SaskTel was out to Regent Place a couple weeks ago to shoot a storytime for their video magazine. This edition’s topic was “Snow” and they used footage of their host at one of our storytimes to introduce a few other segments shot in different locations such as the Saskatoon Zoo. The clips aren’t online yet […]
Watched the Netflix exclusive documentary “Mitt” tonight. It promises to be a behind-the-scenes look at Mitt Romney’s rise to Presidential nominee beginning with his losing effort to secure the Republican nomination in 2008, his successful effort to gain that nomination in 2012, only to ultimately lose to Barack Obama. You can find reviews saying this […]
In our digital age, where we are (or should be) trained to be skeptical about everything we read and see – was that model photoshopped? Was that anti-vaccine information published in a scientific journal or by a non-PhD holding, former Playmate? Was that B-level celebrity’s meltdown just an attempt to gain publicity and attention? – […]
The Nite Hawk Theatre that I grew up with in my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan was recently facing the threat of being closed and sold to developers after the long-time owners decided to retire rather than pay for the necessary upgrades to digital equipment. This would be a terrible loss as the theatre is […]
I must’ve posted this as a Music Monday link (or just as a blog post generally) at some point in the past since I consider it the single greatest song ever written. But for that reason, you can never hear it enough and so here it is again… “Find The River” – R.E.M.
On top of the recent news that by being excellent stewards of their country’s oil wealth, each Norway citizen was now a “millionaire”* (as opposed to some oil-rich jurisdictions that weren’t quite so successful in this regard), comes this story about the National Library of Norway finding a way to make copyrighted works available to […]
I probably should’ve saved this for a Music Monday post but anyhow, I think I’ve admitted to watching TV singing contests (mostly “American Idol” and “X Factor”, not “The Voice” or the various other ones that are out there) and as an admitted huge fan of The Submarines, I like that the winners of X […]
Man, we live in amazing times… 50 Things We Know Now That We Didn’t Know This Time Last Year 10 Best Gadgets at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show The Future of Technology (Infographic) A Day with Google Glass… …and for a reminder of how far we’ve come… 10 Most Influential Software Packages of All-Time
I got Chris Hadfield’s “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” as a Christmas gift and just finished it. That inspired me to revisit some of the videos he made on the International Space Station. How cool is this one? (And am I the only one who wonders how they ensure the little bubbles of […]
I know this song isn’t really about the weather. But if nothing else, the title of this song by a popular Saskatchewan band from back in the day seemed appropriate for the winter in this province so far and especially for the last few days in particular… “Colder Than You” – The Waltons
