Category Archives: PopCulture

Saturday Snap – I Hope Overdrive Isn’t Recommending E-books Based on My Personal Reading History…

…otherwise the following could be quite embarrASSing! 😉

The Day Obama Won The Internet: The Inside Story of His Reddit AMA

Very interesting behind-the-scenes look at how Obama’s Reddit AMA was proposed, how it happened and how it impacted his campaign. This was a day of political-campaign and Internet firsts, the sitting president subjecting himself to a free- for-all question-and-answer session with a hardcore community of pot-smoking freedom junkies who hated drones and loved porn and […]

Friday Fun Link – 2012 in Four Minutes

I’m not sure whether to be proud or sad that I caught the vast majority of the references in this video…  (If you prefer text links, this one has many of the same memes in the video.  And here’s a summary of the year from a Canadian perspective.)

Friday Fun Link – 40 Song Xmas Song Medley

If, like me, you’re not quite ready to let Christmas go for another year, here’s a video medley of a bunch of different Christmas songs (bonus for the number of UK-centric Christmas songs that are a bit less well known on this side of the pond): (via /r/christmasmusic.  You may also want to check out […]

Which Book Made The Most “Best of” Lists in 2012?

This is an interesting way to determine the best book of the year – see which book(s) made the most “Best of” lists?  (Kind of like using Google PageRank algorithm but for book lists!)  Of course the book on the most lists is one I hadn’t heard of – bad librarian, bad! In my own […]

Saturday Snap – I’m Batman!

Pace got a hold of the iPad again…

Friday Fun Link – The Outdoor Coed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society

You know you’re old and married when you’re more interested in what books they’re reading than the other “boo” word that’s being featured in these photos!  😉

Sometimes I Really Miss Calgary

Like when I read articles like this one where I know the business and most people in the article including Greg and Simone. Side note – I’ve long advocated that libraries should integrate the same type of question that Pages bookstore asks all their new applicants.

Sappy Sunday – The Saddest Christmas Song Ever?

A lot of comments about his one in a recent MetaFilter thread about sad Christmas movies, TV & music.

Star Wars Uncut

The entire Star Wars movie recreated in mash-up form from 15-second, fan-submitted clips makes for a very surreal viewing experience… (via MetaFilter which mentions that the sequel is now underway)