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YouTube Music Awards

Another big step in the convergence of traditional and new media broadcasting as the YouTube Music Awards – their version of the Grammys/American Music Awards/etc. – happened tonight  with a focus on songs that have been heavily viewed and/or gone viral on YouTube.

Posted 03 November 2013 § Censorship § Meme § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

I Know We Get To See Hedley At The Grey Cup in Regina…

…but I’d much prefer a half-time show like this one: Here’s a Today show report on how they do it (hint: there’s (even) an app for that!) (Oh, and full credit to my lovely and way-more-witty-than-I-am wife for that Hedley joke in the title of this post!)

Posted 29 October 2013 § Canada § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “The memories we are amassing/Will stand as testament that somehow/We bent minds around the concept/That we see others within ourselves/That self-knowledge can be found on bookshelves”

This is really good… “Remember How We Forgot” – Shane Koyczan and Hannah Epperson

Posted 28 October 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP Lou Reed (And A List of My Top Five Concerts – Which Doesn’t Include The Lou Reed Show I Saw in Toronto Unfortunately)

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band. – Brian Eno Growing up and living most of my life on the bald Saskatchewan prairie, my opportunities to see certified rock legends have been extremely limited. Luckily, in June 2000, I was in Toronto for a publishing […]

Posted 27 October 2013 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Wearable Gesture Control

Recently read an article about up & coming Canadian start-ups which mentioned Pebble and these guys whose product looks amazing!

Posted 18 October 2013 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Two Reasons I’m Thankful Today (And Every Day)

I get to regularly witness scenes like this (I especially love how he leans in to hug her after making her giggle!)

Posted 13 October 2013 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Henry Cragg’s Wonder People: “Starsky & Hutch Syndrome”

I digitized this from a VHS tape awhile back but don’t think I ever posted it (and when you watch it, you’ll see why!) One of the many highlights of my 1995 semester exchange to York England while in undergrad was taking a Film Production class (which happened to be taught by a guy who […]

Posted 09 October 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Joan went east/Then she went west/I stayed right here in the middle/That’s where I liked it the best”

This song will always remind me of high school but even after listening to this song hundreds of times in my life, it took this slowed down acoustic version to make me realise I’ve misheard the lyric I quoted in the title of this post as “Joe went east/she went west” as if the narrator […]

Posted 07 October 2013 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Story Behind the Development of the First iPhone

This in-depth look at the behind-the-scenes developments that led to the creation of the first iPhone is filled with all kinds of stories of innovation on a tightrope. It’s positively shocking how close the first iPhone launch (with a demo product that was apparently held together by duct tape and wishes!) came to being a […]

Posted 06 October 2013 § MemoryLane § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – A Great Convocation Speech by Tim Minchin

God, I love Tim Minchin!  (Er, never mind that I said that given the topic of this post!) 😉 This convocation speech is especially great…        

Posted 04 October 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,