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Friday Fun Link – Blue Man Group on NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Usually Tiny Desk gets Americana-style artists but this is a pretty fun…

Posted 11 October 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Ten Kids in a Tub

One of my favourite pictures at our family cottage is this Anne Geddes picture. My dad has nine siblings and since this photo showed ten babies, all ten of the kids in his family were able to sign their name, in birth order, from left to right. I’ve said it before but it always amazes […]

Posted 19 September 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Quick Draw With Google

This is a pretty fun game (especially if you don’t think about the implications of millions of humans training Google’s AI systems so tech companies can control us more!) 😉

Posted 13 September 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hummingbird (August 2013)

Posted 29 August 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

Posted 20 August 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

(Belated) Friday Fun Link – The Winning Trick at the 2018 World Magic Championships

  (via Gizmodo)

Posted 12 July 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Live Aid (1985) Scene Comparison

This is pretty cool!  

Posted 02 July 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Impression That I Get” (Except The Genre Changes Every 15 Seconds)

This is pretty cool, not least for how it features some pretty unique genres compared to most of the “same song in a range of genres” videos that usually do variations of fairly mainstream rock -> country -> jazz -> folk styles. (via MetaFilter) And here’s the original for the record…  

Posted 21 June 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A People Map of the Most Wikipedia Searched Person in Each Major City in the US

Who is the most searched resident of each city in the US on Wikipedia?

Posted 31 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § News § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – defaultfile.name YouTube Randomizer

This site, defaultfile.name, is fascinating – it looks through YouTube for random files that have been uploaded without the default filename given by the camera or smartphone (DNSC209, MVI753, IMG9903, etc.) being changed to something more descriptive and searchable. For that reason, most are fairly low view count videos, often quite short, and provide all […]

Posted 24 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § List § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: