Rocky and Caddyshack in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies
Yet another two classics from Angry Alien Productions:
Rocky
Caddyshack
Young Newspaper Readers
Young Canadians who are frequent readers of newspapers are also more likely to vote in elections, volunteer time in community service, and be more socially active than less frequent readers, according to a national survey released this week by the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA).
Reading Between the Lines: Debunking Common Myths about Young Newspaper Readers (Full [...]
Read more →Friday Fun – Orisinal
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The amazing artist Ferry Halim has one of the cutest and most enjoyable games sites out there – Orisinal. The games are not only beautiful, they are also challenging and just the thing when [...]
Read more →CUFTS journal search tool
I have seen a few posts lately on a number of different dicussion lists that reference the now-defunct JAKE database. For folks looking for journal titles and the electronic collections that index them, CUFTS, developed at the Simon Fraser University Library, is another excellent tool to use. (As far as I can tell, JAKE is [...]
Read more →Trendio.com
Trendio.com is reported on in the Wall Street Journal today. Similar to Google Trends, but with a twist, Trendio gives every user $10,000 in play money to purchase shares of words. As the popularity of the words increase in the news media (based on Yahoo! News sources) the shares’ value increases. Users’ portfolios of shares [...]
Read more →Toronto at sunset 2
Toronto at sunset 2 Originally uploaded by YankeeInCanada.
I snapped this photo while trying to capture some of the fireworks being set off to celebrate Victoria Day. Alas, I didn’t get the fireworks, but the picture is neat nonetheless.
Casablanca in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies
The talented folks over at Angry Alien Productions have posted another classic.
Casablanca in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies.
Type Books
While wandering around Queen West today, my friend Paul and I stumbled on Type Books. I could have sworn I never saw the place before and a gentle inquiry revealed it’s been open only 3 weeks or so. If you are in the hood, and you are looking for a new collection of good reads [...]
Read more →Google Trends
Alot is being written about Google Trends today. It’s a very interesting tool, especially for quick comparisons of search popularity. Further refining the results by city, region, language and date adds another useful element. I thought I’d give it a whirl with some commonly adversarial duos:
Bill Gates v. Steve Jobs
Paul Martin v. Stephen Harper
George Bush [...]
SLA Conference 2006
SLA’s Annual Conference is in Baltimore this year from June 11-14, 2006. This will be my second SLA conference having had the hometown advantage here in Toronto last year. In Baltimore, I’ll be presenting the findings of the Technology Review Advisory Group at a joint meeting of the Chapter and Division Cabinets. I’ll also be [...]
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