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Election Post-Mortem (Literally)

So I’ve had a couple days to let the election results sink in and I thought I’d do a few quick hits on various topics coming out of that history-making day. As I posted on Facebook immediately after, it was real mixed emotions after the results were confirmed. Elation. And puking. Elation in that the […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2011 § Technology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Follow me/Don’t follow me/I’ve got my spine/I’ve got my orange crush”

Today’s the day. Go Orange! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWf-lrnfs

¶ Posted 02 May 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, music

A Couple Final Election Thoughts

When I watch sports, I tend to be someone who, when my team is down, thinks “there’s no way we can win!” and when they’re up, thinks “there’s no way we can lose!” rather than being somebody who knows that the momentum will go back and forth and anything can happen right up until the […]

¶ Posted 01 May 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Yes We Cane!

¶ Posted 30 April 2011 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Angry Bairds

For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed like a lot to pay for something that looked like a silly kid’s game. 😉 But I finally broke down and bought it and though I don’t […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Gimme One Reason

I keep trying to find the perfect article, the perfect viral video, the perfect web site that might convince Conservatives that, if they don’t want to switch their vote, at the least, maybe there’s a reason to stay home on Monday rather than support Stephen Harper? The options always seem to have problems – too […]

¶ Posted 28 April 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health

Mouseland

So appropriate for this year’s election…

¶ Posted 27 April 2011 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way/There’s got to be another/Some other way”

The song, “Vote” by the Submarines, details a real-life break-up that happened between the duo who lead the band, just before Super Tuesday during the 2008 US Election. Except for the fact that the last line is “We all know, our system’s broken, And I, I’ll never vote again“, I thought it would be appropriate […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Five Questions I’m Wondering About During This Election

1. Will young people vote in greater numbers than in past elections due to social media influence (or just more attention being paid to them generally?) (Also, are polls under-representing young voters due to the prevalence of cell phones for this demographic and could that result in any election surprises? Or have pollsters learned to […]

¶ Posted 20 April 2011 § ‡ Comments (2) °

Too Many Tabs Tuesday: Special Viral Election Round-Up

There’s been lots of social media activity this election as expected. Two of my main aggregators of news & viral content are Twitter’s #exln41 hash tag and Reddit’s Canada sub-Reddit. Here are a few things that have caught my eye recently: ShitHarperDid.com (and related hilarious YouTube videos) (MetaFilter) VoteLab – interesting idea but I suspect […]