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Friday Fun Link – The Nostalgia Machine

The Nostalgia Machine will generate a playlist for the year you were born (or any other year – want to re-live your high school prom? The year you got married?)

¶ Posted 23 October 2015 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music

Awesome Parkour

Pace thought I should take a break from my election posts to share this awesome parkour video…

¶ Posted 09 October 2015 § Pace § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, health, youtube

I haven’t done a navel-gazing post for awhile so I thought it’d be interesting to list which of my blog posts have had the most views during this year along with the date that they were originally published… How To Make A Rye & Coke Press (Dec 2006) Myers-Briggs Results as Cultural Touchstones (Oct 2013) Ranking […]

¶ Posted 20 September 2015 § Blog § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § SaturdaySnap § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Extreme Close Ups of Things

This week has had slow motion. Now let’s see extreme close-ups!

¶ Posted 14 August 2015 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, science

Music Monday (on a Wednesday) – “Older” – They Might Be Giants

We got home Monday which would’ve made it perfect to post this as my weekly Music Monday video. But instead, I somehow thought it was Tuesday so I didn’t bother even bother. I’m posting it now with belated thanks to the person who posted it on my Facebook wall…

¶ Posted 22 July 2015 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, holiday, music

National Geographic MegaFactories: Coca-Cola

It always boggles my mind that human beings are able to design something so intricate and precise yet massive and overwhelming at the same time…

¶ Posted 15 July 2015 § Jobs § Technology § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, food, health, science, television

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.

¶ Posted 23 June 2015 § Humour § Infographic § Internet § List § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, wikipedia

100 Places of Dance

Humans and technology and creativity = awesome.

¶ Posted 09 June 2015 § Meme § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, travel

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 […]