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Bankrupt Rdio Is Being Bought Out and Discontinued. (Fuck)

After a few days of focus on Paris and the serious issues of the world, time to get back to my First World Problems (which are defined by Google as: “a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration, implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world.”) That’s true […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2015 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – How Secure Is My Password?

This site lets you know if your passwords are very secure.

¶ Posted 13 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: apple, facebook, google, language, reddit, wikipedia, youtube

Apple 2015 WWDC

Lots of big announcements from Apple today… Highlights:

¶ Posted 09 September 2015 § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: apple, cool, economics

Music Monday – New #NDP Ad: “Would you stand up and walk out on me?” #cndpoli #canpoli #skpoli

The NDP has released an effective new ad that highlights some of Stephen Harper’s “friends” – various criminals, fraudsters and cheaters… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tHdy-d13w That’s pretty bad but this ad only highlights the senators (Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin) and other insiders (Nigel Wright) at the top of the Conservative party. There have also been some recent revelations that […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2015 § Canada § Censorship § Humour § Infographic § Internet § Meme § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, television

How Google Could Rig the Election

This is about next year’s American election but could apply equally to the upcoming Canadian election. Our new research leaves little doubt about whether Google has the ability to control voters. In laboratory and online experiments conducted in the United States, we were able to boost the proportion of people who favored any candidate by […]

¶ Posted 23 August 2015 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

Best iPhone Slow Motion Clips

¶ Posted 11 August 2015 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Google Maps Street View Player – Pike Lake to Outlook

Inspired by the first portion of our route home today – from Pike Lake Provincial Park half an hour south of Saskatoon where we spent the weekend camping on to the Outlook Regional Park where we stopped for lunch – I found a web site that allows you to “drive” between two locations using Google Street View images. […]

¶ Posted 20 July 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, google, saskatchewan, travel

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… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiBU_V5M2W4

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

Music Monday – “Unlock my body and move myself to dance/Moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass”

Went on our inaugural camping trip of the summer this past weekend at the beautiful Echo Lake Provincial Park. Due to a mispronunciation when Pace was little, these fine treats will forever be known as “smorts” in our family! 😉 Until I looked at this photo when we got home, I never noticed that […]