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"You can however, see a screening of 'I Am Legend'. Of course, somebody probably downloaded it from the Net." – Brad Fidler Searches For the Actual Physical Location Where the Internet Began

Quinn's friend, Brad Fidler, happens to be at the UCLA where, in 1969, the first message was transmitted across what we now know as the Internet.  He's made a video about his quest to find the actual site where the message was sent from and put it online:             I Found the First Internet Site from […]

Posted 27 April 2008 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Americans (and certain Canadian library bloggers) Love Lists

(via Cenobyte B.)

Posted 19 April 2008 § Humour § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Digital R/Evolution

If you're a nextgen librarian, this clip will likely make you feel all tingly!  (See also: Web 2.0 – The Machine Is Us/ing Us)

Posted 09 April 2008 § Internet § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Flickr Adds Video Clips

Flickr has added the option to upload short video clips.  They've got some major differences from other video sites and appear to be treating the videos mostly as a way to complement your photos for the time being.  The goal is not to have people upload long videos or clips of copyrighted material. To reinforce […]

Posted 09 April 2008 § Baby § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"Sliver" – Nirvana (and some thoughts on the downside of attachment parenting)

I heard “Sliver” by Nirvana on the Regina community radio station this morning and it made me think of Pace's current trick.  He now understands that Shea sometimes leaves the room or isn't in his line of sight.  He still doesn't understand that she always come back.  So as soon as it happens, he FREAKS […]

Posted 08 April 2008 § Baby § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Pace's First Phone Call

Pace was babbling up a storm the other day while grandma was watching him.  So she rather ingeniously decided to call our Regina number and leave a message of his babbling so we could hear it later.  (I've got a neat feature enabled on my message manager that forwards all messages to us by e-mail […]

Posted 29 March 2008 § Baby § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"Waffle House" – Bill Hicks

That MetaFilter (which I inevitably type as “MetaFitler” everytime I type it) thread on libraries led to this piece of Bill Hicks gold.  I also found a blog post about embarrassing/humiliating encounters while reading alone in a public (which I inevitably look over twice to make sure I don't type “pubic”) place.

Posted 25 March 2008 § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

"Shamrock" Barack O'Bama?

Posted 18 March 2008 § Humour § Main Page § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

sPace-man

Here's a recent clip of Pace…

Posted 07 March 2008 § Baby § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"What A Wonderful World" – Shadow Puppets

This song is one of my favourites and this version by an Australian shadow puppeteer guesting on the David Letterman show is unbelievable.  The baby's hand brought tears to my eyes.(via Reddit)

Posted 01 March 2008 § Baby § Main Page § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,