I’ve mentioned Quora a couple times before. It’s a community-based Q&A site built by two ex-Facebook employees that some project will be bigger than Twitter and Wikipedia. The site lets you follow different topics as well as individual questions. This approach gives you a pretty high degree of personalization and the weekly e-mail digest of […]
Noted library leader, Ken Haycock, has a regular e-newsletter which contains columns on a wide variety of library and related topics. I don’t always agree with these columns (I’m still percolating a response to one he sent out in recently about why public libraries should be open on Christmas Day) but do find them thought-provoking […]
Had our farewell dinner at very expensive but very delicious Sarento’s on the Beach…
Discovered an ice cream shop near our condo that has 104 flavors! So hard to choose so I didn’t – opting for shave ice once again! 😉
Just realised that most of the photos I’ve been uploading have been regular size (eg. 2-3 MB) instead of being properly re-sized for the web. Apologies to anyone who’s still on dial-up (uhm, is there anyone still on dial-up?) Not sure if it’s been mentioned on my blog yet (if you’re following Shea’s Facebook photo […]
We’re a couple days into our trip and finally over our jet lag and the time change (four hours earlier than home) though Shea and I still find ourselves going to bed around 8pm (midnight at home) and getting up at 4am (8am at home) so far. We’re on Kauai’s east side so that’s okay […]
Here’s a list, roughly from most to least useful, of the sites, apps and other online resources I used in researching our trip to Hawaii. The links I’ve included are mostly to info about Kauai since that’s our first stop but most of these searches were repeated for Maui info. YouTube – I always think […]
Canada comes in at #14 which means I’m moving to somewhere in Scandinavia. 😉 Just kidding but seriously, this isn’t that hard. Having daycare spaces for everyone makes for a better work-life balance? No shit. People not working a lot of extra hours makes a better work-life balance? No shit. Low child poverty makes for […]
Feeling like I’ve exhausted every web site, guidebook and YouTube clip in existence, I find myself paging through the online weekly flyer for a Kauai-based supermarket, wondering if the prices are really as bad as they say (not really) and thinking about some of the different meals we’ll be able to make in our condo […]
In addition to web-based options, there are numerous businesses in communities just across the US-Canada border which have found a sideline in accepting parcels on behalf of Canadian clients who want items that can’t be shipped outside of the United States. Today, we visited the local bar in Fortuna, North Dakota (pop: 22) to retrieve […]
