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Olympics Closing Ceremony

Well, here we are two short weeks later and the party’s over.  And everything that the opening ceremony was – a celebration of British history and culture, rebellion, anarchy, humour, literature, imperfection, solidarity – the closing ceremony wasn’t. As someone posted on Reddit’s /r/unitedkingdom thread about the closing ceremonies, “It’s like when you start playing crap […]

Posted 12 August 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

One Race, Every 100m Medalist Ever

The NYT with a very cool graphic demonstrating some of the changes that have happened in 100m sprinting over the past century as well as a few thoughts on what the future may bring to this sport.

Posted 08 August 2012 § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – What’s Your Olympic Body Match?

Although we probably tend to think of world class athletes as muscular models of perfection, there are a wide range of body shapes competing in the Olympics – from gigantic basketball players to teeny gymnasts – with different body shapes suited best to different sports. wThis cool app shows which athlete your height and weight […]

Posted 03 August 2012 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Commodore 64 at 30: What Do Today’s Kids Think of It?

The C-64 was the first computer I interacted with on a regular basis. My elementary school had one at the back of the Grade Six classroom (along with a homeroom teacher who was a pretty big nerd when that wasn’t as cool as it is today!) and we would spend hours (or at least it […]

Posted 01 August 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Social Media Olympics

The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school where I looked at the future of broadcasting in a Media Studies course on the History of Communication, I may have made one mistake. At the time, […]

Posted 31 July 2012 § Internet § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Here Comes The Sons?” A Missed Opportunity For The World’s Most Appropriate Beatles Tribute Band

Normally I post a song each week on Monday but this week I’m going to do something a bit different (mostly because every single video of Paul McCartney closing out the Olympics Opening ceremony that I might’ve posted is being taken down by YouTube as fast as it’s uploaded.) But watching that performance (and who […]

Posted 30 July 2012 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – "From the corner of my eye/A hint of blue in the black sky/A ray of hope, a beam of light/An end to thirty years of night"

[Oops, forgot I pre-loaded this Music Monday post after coming across the song in a MetaFilter thread last week.  So, combined with the post below, you get a 2-for-1 on the Music Monday posts this week!] Inspired by a wonderfully thorough MetaFilter post, I'll highlight a song some fans call the most beautiful song in […]

Posted 03 August 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Three Lions

 

Posted 12 June 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – You've got a new horizon/It's ephemeral style/A melancholy town/Where we never smile.

Posted 26 April 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Fireflies and the stars in the sky/And the gently glowing eye from your cigarette"

I could easily do 52 weeks of Music Monday posts featuring only catchy power-pop Britpop songs circa 1995.  (I do admit – this is one crappy video though – looks like a Red Hot Chili Peppers outtake.  You can check out the US video for the song to see which you prefer.) 

Posted 13 April 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °