Category: United States

Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP Pick

Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his vice-president pick last Friday which led to a flurry of coverage (is it just me or did this announcement come out

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

Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by

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

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

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

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

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

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