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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 15 – Christopher Hitchens RIP

Amazing man. Watch this…

Posted 15 December 2013 § Politics § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Life Hacks: What’s Something I Can Learn Right Now in Ten Minutes That Will Be Useful for the Rest of My Life?

Various cool life hacks from Quora, Reddit, Buzzfeed, a whole Life Hacks web site  – plus a list of unethical life hacks, also from Reddit.                                                               (I’ll have […]

Posted 28 November 2013 § List § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Your love is like an ocean/That always takes me home/Whispering wind is blowing/Telling me I’m not alone” #gc101 #greycup #yqr #riders

Well, in the end, the Riders held on to win the Grey Cup yesterday in a game (and really an entire season) that felt pre-destined.  The Grey Cup losses in 2009 & 2010, the Grey Cup being held in Regina for only the third time in its history (and last time at historic Taylor Field), […]

Posted 25 November 2013 § Canada § MusicMonday § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Wikipedia’s List of Emerging Technologies

Covering all kinds of sectors from energy to manufacturing to health and more.  Fascinating glimpse at the near future.

Posted 08 November 2013 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Creative Mom Stages Her Toddler’s Dreams While The Child Sleeps

Amazing.  Inventive.  Magical. (On the other hand, if I tried something like this with Sasha, it would turn out like a collapsed swan-towel at a two star Mexican resort!) 😉

Posted 25 October 2013 § Baby § FridayFunLink § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9TFJjHaM

Posted 18 October 2013 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,