I know nobody will read this until my blog's bandwidth resets on August 1 but that's still enough warning if you're a Regina and area librarian about our next informal social gathering which will be held on Friday August 8 from 5-7pm at Beer Bros Bakery & Cuisine (1801 Scarth St). We'll be in the […]
From the “no duh!” files, the Library of Congress has come out officially as saying that Digital Rights Management is a serious obstacle to archiving materials.But copyright law also hampers important work being done at places like the Library of Congress, and a major new report on the issue from the Library points out the […]
I first became aware of the best-in-the-world ranking of Finnish schools in the excellent book, “Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper Parenting” by Carl Honore. (This is probably one of the best books I've read so far this year and would highly recommend it, whether you are a parent or not. A […]
Somewhere along the line, Shea and I began a tradition of me going to a movie on my birthday. With one notable exception on the following list, I've enjoyed having a birthday right in the heart of summer blockbuster season ever since!2001 – Cats & Dogs (I picked “Jurassic Park III” as my inaugural birthday […]
(Er, except this list is for the United States) Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)
Here's a list of the songs Pace is most likely to hear when fighting against going to sleep (which is pretty much every night these days). I know it's not a very diverse list but hey, why fight the classics?In order:1. “Beautiful Boy” – John Lennon2. “Golden Slumbers” – The Beatles3. “Tell Me Your Dream” […]
I'm not sure if I put Pace to sleep tonight or he put me to sleep but at 8pm, we were both in bed, crashed out. So that means I wake up now and am going to be completely messed up tomorrow. Oh well – the same thing we always say when he naps at […]
Entertainment Weekly magazine is one of my guilty pleasures. In fact, I had a subscription to it in the early 1990's right after it began publication. And I was surprised to see that last week's issue marked its 1000th issue! I still read EW on a fairly regular basis but now it's visits to the […]
“What is a cult book? We tried and failed to arrive at a definition: books often found in the pockets of murderers; books that you take very seriously when you are 17; books whose readers can be identified to all with the formula “<Author Name> whacko”; books our children just won’t get…”50 best cult books […]
No, not the catchy Feist song… Instead, “Saskaboom” was the name given to a feature that CBC's “The National” aired last night on Saskatchewan and our booming economy. The piece included a feature on Weyburn and the impact of the oil sector on the local economy. So if you want a taste of the city […]
