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Some Random Thoughts on the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum

I decided not to use the #yqr and #wwtp hash tags in my post title as I’m mostly writing this one for my own reflection and as a

Why I’m Voting “Yes” in the #yqr #wwtp Referendum (And No, It’s Not For The Reasons You Might Expect)

  Like the title says, I’m voting “Yes” in the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum. But it’s not for the reason you might expect… I think I’ve

Flames vs. Islanders Exhibition Game in #yqr – Why I Didn’t Go…

So my two favourite NHL teams are playing an exhibition game tonight in Regina and I made the tough decision not to go… There are a couple reasons…

The Fair Phone: The World’s First Fair Trade, Environmentally Audited Smart Phone

Feel guilty about how your smartphone was made and by whom? Perhaps the Fair Phone is for you! (If Fair Phone sounds too good to be true, you

September 11, 2001 as it happened on CNN – 8:40am to 10:11am

I’m pretty sure I have most of this on a VHS tape somewhere but nice to have it online for easy access and archival purposes…

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – E-Books Edition

Bev Slopen is a Canadian Literary Agent who is experimenting with e-books to “learn what authors and publishers already know about the area”. Oyster, a “NetFlix for books”

Friday Fun Link – “Terms and Conditions May Apply” Documentary

Shea and I are watching a great documentary as I type this – you should too! (Er, it’s on NetFlix and they’ll track that you watched it of

“The Spot Where You’re Sitting Is Now Its Own Internet Kingdom”

Wired magazine tells the story of a British entrepreneur who has designed a system that can designate every three metre space on earth using a three word code.

What Will Libraries Look Like in Twenty Years?

Ended up having a conversation with someone at the library today and the question of what the library is going to look like in twenty years came up.

Music Monday – “It’s our party we can do what we want/It’s our party we can say what we want.”

So everybody’s talking about the raunchy Miley Cyrus performance last night at the MTV Video Music Awards (including perhaps the weirdest MetaFilter thread ever where a discussion of

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