from June 2006 when Shea and I took a caravan of library school students to Ottawa for the CLA conference!)  

Posted 07 May 2015 § MemoryLane § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Hitler Reacts To Alberta NDP Victory

More thoughts later but for now, a laugh or two…      

Posted 06 May 2015 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

First Ever Major League Ball Game Played With No Fans Present Due to Baltimore Riots

I considered doing a post with some random thoughts about the Baltimore riots but then I realised there’s nothing I can say that others haven’t said better already – about the riots and about the first ever Major League Baseball “empty game”.

Posted 29 April 2015 § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “They call me a troublemaker ’cause I’m finally saying “no”/I’ve been working hard and yet my pay is still so low

A highlight of my time at the Writers Guild of Alberta was getting to book Maria Dunn to speak and perform at our annual conference at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. “Troublemaker” – Maria Dunn

Posted 13 April 2015 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Equality vs. Equity

An important thing to keep in mind as you move through this world…

Posted 07 April 2015 § Infographic § Library § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Monica Lewinsky: The Price of Shame

This TED talk has been making the rounds since being posted a week ago and is approaching one million views on YouTube. It’s very interesting for Lewinsky’s observations on being at the epi-centre of our now common social media world where everyone can voice opinions on the news of the day, often reaching huge audiences, […]

Posted 26 March 2015 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr

When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing an ad for a “Cross-Canada Adventure”.  After landing in the maritimes, you would take a coach through Quebec and […]

Posted 27 January 2015 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Story of a Bedtime

So tonight was fairly routine at the start… Pace has his snack while watching videos on the iPad. Shea reads Sasha a story and then nurses her before putting her to bed. Sasha immediately starts crying in her crib as she’s been doing lately. I go check on Sasha and she’s got a wet diaper […]

Posted 20 January 2015 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,