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Omni.com (and Some Thoughts on My Current Digital Life)

Information overload is a well-known condition these days and the situation is only getting worse as more useful web sites, more  granulated social networks and more cool media outlets gain popularity and battle for your attention. I’ve been thinking a lot about that and increasingly, I find myself wishing there was a single web site […]

Posted 20 May 2012 § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

Posted 17 May 2012 § Humour § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“Wake Up Moms, You’re Fighting the Wrong Fight” – points out that it’s ridiculous to argue about the recent Time breastfeeding cover and instead, all US moms should be pushing for a benefit that new moms in the vast majority of the world get – paid maternity leave.  Why Nicolas Tesla was the Greatest Geek […]

Posted 15 May 2012 § Library § Sad § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Real World Fairytale Spots

Quora asks which real world places look like they could’ve come out of a fairy tale?

Posted 11 May 2012 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them…

Posted 10 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets used so often in the US to denote “different but equal“) The timing is good coming in the wake of a North Carolina vote that saw the state’s […]

Posted 09 May 2012 § Family § Politics § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Your mom busted in and said, “What’s that noise?”/Aw, mom you’re just jealous it’s the Beastie Boys!”

It’s a pretty well-known trick for making a successful cover version – take an up-tempo song and slow it down. Still, Coldplay makes the old trick work by taking the Beastie Boys’ first and arguably best-known hit, the party anthem “Fight For Your Right (To Party)” and slowing it down to a near funeral dirge […]

Posted 07 May 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Forgot a Song? Just Hum It!

Midomi is a really cool site that lets you hum or whistle the melodies of songs you’ve forgotten and it will try to provide a match. I was able to get it to recognize a Beatles song and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” but had less success with a couple other (slightly) lesser-known songs.  But […]

Posted 04 May 2012 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“There’s a bear…strung up. I assume murdered. Maybe a suicide. I dunno.”

Christopher Walken read’s “Where The Wild Things Are“. Probably a fake but either way, wow, just wow.

Posted 02 May 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “When all is said and done/We’re not the first to be here/There’s nothing new underneath the sun.”

A co-worker told me about this really cool Nashville-based, jazz-funk band called “Here Come The Mummies” who apparently play in costume to hide the fact that they’re all under contract to different labels as session musicians…

Posted 30 April 2012 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,