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Google Street Views Now Allows You To View Underwater Locations Including Two In Hawaii

Google Street View (Ocean View?) now allows you to “swim” through various underwater locations including Hanauma Bay on Oahu where I fell in love with snorkeling as a kid and Molokini Crater which was one of many highlights during our Hawaii trip last January. View Larger Map   View Larger Map

Posted 16 October 2012 § MemoryLane § Shea § Technology § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Felix Baumgartner Record-Setting Freefall Skydive

I wasn’t one of the millions watching the record setting freefall  by Felix Baumgartner live today.  But even watching the highlights video below took my breath away. Before you watch that video, here’s some highlights from this guy’s other previous jumps around the world to whet your appetite. Now watch this one.  Humans are truly amazing creatures sometimes…

Posted 14 October 2012 § Meme § Sports § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Roger Marin Played Regina Tonight, The Crowd Was Small But Mighty!

Tuesday night after a long weekend in a sleepy government town isn’t the easiest sell so it was a small crowd.  (“How small was it, Jason?”  Well, there was a bigger crowd when I saw Roger play in a friend’s garage in Calgary ten years ago.) But I still enjoyed the show – after a […]

Posted 07 August 2012 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Hawaiian-Style Shrimp Poke

Shea and I attempt to re-create one of our (okay, my!) favourite snacks from our Hawaii trip.  Pretty close though I think the version we ate had fresh kim-chi in it as well.

Posted 21 July 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Heading down to the land of the pines/I’m strumming my way into North Caroline”

Back from an excellent week of camping in Cypress Hills so back to the grind in all manner of ways including here on the blog.  A quick and easy update with one of my most played songs during the trip (which I think I’ve posted before but it’s worth posting again)…  

Posted 09 July 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – World Map of the Most Popular Web Sites In Every Country

Interesting to see which sites are most popular in non-North American/Western European countries.

Posted 22 June 2012 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

10 Questions With Dr. Ryan Meili

I recently had the chance to interview Dr. Ryan Meili, author of “A Healthy Society: How A Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy“. After some back and forth discussion, we decided that the best way to do this would be for me to prepare a few questions then send them by e-mail so he […]

Posted 10 June 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Watch Books Being Bought Live and Worldwide

Pretty cool site that shows books as they’re bought around the world – hard to look away!

Posted 08 June 2012 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Sappy Sunday – Happy Mother’s Day

Over the weekend, a guy I used to play hockey with posted a status update with a link to the blog he and his wife kept of their experiences while adopting a South African boy three years ago, a journey that culminated over Mother’s Day.  I’ve direct linked to their Mother’s Day posts but it’s […]

Posted 13 May 2012 § Family § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Real World Fairytale Spots

Quora asks which real world places look like they could’ve come out of a fairy tale?

Posted 11 May 2012 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,