Pace and I made what will likely be our last visit to the park by our house before we leave for Hawaii next week. Then, when we got home, we found Shea cooking a tropical feast of shrimp and fish. So I poured us all OJ’s and 7-up (and coconut rum for the adults) and […]
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Friday Fun Link – Best Countries for Work-Life Balance
Canada comes in at #14 which means I’m moving to somewhere in Scandinavia. 😉 Just kidding but seriously, this isn’t that hard. Having daycare spaces for everyone makes for a better work-life balance? No shit. People not working a lot of extra hours makes a better work-life balance? No shit. Low child poverty makes for […]
In One Week…
…this is where I’ll be! (And with the waterproof case we got for my iPhone from Santa, this could very well be me taking this exact video! Of course, it was +6 in Regina today and a high of +19 (!) in Maple Creek, SK so, with Lihue Kauai coming in at +23, my timing […]
Music Monday – “Come together/Right now/Over Me”
While Justin Bieber and especially Cee-Lo Brown were “interpreting” Beatles songs on New Year’s Eve for a TV audience of millions, three music legends – Steve Tyler, Alice Cooper and “Weird” Al Yankovic – teamed at a charity fundraiser in Maui to perform in front of a small crowd (filled entirely of people with camera […]
Fortuna, North Dakota
In addition to web-based options, there are numerous businesses in communities just across the US-Canada border which have found a sideline in accepting parcels on behalf of Canadian clients who want items that can’t be shipped outside of the United States. Today, we visited the local bar in Fortuna, North Dakota (pop: 22) to retrieve […]
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 […]
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!)
Google 2011 Zeitgeist – Year in Review
Google has released an amazing video that captures the major highlights of the year (while also acting as a great showcase for their various services, especially Google+.) (via HuffPost)
Wikipedia Going Dark?
To raise awareness about the pending SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the United States which would give law enforcement unprecedented powers to crack down on Internet web sites and providers, Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales asked his community for their thoughts (and votes) on making Wikipedia go dark as a protest. The ensuing debate is […]
Social Travel
I was going to do a “one month since the provincial election” post but couldn’t find a giant “What The Fuck Was That?” graphic (which is pretty much all I could think to say about that beatdown, even a month later anyhow!) So instead, here’s a recent post from TechCrunch about the growing importance of […]