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DART Impact Video

Follow up to a post from last week… Same video as before of ATLAS observing the DART impact, but tracked sidereally (with the stars). Each frame is about 40 seconds, and the entire sequence is about two hours. pic.twitter.com/p7Sgvfu2CK — ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022  

Posted 27 September 2022 § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Maybe I Should’ve Bought A Carpenter’s Square Too?

Went to a few garage sales while camping in Weyburn and one person had set-up a Square account to accept credit card payments! (And what’s $8 get you at a garage sale these days?  A brand new tarp still in the plastic, a power bar, an extension cord, and a multi-head screwdriver!  I did okay […]

Posted 24 August 2022 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Was Noah’s Ark Made of Wood or Iron(y)?

Posted 31 July 2022 § Humour § Meme § News § Randomness § SecularSunday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

But Make Sure That Report Is Done and You Take Your Breaks As Assigned!

The Age of Extinction Is Here.  

Posted 25 May 2022 § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

My 2022 Stanley Cup Predictions (and hey, @NHL get your shit together!)

Haven’t done this for a couple years but here’s my picks for the Stanley Cup Playoffs… Well, sort of.  Unless I’m missing something, the geniuses at the NHL have apparently managed to create a highly touted interactive feature that has a pop-up “Tiebreaker” box that can’t be moved or cancelled (at least on a Macbook […]

Posted 03 May 2022 § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

I’ve Officially Become #OldPeopleFacebook

Got home and Shea said “Why did you post the word ‘Mark’ on your Facebook today?” Huh?   So I look: My boss’s name is Mark but I don’t even have him on Facebook. I have another work colleague I interact with fairly regularly named Mark but same thing – not on my Facebook. I […]

Posted 27 April 2022 § Humour § Meme § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Always Have One More Person Than You Think You Need and 98% of Your Staffing Issues Vanish”

As Elon Musk (tries to) buy Twitter for <checks notes> $44 billion dollars and Jeff Bezos shoots cock-shaped rockets into space, it’s important to remember that there are normal people running businesses and organizations who are doing very basic, humane things to treat their employees well, respect their humanity, and ensure that they are focused […]

Posted 26 April 2022 § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Filming the Speed of Light at 10 Trillion Frames Per Second

Wow.  

Posted 23 March 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “The Main Event” – 2009 Canadian Library Association Conference @adr @jessamyn

I have so many fond memories of different experiences during my fifteen (!) years as a public librarian. One of the most memorable was being invited to represent public libraries in a pre-conference session put on by the Emerging Technologies group of CLA. As if being the representative for basically all public libraries in the […]

Posted 10 March 2022 § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

8 Positive Impacts of the Covid Pandemic

I was thinking about making my own list but this YouTube video captures most of what I’d put on my list fairly well. I’m especially intrigued by the way Covid is going to change the workplace/increase acceptance of work-from-home for those who can do so…  

Posted 02 February 2022 § Internet § Jobs § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,