Skip to content

Tag Archives: economics

State of the Union

Watched the “State of the Union” address and thought it was pretty decent – not Obama’s best by far – but good. A few random thoughts… Boehner always looks like he’s about to cry Can’t remember what the point was about but I counted exactly once where Boehner clapped and Biden didn’t. Love the focus […]

Posted 25 January 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

On My Bookshelf

Reading: “Life” – Keith Richards On Deck: “Delivering Happiness” – Tony Hsieh In the Hole – “Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” – Richard Dawkins (All subject to change of course when the next shiny book catches my eye!)

Posted 23 January 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – World-o-Meters

A very cool statistical representation of various world statistics. (H/T to Kelly P. on Facebook)

Posted 21 January 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

How Much Does A Single Search Cost Google?

About a penny.

Posted 18 January 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

A Risky Way to Protest Library Closures – Check Out All The Books!

I understand the sentiment but with some major library closures now hitting the UK, citizens deciding to check out all 16 000 items in their local library’s collection might just make it easier for the powers-that-be to close the library’s doors permanently rather than have an impact as a protest gesture! (Putting a smiley face […]

Posted 16 January 2011 § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Best Free Web Stuff For Broke Libraries

A great summary of every single type of free online service you (or your library) might be interested in… (via LibrarianInBlack) Best Free Web Stuff for Broke Libraries View more presentations from Sarah Houghton-Jan.

Posted 14 January 2011 § FridayFunLink § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media | | AlterNet

(Trying the “Press This” WordPress bookmarklet…) 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media | | AlterNet. [Edit: Oh, and here’s a Reddit thread that summarizes, beyond the hype and lies, “what has WikiLeaks actually done?”]

Posted 06 January 2011 § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

2010 “End of Year Questions” Meme: BC Bound, Getting Kinected, Hello SILS!

I’ve done this every year since I started this blog and once again, here’s a quick summary of my 2010 in meme form: 1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Since my grandparents lived in BC for most of my life (they left Saskatchewan the year I was born so how’s that […]

Posted 31 December 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – “Today You, Tomorrow Me”

Although it wasn’t written for the holiday season (actually it was in a thread about picking up hitchhikers), a Redditor shares a “pay it forward” story that seems extremely appropriate at this time of the year.  “Today you, tomorrow me.”

Posted 26 December 2010 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Web War I: The War to End All Warz?

On Sunday, I did a post about the WikiLeaks situation where I mentioned the possibility of the world’s first true “cyber-war” as one likely outcome, citing the denial service of attacks on the WikiLeaks site as the first salvo and mentioning the plans of the hactivist group, Anonymous , to retaliate. That indeed came to […]

Posted 09 December 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,