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Music Monday – “And the tips in a small town/Are so small/You may as well/Just give them back”

This isn’t a Labour Day song per se but those opening lines about struggling to survive on minimum wage and tips captures the struggle of working people as

Wikipedia: Lost Functionalities (and The Only Two Sites I’d Miss If I Had To Choose)

This article is a really good summary of some of the things that have been lost in Wikipedia over the years ranging from the ability to solve disputes

Saturday Snap – Bell Farm Round Barn Grand Opening

Went to my hometown this weekend for the grand re-opening of the historic Bell Farm Round Barn , a reconstruction of the original building which had been near

Vote for My Hometown to Win a $25 000 Sports Upgrade Courtesy Kraft & TSN

My hometown of Indian Head is one of two Saskatchewan finalists for a $25 000 make-over courtesy Kraft & TSN.  You can vote for Indian Head today until

Saturday Snap – Meet Me in St. Louis (Saskatchewan)

I was in Prince Albert for a couple days last week so stopped at the historic (and endangered) St. Louis Bridge on the way home for a quick

Music Monday – "Everything moves real slow when it's forty below"

Stolen from my Facebook status update last night: “Congrats on joining the rest of the developed world, USA!  Now you just need to get rid of the death

FTRW 2010 – Hitler and the Public Domain

German copyright law grants an author copyright for 70 years after their death.  Hitler died in 1945 so that means “Mein Kampf” will enter the public domain in

Friday Fun Link – Say '1810' (January 1, 2010)

Then remember this as the second decade of the new millennium begins.  This year should be referred to as “twenty-ten”, not “two-thousand ten” (no matter what the Vancouver

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