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Category Archives: Technology

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 […]

Posted 10 September 2014 § Internet § List ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

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 […]

Posted 29 August 2014 § FridayFunLink § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

22 Pictures That Prove We’re Living In The Future

Pretty amazing stuff!

Posted 10 August 2014 § Internet ‡ Comments (0) °

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: ,