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Category Archives: Technology

The Story Behind the Development of the First iPhone

This in-depth look at the behind-the-scenes developments that led to the creation of the first iPhone is filled with all kinds of stories of innovation on a tightrope. It’s positively shocking how close the first iPhone launch (with a demo product that was apparently held together by duct tape and wishes!) came to being a […]

Posted 06 October 2013 § MemoryLane § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Some Random Thoughts on the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum

I decided not to use the #yqr and #wwtp hash tags in my post title as I’m mostly writing this one for my own reflection and as a place to collect my thoughts after a tough loss by the “Yes” side tonight (it ended up being 57% – 43%) rather than adding to what I […]

Posted 25 September 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – 21 Really Annoying Facebook Friends We All Have

I won’t even try to analyse which of these categories describe me.

Posted 20 September 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

EagleCam!

Someone mounted a POV camera on an eagle and the result is probably as close as I’ll ever get to what it actually feels like to fly (unless they hurry up and invent a workable, affordable jetpack!) (via Reddit)

Posted 17 September 2013 § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Fair Phone: The World’s First Fair Trade, Environmentally Audited Smart Phone

Feel guilty about how your smartphone was made and by whom?  Perhaps the Fair Phone is for you! (If Fair Phone sounds too good to be true, you have another good option – buy second-hand tech instead of running to buy the latest and greatest, most fashionable device.) (via MetaFilter)

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Too Many Tabs Tuesday – E-Books Edition

Bev Slopen is a Canadian Literary Agent who is experimenting with e-books to “learn what authors and publishers already know about the area”. Oyster, a “NetFlix for books” has launched.  The obvious rejoinder is “A Netflix for books?  We call that the library.”  But the reality is that libraries operate on a loaning model and […]

Posted 09 September 2013 § Canada § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – “Terms and Conditions May Apply” Documentary

Shea and I are watching a great documentary as I type this – you should too!  (Er, it’s on NetFlix and they’ll track that you watched it of course.)

Posted 06 September 2013 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Internet § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Couple Reasons I Really Like Doug Stanhope

Doug Stanhope is a fucking awesome comedian who is cool with people torrenting his stuff…   And “his stuff” includes brilliant material like this… And this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcO24WljvPM

Posted 05 September 2013 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“The Spot Where You’re Sitting Is Now Its Own Internet Kingdom”

Wired magazine tells the story of a British entrepreneur who has designed a system that can designate every three metre space on earth using a three word code. What3Words.com is a system that’s much more accurate and memorable than current GPS, postal codes, street addresses and other similar techniques to designate addresses.   For example, […]

Posted 04 September 2013 § Internet § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Reddit Launches Multi-Reddits

For the past few weeks, Reddit Gold members (those who pay an annual subscription fee) have been able to beta-test a new feature called Multi-Reddits. That feature has now gone live for all Reddit members. With thousands of sub-reddits, it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Multi-reddits allow you to combine similar reddits into […]

Posted 02 August 2013 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °