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Friday Fun Link – How Long Would It Take To Hack Your Password?

You don’t have to submit your password – just type it into the box on this site and it will tell you how long it would take a computer to guess it. If you’re nervous about testing your own passwords, use something similar eg. instead of “password”, use “massward” or whatever.)

Posted 30 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

RIP Mick Burrs (Steven Michael Berzensky) 1940-2021

PICTURES OF THE DEAD (from “Dark Halo”) The dead leave us only images of themselves: souvenirs in washed out colours, dried petals pressed in family albums, shadows that stain our papered walls.  They abandon us in our rooms, teach us how to converse with dust, will not let us forget them. But in our glistening reeds […]

Posted 25 April 2021 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Jeopardy Archive

A comprehensive archive of every question ever in the history of Jeopardy is nerd-paradise. (Librarians are 14th in lifetime winnings by career-type though I’d like to see this graph on a per capita basis too.)

Posted 16 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Peaky Blinders” Trailer (and some quick thoughts on what makes a series bingeable)

As mentioned yesterday, Peaky Blinders is Shea and my’s current viewing obsession. Here’s a taste… Watching this show now and over the years, a series of buzzed upon shows ranging from “Breaking Bad” to “The Wire” to “Sons of Anarchy” to “Yellowstone” along with various others which fit in that “Must Watch” category, I wondered […]

Posted 13 April 2021 § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Stop (April 2007)

Always liked this photo of a railway crossing near Creelman, SK for some reason…

Posted 09 April 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Appalachian Man Interview – Elmer

“Soft White Underbelly” is a fascinating interview series on YouTube…

Posted 31 March 2021 § Randomness § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “It’s outbreaks/Caused by stat holidays/A travel ban/When plans are already made”

“Life in a Pandemic (Don’t It Stink)” – “Ironic” Parody

Posted 29 March 2021 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Leadership

Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And if anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army/If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney/And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Kilkenney/And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny”

  “Whiskey in the Jar” – Irish Rovers

Posted 15 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,