ThruYou is a project that took clips of amateur musicians that were uploaded to YouTube and remixed them to create new music. Very cool!
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Monday, November 30
Music Monday - ThruYou - The YouTube Remix
by
Jason
on Mon 30 Nov 2009 06:23 PM CST
Sunday, November 29
I Have Never Seen...
by
Jason
on Sun 29 Nov 2009 10:20 PM CST
...a sporting championship won by a team that was behind the ENTIRE game and THEN, won on a horrible penalty AFTER the game was over due to a missed last second point score attempt.
I mean, after Montreal's missed field goal, everyone at our house stood up and exchanged hugs, thinking the game was over, not having seen the flags that were thrown. And yes, the irony for a team that claims the benefit of the "13th Man" losing on a "Too Many Men" penalty...it oozes. Saturday, November 28
Saturday Snap - Where Did the Watermelon Helmet Tradition Come From? (Go Riders Go!)
by
Jason
on Sat 28 Nov 2009 12:23 PM CST
A colleague brought this to work on Friday then got snaps of a bunch of the staff trying it on. I'm a Rider fan but gotta say this was a first for me! (Here's a history of the watermelon helmet from TSN.)
 Friday, November 27
Friday Fun Link - Mashup of NHL Player Birthplaces (November 27, 2009)
by
Jason
on Fri 27 Nov 2009 09:14 PM CST
This is very cool. A Google Maps mash-up showing the birthplace of every player that's ever played in the NHL. Although there is the expected broad swath through Canada, the northern US, Europe and Russia, I was surprised at how many countries and continents are actually represented. (If you zoom in on the map, you'll only see how many people came from each community. You ahve to drill down using the names of countries on the right side of the page to see the actual names for each location.)
Thursday, November 26
Where Does Daddy Work? Where Does Mommy Work?
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Jason
on Thu 26 Nov 2009 07:17 PM CST
It's been a long time since I posted a video clip of Pace. This is his understanding of where his mother and I work:
(If you can't make it out, he says daddy works at "library books!" and mommy works at "needles!"  )Wednesday, November 25
Rider Fans = Neanderthals?
by
Jason
on Wed 25 Nov 2009 08:23 PM CST
The person who submitted this Letter to the Editor to the Calgary Herald didn't give their title. But I suspect it might be "Agent for Henry Burris".
 Monday, November 23
Music Monday - "Twelve drummers drumming like Olympus on the Serengeti"
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Jason
on Mon 23 Nov 2009 08:28 PM CST
One month until Christmas so to help get you in the mood...
Sunday, November 22
Saturday, November 21
Saturday Snap - My Christmas Themed Walking Cast
by
Jason
on Sat 21 Nov 2009 02:26 PM CST
As promised last week, here's a pic of the cast I got last Friday to replace the one I've had since I broke my leg a month ago.
When the cast technician asked what colour I wanted, I said "Red or green would be festive" and he goes, "You know, I could probably do both..." (How can you tell that cast techs probably don't get to stretch their creative muscles very often?  ) Plus the white part is glow-in-the-dark so if this liberry thing doesn't work out, I can hire myself out as a nighttime Christmas decoration!  Friday, November 20
Friday Fun Link - How Hard Is It To Vanish In The Digital Age? (November 20, 2009)
by
Jason
on Fri 20 Nov 2009 11:27 PM CST
A writer for Wired magazine offers $5000 to anyone who can find him after he purposely attempts to drop out of society for a month.
"The idea for the contest started with a series of questions, foremost among them: How hard is it to vanish in the digital age? Long fascinated by stories of faked deaths, sudden disappearances, and cat-and-mouse games between investigators and fugitives, I signed on to write a story for Wired about people who’ve tried to end one life and start another. People fret about privacy, but what are the consequences of giving it all up, I wondered. What can investigators glean from all the digital fingerprints we leave behind? You can be anybody you want online, sure, but can you reinvent yourself in real life?" As part of the contest, he allows his editor to dole out the same type of hints that a private investigator would likely be able to uncover - recent credit card purchases, online handles, etc. The contest generates a great deal of interest from people across the web: "When I flipped open my laptop and saw my private information spilling onto the Web, however, I got my first taste of a soon-to-be-permanent state of fitful anxiety. I’d signed up for it, of course. But actually living the new, paranoid reality felt different. Absurd ideas suddenly seemed plausible. They’d contacted my cat sitter; would they kidnap my cat?" In the end, he makes it almost to the end of the month but not quite: "And what of our original questions? Had I shown that a person, given enough resources and discipline, could vanish from one life and reinvent himself in another? I thought I had, though only up to a point. Obviously the smarts and dedication of the hunters had overwhelmed my planning and endurance. Along the way they’d also proven my privacy to be a modern fiction. It turns out that people — ordinary people — really can gather an incredible dossier of facts about you. But a month later, life was back to normal and no one was taking any interest." The story's a long read but worth it if you're interested in the idea of digital footprints, privacy and the ubiquity of technology in today's world. (via Reddit) |
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