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107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Changes He’s Seen (1967 Interview)

The single best presentation I did in library school was on the evolution of streaming video online and how it’s biggest benefit was how online video eliminates constraints of both time and distance that all previous dominant mass communications mediums – radio, television – suffered from. Like most 70s kids, I was pretty obsessed with […]

Posted 08 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Technology § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Let’s get friendship right/Get life day to day/In the forget yer skates dream/Full of countervailing woes”

“It’s A Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken)” – The Tragically Hip with Feist

Posted 07 June 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Common Proofs of God’s Existence

Posted 30 May 2021 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

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: ,