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Botox Blog Update

I made a reference to my blog undergoing botox treatments yesterday which was more than a bit intentional as I have indeed restored some youthful vigour to this blog. After starting my first blog on the Blogware platform at blog.jason.hammond.net back in 2006 when I was in library school, I ended up with two blogs after […]

Posted 29 July 2012 § Blog § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Lego Show

Haven’t posted for a few days as the blog was undergoing Botox treatments to regain its youthful vigour this week (more in that tomorrow). In the meantime, here’s some shots from our day trip to Moose Jaw for Sask Lego Users Group show.

Posted 28 July 2012 § Family § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “Where do babies come from?” A magic potion.

Reddit has a couple cool sub-Reddits – one called AMA (Ask Me Anything) and another larger one called IAMA (I Am A) where users can take questions from other Redditors related to their jobs or their celebrity or other experiences they’ve had – from the amazing to the horrifying – to pretty much every other angle you can […]

Posted 20 July 2012 § Humour § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Shining up above me the jet fuel/Down the road/Lots above with the money/And the silence sing.”

One of my all-time favourite Britpop bands, Blur, has a new single out:

Posted 16 July 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Good News Round-Up!

It’s been a pretty good news week for me. Week started with news that some long-awaited Assistive Technology I’d ordered at work had finally arrived. At the risk of being a “vague-booker” (er, “vague-blogger”) by hinting at things I can’t actually openly discuss right now, later in the week, I got a couple awesome pieces of […]

Posted 13 July 2012 § FridayFunLink § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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

iDevices and the Visually Impaired

I think I may have posted at least one of these links before but here’s a collection of a few cool stories about how iDevices (iPhones & iPads) have out-of-the-box accessibility features and add-on apps that are changing the lives of visually impaired people in majorly significant ways (that second story about how a new […]

Posted 27 June 2012 § Library § Sad § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – A Nice Father’s Day Surprise

Won a pretty cool raffle prize at the Father’s Day Prostate Walk last weekend…a commemorative jersey and special edition Riders loonie!

Posted 23 June 2012 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – World Map of the Most Popular Web Sites In Every Country

Interesting to see which sites are most popular in non-North American/Western European countries.

Posted 22 June 2012 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,