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Media Habits of The Class of 2014

Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Posted 22 June 2014 § Infographic § Internet § List § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]

Posted 14 June 2014 § Humour § Politics § Sports § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

21 Songs To Help You Wake Up From Those Morning Snooze Marathons

Songs to kick-start your day.

Posted 11 June 2014 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Censorship § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Won’t you tell me what you’re thinking of?/Would you be an outlaw for my love?”

“Thirteen” – Big Star  

Posted 09 June 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

11 Arresting Facts About “Orange Is The New Black”

Shea’s and my current favourite show, “Orange Is The New Black” just had its second season released on Netflix this weekend. Unlike traditional broadcast TV shows, viewers the option to watch all new episodes on their own time including, if you choose, the day of their release in a single binge watch session. After a couple […]

Posted 08 June 2014 § Internet § List § Shea § Technology § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

Posted 02 June 2014 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Porktrack

A vital addition to the resources of the world wide web, Porktrack takes your birth date and tries to calculate back to make a best guess about which song was playing on the night you were conceived. For example…  

Posted 30 May 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts & Figures

Posted 28 May 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § Technology § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “You know when people change/They gain a piece but they lose one too.”

Jimmy Fallon is getting all the viral love for his Tonight Show clips while David Letterman (who would’ve likely been a viral star if YouTube had been around in his early days) is doing things in a more traditional way and not aiming for online buzz like his younger counterparts – Jimmys Fallon and Kimmel. But […]

Posted 26 May 2014 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,