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Today Is The Biggest Sporting Day of the Year

I am of course talking about “Scott Gomez Day” in which we will learn if an NHL player making $7 million dollars a year can go a full calendar year without scoring a single goal (since I’m writing this later in the day, we now know the answer – he can!) Luckily, the fans in […]

Posted 05 February 2012 § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Top Tech Trends for 2012

I love this time of year for all the “Best of the Year”-type lists that come out.  And one of my absolute favourites of these type of lists are the “Top Tech Trends for the Coming Year” ones. For 2012, a writer for Mashable.com is predicting the following as the big trends: Touch Computing Social […]

Posted 20 December 2011 § Library § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Mine is a stupid book!”

Jimmy Kimmel: helping to scar the children of America this Christmas!  (This is pretty cruel and also pretty funny!)

Posted 16 December 2011 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Is YouTube Killing Television?

And the answer (at least according to this infographic) is yes. Bonus: here’s a wise prognosticator on the same subject back in 2006… (Okay, it’s me but I’m pretty proud of this one – not just that it was my highest mark of library school but also because I really kicked ass on my presentation […]

Posted 02 November 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I’m putting all my fears down/I can hear the cheers now/See peace signs when I look around”

X-Factor is the new Simon Cowell owned-show he’s imported from the UK to compete with American Idol, the top-rated franchise he left last year.  Although both shows have similar formats, X-Factor allows groups, a wider age range for contestants and holds auditions in front of an audience instead of just the judges’ panel among other […]

Posted 17 October 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

We are the 99%

Depending on where you live (and where you get your news), the Occupy Wall Street movement, may or may not be on your radar. These protests, which started in New York but have since spread to other cities around the world, are “mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of […]

Posted 13 October 2011 § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Amazon, You Magnificent Bastard

An article on how Amazon’s use of their Kindles as loss-leaders for the digital content within their own “walled garden” ecosphere is a winning strategy that makes them a strong contender against Apple.

Posted 12 October 2011 § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Reddit, Free Speech and “Child Porn”

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the site, Reddit. In fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s currently my favourite site on the Internet. One of the reasons I like the site so much (and one of the site’s greatest advantages) is the fact that it literally has an unlimited […]

Posted 11 October 2011 § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – This Is Why I’m Broke

Christmas is fast approaching and ThisIsWhyI’mBroke.com appears to be a site that will meet many of my gift-giving needs!

Posted 30 September 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The Best Show on TV?

I’m not one of those “I don’t own a TV and will now tell you about why” people.  But after being a pretty major TV addict for most of my life (hell, I had a job selling cable TV throughout the summers I was in undergrad that I kicked ass at!), the Internet has all […]

Posted 29 September 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,