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Category Archives: Wisdom

Google Creates Artificial Intelligence Brain Using 16 000 Networked Computers

Librarians rejoice as the first thing this artificial brain recognizes when it is turned loose on the Internet?  Pictures of cats! (All kidding aside, this feels like another one of those amazing milestones for technology which keep coming at an ever-accelerating pace.)

Posted 28 June 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What’s The Most Valuable Lesson You’ve Learned In Your Professional Life?

I love Quora and could probably post a question a week from their awesome weekly e-digest where they summarize some of the most active posts from the Topics you subscribe to.  For example, this week, they had a question and answers on “What is the Most Valuable Lesson You’ve Learned In Your Professional Life?” Here’s […]

Posted 26 June 2012 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I don’t go in for ancient wisdom/I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious/It means that they’re worthy.”

Saw this meme on Facebook and thought I’d share since June 25 is halfway to Christmas and since it fits with Music Monday, why not post a Christmas song today? I’ve posted this one before but every time I listen to it, I just love it more and more. So sweet and funny and perfect. […]

Posted 25 June 2012 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The Best High School Graduation Gift Ever

Saw this idea on Reddit and thought – wow, that’s amazing. If only I knew of a kid that was starting kindergarten this fall that I could do this for! 😉

Posted 24 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Mick Burrs: Real Live Poet

Had a surprise visitor at work the other day – poet Steven Michael Berzensky (aka Mick Burrs). I first came across Mick’s books when, as a young English major, I would go to Yorkton as part of my job as a door-to-door salesman with Image Cable Systems.  I would spend the night at a co-worker’s […]

Posted 20 June 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Re-live TEDxRegina Through the Magic of Online Streaming Video!

Here’s my personal favourite presentation from TEDxRegina last month. (All the TEDxRegina videos are up but as of right now, and just for me (?), not all eight are showing up when you search for that tag.  But that’s okay because I can hold a few back for later posting!)  

Posted 19 June 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Happy Father’s Day!

What makes a father first realize that he is a dad? (Now, if you’ll excuse I think I have some dust in my eye…)

Posted 17 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Save a Library By Burning Books?

Brilliant! (via MetaFilter with a h/t to the colleague who sent it to me at the exact same moment!)

Posted 15 June 2012 § Humour § Library § Politics § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Ask Reddit: What’s a computer trick you think everyone should know?

What’s a computer trick you think everyone should know? Lots of practical tips as well as some slightly more devious ones.

Posted 13 June 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Questions With Dr. Ryan Meili

I recently had the chance to interview Dr. Ryan Meili, author of “A Healthy Society: How A Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy“. After some back and forth discussion, we decided that the best way to do this would be for me to prepare a few questions then send them by e-mail so he […]

Posted 10 June 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,