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Category Archives: Technology

19 Crazy Facts About Bill Gates’ Mansion

He is the richest man in the world after all (and his library sounds amazing!)

¶ Posted 22 December 2015 § Internet § Library § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, science

SnapCircuits FM Transmitter vs. iPad

Pace got a pretty cool gift at the RPL Staff Kids’ Christmas Party today – the Snap Circuits FM Radio Receiver Kit which allows a kid to make a working FM receiver. He got it set up and even tuned into the local FM station that goes “All Christmas Music, All The Time” during December for […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2015 § List § Pace § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, music, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Listen to Wikipedia

HatNote is a unique site that interprets ongoing Wikipedia edits as musical notes – which creates a nice ambient soundscape if you leave it open in a tab.

¶ Posted 04 December 2015 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, wikipedia

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…

¶ Posted 27 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, holiday, xmas

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… 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 show […]

¶ 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 […]