CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-18 06:39:06 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

WTF, Google? I can't even figure out my way around.

2013-05-15 05:57:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

How much do I love this... Forget the "birthday princess" trend.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/05/photographer-styles-daughter-as-5-powerful-women-for-5th-birthday.html?cmp=fbtl

2013-05-15 04:51:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Quick! Do a Google Image Search for "atari breakout"!

2013-05-14 14:46:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

What the ultimate nerd can do: print a fake non-functioning Google Glass on a 3D printer.

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2013/05/14/dying-to-try-google-glass-this-guy-3d-printed-a-pair-and-released-the-design/?awesm=tnw.to_h0enN&utm_medium=Spreadus&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=social%20media&utm_term=10%20Things%20In%20Tech%20You%20Need%20To%20Know

2013-05-11 15:51:21 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Target recently opened stores in select Canadian cities, and I just saw their new "hi, neighbour!" commercial. Really, Target? It's almost June, you know... But apparently Canucks wear toques all year round; throw snowballs at each other; have totem poles everywhere; skate a lot; live in quaint seaside cottages, don't drive cars, and paint everything red.

2013-05-11 15:28:57 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

If only everyone out there were as game and cool...Watch the video -- it'll make you happy, trust me!

2013-05-09 12:11:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Micro Mayhem! NOT the claymation of your childhood:
http://tinyurl.com/clk4byq

2013-05-08 18:38:51 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

I wish this was a real thing...
http://imgur.com/gallery/sPA4fNK

2013-05-08 17:48:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Breakfasts of the world. The one from Portugal appeals to me the most.

http://imgur.com/a/Ktydb

2013-05-08 13:35:23 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Adobe won't have a Creative Suite 7 -- they're focusing on Creative Cloud. I signed up or this last year, probably the only time in my life I was ahead of the trend.
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/06/after-nearly-10-years-adobe-abandons-its-creative-suite-entirely-to-focus-on-creative-cloud/?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=10%20Things%20In%20Tech%20You%20Need%20To%20Know&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20(sai):%2010%20Things%20You%20Need%20To%20Know%20This%20Morning

2013-05-08 13:30:45 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

My morning laugh.
Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: "The Challenge"

2013-05-07 03:47:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Why I still like Reddit.

2013-05-06 14:59:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Canadian Living magazine has a great article on gluten; unfortunately it's not online. But the best points:

--Last year the Mayo Clinic determined that 1.8 million Americans have celiac disease, and 1.4 million don't realize it.

--It takes an average of 12 YEARS to get a correct diagnosis. (Doctors prefer to use the lazy catch-all "irritable bowel syndrome", IBS.) Meanwhile, you could die. I nearly did. 

--Ask to get tested for celiac disease if you have a lot of unrelated symptoms together: fatigue, depression, joint pain, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, mouth sores, skin rashes, yeast infections, lots of colds, sudden weight loss. And especially if your damn doctor has told you it's IBS.

Gluten is not poison to most people, but to an undiagnosed celiac, it's eventually fatal.

2013-05-04 04:39:11 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Molson I am Canadian

Feeling a little patriotic on my birthday.

2013-05-04 04:30:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

funny Molson Canadian beer commercial 'Chasing Beaver'

Glad to be Canadian.

2013-05-04 04:12:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

How to Pass as Canadian.

Canadian Citizen (Funniest of All) - Russell Petter

2013-05-03 13:24:37 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Who knew? When you're signed in to Google on your birthday and you go to its home page, you get a happy birthday doodle!

2013-04-26 03:43:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Way more sugar in everything than I expected.

The Crazy Amount Of Sugar Hiding In Random Foods

2013-04-26 02:32:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

From "Geeks Are Sexy" on Facebook. This is bang on.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/08/31/12-typical-photos-that-spam-my-facebook-feed/

2013-04-26 01:58:13 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Yes.
http://i.imgur.com/GVTfPBy.jpg

2013-04-25 04:28:43 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

This was one of the creepiest AM-radio songs of my childhood. An older man presumably takes the virginity of a young (very, very young) woman, and sends her on her way. "Was that you last night? Crying on the radio, beggin' for a way to go, back to where love wasn't jumbled so... Oh, no, things are different now, than they were before. You know love is more than kisses, a whole lot more..."

"Put your dreams away, and read your box of Cheerios, and powder-puff that pretty nose, and go out and find your man where the wild wind blows." ("I'm dumping you.")

There was a sequel, "Morning Girl Later", where the singer encounters her again and chides her for "too much colour" on her lips and the fact that she's grown up so fast. "My, you've been around!" 

The Sixties were creepy..

Both songs... more »

2013-04-23 23:15:27 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Fourteen countries...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22261494

2013-04-23 03:55:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2evo83Wt1qafrh6.gif

2013-04-20 17:07:52 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Random Acts of Pizza for Boston Cops

Redditors are overwhelming Boston pizza restaurants, ordering pizzas to be delivered to Boston and area police departments, fire departments and hospitals:
http://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfPizza/comments/1cpoe1/random_act_of_pizza_for_the_boston_pd_in/c9ith4k

2013-04-19 19:18:45 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

For the 12-year-old in all of us.

'Ship My Pants' Kmart Ad: For The 12-Year-Old In All Of Us

2013-04-19 12:45:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Live updates found here. Suspect in black hoodie running through back yards.

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1co395/live_updates_of_boston_situation_part_2/

2013-04-19 12:42:37 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Heavily armored vehicles on Boston streets, with heavily armed soldiers. Helicopters. SWAT teams. Whole city on lockdown. It looks like a war zone.

2013-04-18 19:57:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I do subscribe to the Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics (and reality). And I'm reminded of it every time I see a tree in winter; all those branches of branches...

http://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics?feature=watch

2013-04-18 19:43:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Oh, this is beautiful! Brought tears to my eyes this morning. A bit of love in the world...

#marriageequality  

2013-04-18 01:36:10 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

(Well, our health care isn't exactly free...)

2013-04-14 23:21:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I crave this jacket. I usually buy only men's jackets because they come with deep roomy pockets AND at least one inside pocket. Women's jackets are designed for looks, not function.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1183/?cpg=53499304&msg_id=53499304&et_rid=879864181&linkid=53499304_feature1_1183

2013-04-14 23:14:06 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

This school project was created for a Women and Gender Studies class at the University of Saskatchewan by Sarah, Kayla and Dylan. We wanted to show how ridiculous media portrays gender roles and stereotypes in advertising through presenting gender roll reversals.

2013-04-14 23:04:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Brilliant article. We used to have to go dowsing for information; now, it comes at us from a firehose. This author argues that the Internet causes neural reprogramming. (Can you sit and read a book for an hour or two?)

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/

2013-04-14 12:46:27 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

I was about to empty my Gmail Trash when I saw this helpful suggestion from Google. Wonder what they're trying to tell me?

2013-04-08 15:13:53 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Heh....

http://www.businessinsider.com/margaret-thatcher-hashtag-about-cher-2013-4

2013-04-08 15:10:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

And apparently gay women don't exist, especially in rap music.

http://www.businessinsider.com/snoop-dogg-talks-being-gay-in-rap-world-2013-4

2013-04-08 14:27:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Why books still matter.

"What books have going for them is that they’re tactile and still the best way to consume long-form writing. The sort of writing that’s born of pain and read with pleasure. That takes you out of your skin. Out of your century. Out of the transitory and into what matters."

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130402091821-33551920-things-i-carry-a-device-that-s-thousands-of-years-old-and-still-inspiring

2013-04-07 18:47:02 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Love Borowitz....

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/04/facebook-unveils-new-waste-of-time.html?mbid=nl_Borowitz%20(104)

2013-04-07 15:42:55 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-04-07 13:36:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

I didn't know daffodils came in these colours. (Downtown Nanaimo yesterday)

2013-04-07 13:35:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Look at these terrible litterbugs. (tsk)

2013-04-07 13:10:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Oh...I adore The Oatmeal
and this one is great, as usual!

2013-04-07 12:51:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-04-06 16:10:03 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

I don't understand the appeal of Starbucks. Their coffee tastes burnt, even the blonde roast. (Though I do enjoy occasionally asking for a "short blonde to go".)

#coffee

2013-04-06 14:52:34 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Why Google+ is best for 'real-life streaming.'

Lifestreaming is when you combine all of your social media activity in one stream.

Lifestreaming is nice. The problem is that the word "life" in lifestreaming is misleading.

Social media activity isn't your life, is it? You know, where you go in the physical world, what you do, who you meet and how you feel? Isn't that the stuff we'd really like to remember?

For capturing and remembering your REAL life, the best place to do that is right here on Google+.

Here's why -- and how:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238177/Why_Google_is_best_for_real_life_streaming_

(Picture: My wife, Amira, on the Greek island of Santorini.)

2013-04-06 14:48:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Ah, Saturday!

2013-04-06 00:16:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Weird day. At 1pm, we were working on the next issue when across the street from the newspaper where I work, we heard (1) hysterical, horror-movie screaming and (2) the screech of brakes. Turns out a woman went to back out of her parking space and checked her rearview mirror, but did NOT do a shoulder check. In her blind spot was a little old lady carrying her groceries. The driver ran over the old woman, pinning her under the car. The unremitting screams were from the hysterical driver and the screech of brakes from a passing van that stopped to help.

Everyone called 911; the driver went into shock; my coworkers who knew First Aid ran to the victim, who apparently had a broken leg. Paramedics and police eventually freed her from under the car and took her away.

I realized that I can never get my First Aid certification (and I admire those who do); I had thought the screams were coming... more »

2013-04-05 01:28:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Is "all-dressed" a purely Canadian expression, when it comes to snack flavours? I didn't know that, until I saw this article.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/10/all-dressed-chips-from-canada-humpty-dumpty.html

I have a couple of these at home, to put on popcorn, and one is All-Dressed:
http://tinyurl.com/bnj8etf

2013-04-04 02:18:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

WTF is going on with North Korea? Should we be stockpiling food?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/north-korea-gives-final-approval-for-nuclear-attack-on-united-states/story-fnd134gw-1226612136732

2013-04-02 02:34:54 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Spring has reached Vancouver Island! It was 19C today (66F).