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), […]
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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.
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!)
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
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 […]
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!) 😉
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!
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 […]
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…