Category Archives: Randomness

13 Best Entries from the TL;DR Tumblr Version of Wikipedia

TL;DR means “too long; didn’t read” and is used when you provide a summary of a longer comment or article. A hilarious Tumblr  (now private?) creates TL;DR versions of Wikipedia articles.  Even though the original Tumblr doesn’t appear to be available, Google Images is your friend.  

100 Places of Dance

Humans and technology and creativity = awesome.

25 Genius Camping Hacks

Have You Pressed “The Button”?

What started as an unusual April Fool’s joke – a single button appeared a special sub-Reddit – has turned into a genuine social media phenomenon which may have implications for online collaboration in the development of public policy, software and numerous other areas. The button had a 60-second countdown counter which users could only push once and […]

What Two Famous People Were Alive At The Same Time That Would Surprise People

Charlie Chaplin and 50 Cent. Neil Armstrong was 17 when Orville Wright died. Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were the same age. More…

Friday Fun Link – iPhone 4 Inside Guitar Oscillating

Pretty cool video…

101 Things That Make Me Happy

In completely random order… Sasha Pace Shea The Flames Kicking Ass This Year Tropical Holidays Helping People With Technology Problems at the Library Our Dozen or So Young Regulars Who Hang At the Library Craft Beer iPhones and Knowing That I Have A Device in My Pocket More Powerful Than The Computers That Sent A […]

Some Days You Have Nothing To Blog About…

…and that’s okay! 😉

Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year

At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents.  This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the same wrapping paper as mommy and daddy?” questions, and allows the kids to get an immediate jolt when they first glimpse […]

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

A few years back, I did a post about Reddit’s /r/mapporn sub-Reddit. Now someone has compiled some of the best maps from that sub-Reddit that will blow your mind in one way or another.