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Category Archives: Technology

Friday Fun Link – How A Password Changed My Life

Inspiring way to reinforce messages you want to communicate to yourself.

Posted 25 July 2014 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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 […]

Posted 22 July 2014 § Humour § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Media Habits of The Class of 2014

Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Posted 22 June 2014 § Infographic § Internet § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

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, […]

Posted 17 June 2014 § Family § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

11 Arresting Facts About “Orange Is The New Black”

Shea’s and my current favourite show, “Orange Is The New Black” just had its second season released on Netflix this weekend. Unlike traditional broadcast TV shows, viewers the option to watch all new episodes on their own time including, if you choose, the day of their release in a single binge watch session. After a couple […]

Posted 08 June 2014 § Internet § List § PopCulture § Shea § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Solar Panels Could Replace Pavement on Highways and Roads

Yes, please!

Posted 29 May 2014 § Politics § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts & Figures

Posted 28 May 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Could Minecraft Help Make Kids Smarter?

Given how much Pace plays the game (and watches YouTube videos about it and reads books about it and has themed birthday parties about it), I hope so!

Posted 22 May 2014 § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Big Changes at MetaFilter

I don’t hang out there nearly as much as I used to (and worse, a lot of my “community web site” time has shifted to <gasp> Reddit!) so it was a bit of a shock to see a librarian colleague post on Facebook about the big changes happening at MetaFilter. Cash-strapped after a recent downturn […]

Posted 21 May 2014 § Family § Internet § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Few Reasons I Hate Computers Right Now

I consider myself pretty computer savvy but occasionally there are weird glitchy things that happen in the world of computers, technology and online services that I either can’t figure out (or if I can find a quick workaround, I realize it’s just as easy to use the workaround as spend a lot of time trying […]

Posted 18 May 2014 § List ‡ Comments (0) °