Category: Wisdom

RIP Shane-o (1973-2021)

Overall, death tends to be pretty linear. The oldest people you know usually die first – I suspect grandparents are often the first human deaths most people experience.

Who Should Be Vaccinated First? #skpoli

Today we announced the expansion of our #COVID19SK vaccine delivery plan to target remaining healthcare workers, first responders and staff working in pharmacies and grocery facilities. You can

Friday Fun Link – How Long Would It Take To Hack Your Password?

You don’t have to submit your password – just type it into the box on this site and it will tell you how long it would take a

RIP Mick Burrs (Steven Michael Berzensky) 1940-2021

PICTURES OF THE DEAD (from “Dark Halo”) The dead leave us only images of themselves: souvenirs in washed out colours, dried petals pressed in family albums, shadows that

Friday Fun Link – The Jeopardy Archive

A comprehensive archive of every question ever in the history of Jeopardy is nerd-paradise. (Librarians are 14th in lifetime winnings by career-type though I’d like to see this

Secular Sunday – The Cost of Religion in Canada

A nice confluence of events with it being Easter, me completing my taxes, and the Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) releasing a report on the status of churches

Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth

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