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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!

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: , ,

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 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Broken Bad

Posted 29 September 2013 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

EagleCam!

Someone mounted a POV camera on an eagle and the result is probably as close as I’ll ever get to what it actually feels like to fly (unless they hurry up and invent a workable, affordable jetpack!) (via Reddit)

Posted 17 September 2013 § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: