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Random Thoughts on the @PaulMcCartney #outthere Concert in #yqr

It’s weird being a blogger sometimes because it affects how you think about things (there are theories that social media sites like Facebook have the same effect where you can’t just enjoy experiences because you’re always thinking how to spin them/frame them/present them to your online audience.) With that in mind, I’ll admit that I […]

Posted 15 August 2013 § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § UK § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It was twenty years ago today” (and it will be again in a week from now!)

A week and a bit from now I will be seeing Paul McCartney in concert. This is a great warm-up for the man’s musical genius… Let’s hope there’s not a repeat of his experience in Brazil during this tour (although a plaque of grasshoppers definitely *isn’t* out of the question in Saskatchewan! It’s amazing (er, […]

Posted 05 August 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How Much Happens Every 60 Seconds On The Internet?

A lot!

Posted 30 July 2013 § Infographic § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Because Imagination Has An Unlimited Budget For Special Effects

GRRM, a producer on the “Game of Thrones” TV show provides a great visual example of why books are almost always so much better than TV/movies. This is a comparison of the artist’s rendering of his vision of The Iron Throne and what they eventually got… [Edit: I’m an idiot – GRRM is an acronym […]

Posted 10 July 2013 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Poetic Variations

Google Poetics Book spine poetry  (Google Images) Invented Poetry Forms

Posted 20 June 2013 § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. Perhaps because I usually cherry-pick the best TEDTalks when watching online, both years I’ve gone in expecting all TEDx talks will be stellar too.  But honestly, […]

Posted 05 June 2013 § Humour § Internet § Library § List § Meme § Saskatchewan § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Getting Excited for @TEDxRegina #yqr

Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year.  Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my employer is funding me plus a few other colleagues to attend.  Yay! That is *exactly* what I was saying last year about how libraries need to ensure […]

Posted 29 May 2013 § Library § Meme § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “How I wonder what you are/Up above the world so high/Like a diamond in the sky”

A pianist uses a popular children’s song to do a very cool demonstration the past century of recorded music…

Posted 27 May 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Flickr Redesign Now Gives You ONE TERABYTE of Space (and Some Other Thoughts on Cloud-Computing)

Flickr, a photography storage & sharing site which was one of the original Web 2.0 services (the missing vowel gives it away!), has lived in a state of benign neglect for the past few years after being acquired by Yahoo!  in 2005. Under the leadership of new CEO (and former Google #3) Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! […]

Posted 21 May 2013 § Blog § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone viral like so much of the other content he’s provided.  One great example – a geography teacher at a Nova Scotia Community College created a cool Google Maps mash-up which […]

Posted 13 May 2013 § Canada § Internet § Meme § MusicMonday § Photo § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,