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Posted 22 June 2011 § Library § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – A Bicycle Built For Three

Shea recently booked us in for family photos.  She had a choice of locales and ended up choosing “Urban” as our setting. Once I saw the address where the photographer wanted to meet us, I knew I’d be happy – she picked the corner of Smith St. and 12th Ave which is right behind Regina’s […]

Posted 11 June 2011 § Family § Library § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Barley Buddy

Now this is social media I can get behind – tell the site which beers you prefer and it will make recommendations for your next brew!

Posted 10 June 2011 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

In A Reverse of the Ongoing Move Towards Digitization of Books…

…the Internet Archive has announced a project to create an archive of one (physical) copy of every single book ever published.

Posted 07 June 2011 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Capoeira

Mosaic is a long-standing multicultural festival in Regina which is an highlight for many in the city. For $14 (the current price though I remember when it cost half that! </oldman>), you get a passport that allows you entry into numerous pavilions located in curling rinks and community halls around the city (plus free bus […]

Posted 04 June 2011 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Don’t Say Gay…

…say “Takei” according to Star Trek’s George Takei who is taking on a controversial Tennessee law by suggesting people could use his surname as a replacement for the word “gay”. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 20 May 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Follow me/Don’t follow me/I’ve got my spine/I’ve got my orange crush”

Today’s the day.  Go Orange! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWf-lrnfs

Posted 02 May 2011 § MusicMonday § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Tout

Tout is a new social media site that combines elements of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to allow you to do 15-second video status updates. “Some moments in life just can’t be reflected in text.  Tout delivers “life as it happens” in full-motion color and sound, as opposed to ‘life as it’s written in 140 characters […]

Posted 22 April 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday: Special Viral Election Round-Up

There’s been lots of social media activity this election as expected. Two of my main aggregators of news & viral content are Twitter’s #exln41 hash tag and Reddit’s Canada sub-Reddit. Here are a few things that have caught my eye recently: ShitHarperDid.com (and related hilarious YouTube videos)  (MetaFilter) VoteLab – interesting idea but I suspect […]

Posted 19 April 2011 § Politics § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – MIT Scientist Captures 90 000 Hours of His Son’s Life on Tape, Analyzes for Start of Language

This clip is pretty cool for all manner of reasons – amazing technology, cutting-edge video editing – combine when an MIT scientist captures the first 90 000 hours of his son’s life on tape to try to understand how language develops.

Posted 15 April 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,