Lighthearted Diversions
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010I was searching for Canadian-content iPhone apps (hey, I work for Industry Canada, I’m supposed to support Canadian industry). During my search, I came upon an app called “Quebec Separatism Study Guide”, which is basically the pages from Wikipedia on the Quebec separatist movement stored to your iPhone. Which is fine, since I am a […]
Dr Who knitting
Monday, June 15th, 2009When André informed me that he really wanted to go to the Dr Who Convention in Toronto, I admit I was surprised. I had never pegged him as the kind to go to a Dr Who convention. Star Trek? Definitely. Dr Who? I didn’t realize he was that big of a fan.
Now, personally, while I […]
Cuteologists unite!
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009If you know me, you know that I’m a big fan of Cute Overload. Puppies! Kitties! It’s my go-to site during lunch breaks. Also, I tell every woman I meet about it (yes, I’m aware that I’m being unbelievably sexist there, but most guys I know don’t get the attraction of teh kute).
Anyway, apparently, if […]
Maybe I should nominate this paper for the Ig Nobel
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009When I read this entry in Kottke, I didn’t realize he was talking about an actual published research paper. But then Sarah was complaining that she couldn’t reach the paper to read it, so I checked, and yup, it’s behind a publisher firewall: The Irony of Satire, by Heather, L. Lamarre, Kristen D. Landreville and […]
Wolf Loves Pork
Friday, April 17th, 2009Woh, very cool stop-motion video entitled Wolf Loves Pork. Worth the look.
Via a tweet by David Weinberger.
Your comments are not up to standards
Monday, March 23rd, 2009This video had me grinning and bobbing my head at the same time. Yo comments are whack! by Sister Salad who have their own YouTube channel, which I’ll have to check out this evening.
Found through Grammar Girl.
Wow, just wow
Thursday, March 12th, 2009If you enjoy interesting mash-ups and if you like music, I recommend that you go visit Thru You, a web site by the musician Kutiman has combined samples from YouTube videos to create music. Really good music. Seriously, go see this.
Via Mashable.
