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Louis CK, The Amazon App and the Changing Face of Popular Culture

Echoing the unique marketing methods of Radiohead and other musicians who’ve tried various ways to connect more directly with their fans, comedian Louis CK self-funded the production of a concert video last Saturday which he also streamed directly on his web site and where, for the low low price of $5, you could both stream […]

Posted 11 December 2011 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

We All Shine On…

I don’t know how long it’s been around but Bagism.com is one of the first sites I visited regularly on the Internet back in the mid to late 1990’s.  I haven’t thought of that site for years until thinking about a good way to capture today’s sad anniversary.  I’m sure it’s not what John meant […]

Posted 08 December 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Social Travel

I was going to do a “one month since the provincial election” post but couldn’t find a giant “What The Fuck Was That?” graphic (which is pretty much all I could think to say about that beatdown, even a month later anyhow!) So instead, here’s a recent post from TechCrunch about the growing importance of […]

Posted 07 December 2011 § Family § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – What It Looks Like Inside An Amazon Warehouse

Some pretty cool photos give you a glimpse inside an Amazon warehouse (while looking at these, it’s also worth keeping in mind that there have been complaints about the working conditions in these mega-warehouses – both in terms of temperature and productivity expectations.)

Posted 03 December 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Anything we have known/Anything we’ve forgotten/In the rain/In the dark/We’ll lay”

Pretty cool video made with tens of thousands of jelly beans and a lot of stop-motion photography…

Posted 28 November 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Sappy Sunday – It’s Time

A great commercial from Australia provides a touching perspective on an important social issue… (via MetaFilter)

Posted 27 November 2011 § Family § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A Month In Music

Maybe this should be a Music Monday post as it’d probably fit there too. There’s a new Tumblr blog written by a guy who realised his iTunes library had 10 000+ MP3’s almost perfectly equal to a month of music?  He decided to put all of his music on shuffle for a straight month with […]

Posted 25 November 2011 § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

How Did Your Parents Make Christmas More Real For You?

It’s exactly one month until Santa makes his rounds and, inspired by a conversation with a co-worker this week, I posted a question on AskMetafilter that got a lot of great replies as well as a lot of people marking it as a favourite question. (It’s a bit hard to read the post because I […]

Posted 24 November 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

This is just like when I proposed to Shea…

…well, except for the long-term planning, the co-conspirators, the perfectly placed video camera and the sneaky surprise at the end of it all!

Posted 23 November 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Jane says/Have you seen my wig around/I feel naked without it”

I had this song cranked on the way home from Weyburn yesterday when I suddenly heard a voice from the back seat singing along…”Jaaaa-soooon!  Jaaaa-sooonn!” Pace apparently things that Perry Farrell and I are really close friends and he even wrote one of his best known songs about me! 😉

Posted 21 November 2011 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,