“Changes” – David Bowie Rdio, a streaming music service similar to Spotify and Pandora but which is available in Canada (at least without requiring you to use a VPN or other sorcery to appear to be an American), recently released a major upgrade to their user interface. This was the second major change since I’d […]
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Saturday Snap – Breastfeeding May Prevent Viruses (But Can Still Go Viral)
Shea recently entered a contest on Facebook run by a group who are trying to raise funds to create a breast milk depot in Regina (similar services exist in larger cities such as Calgary and Vancouver.) For the contest, a bunch of local breastfeeding advocates submitted photos of themselves and their babies into one of three […]
The Falling Man: The Most Famous Image Most People Haven’t Seen
Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed since 2001 and raises some questions on how it might have been different had a similar disaster occurred in 2014? Would the […]
Random Thoughts on #Apple’s Big Event Yesterday
Shea was home and planning to watch the livestream of the event but it was so crappy, we ended up having a nice family evening of watching the archive of the event after the kids went to bed. Here’s some random thoughts (or if you want a more humourous take)… The reason she’s so pumped […]
Friday Fun LInk – “The Coolest” Cooler Breaks Pebble’s Kickstarter Record
The Coolest – a modern cooler integrating all kinds of cool technology and gimzos has unseated Pebble’s over two year long record for highest earning Kickstarter offering, earning $10.7 million to Pebble’s $10.3 million. The Kickstarter has closed now so you can’t get in, even if you wanted to (I did for Pebble but not […]
22 Pictures That Prove We’re Living In The Future
Pretty amazing stuff!
Friday Fun Link – How A Password Changed My Life
Inspiring way to reinforce messages you want to communicate to yourself.
Sure, Let’s Just Close The Libraries and Get Everyone A “Kindle Unlimited” Subscription
I’m seeing lots of discussion (and some hand-wringing) about the threat to libraries after Amazon announces the “Kindle Unlimited” plan which gives you access to 600,000 e-books plus thousands of audiobooks for a Netflix-like $9.99/month subscription. Librarians and other defenders of open access and the public library were quick to respond: I mean, if this […]
Media Habits of The Class of 2014
Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day
Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward. Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying $40/month for calls to and from both sets of parents (which we can still do with our smartphones) and otherwise, 90% of our calls were spammers, surveys, […]