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Category Archives: United States

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, […]

Hawaii Trip – Makena (Big) Beach

This beach had some of the biggest waves and shore break I’ve ever been brave foolish enough to go swimming in. I even tried boogie boarding and my ribs are still sore from how hard the water smashed me into the sand! 😉

¶ Posted 24 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Everything moves real slow when it's forty below"

Stolen from my Facebook status update last night: “Congrats on joining the rest of the developed world, USA! Now you just need to get rid of the death penalty and implement the metric system!”The American Dream is a big deal south of the 49th but I think they've got a good start on the Canadian […]

¶ Posted 22 March 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

States That Allow Same Sex Marriage vs. States That Allow First Cousins To Marry

Pretty much says it all about how messed up the US is on this issue.

¶ Posted 07 January 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached. Obviously being in Canada, this isn't as handy but you can still send it to someone you know in the US (or if you don't know anyone, why not drop […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2009 § Internet § Main Page § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: google

Happy Banned Book Week

Banned Book Week which is held during the last week of September is the US equivalent of Canada's Freedom to Read Week which is held during the last week of February.Here's a post on MetaFilter about Banned Book Week including a really cool Google maps mash-up of book challenges across the US since 2007.

¶ Posted 28 September 2009 § Censorship § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, freedomtoreadweek

All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009

Holy shit!

¶ Posted 16 September 2009 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Medicare in Canada: A Message for Americans

The power of social media is pretty amazing sometimes. I found the clip below via a Facebook post a couple days ago. I followed the Facebook link to YouTube when the clip was at less than 100 views. It's now pushing 10 000! This really speaks to the way that information can go viral and […]

¶ Posted 26 August 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Sarah Palin Resigns, Is Naughty Librarian?

Sarah Palin announced her resignation on July 3, the Friday before a long weekend which is the classic tactic of a politician trying to bury bad news. But this is Sarah Palin we're talking about here and some are even speculating that she actually timed this announcement to try and tie her news into […]

¶ Posted 06 July 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Late Link – Nerds vs. Jocks – The True Cultural Divide in America

John Hodgman roasts Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner while trying to decide if the new President is a nerd or a jock (and including a subtle message that perhaps the expectations for Obama were set too high?).