FRUSTRATED logging in to websites?
My life is 17% less frustrating since I started using LastPass. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. IT WORKS. .. But I do sometimes have problems, especially with the FILL FORMS functionality. Download...
View ArticleRick Mercer – CND online privacy
It’s been a really, really bad week for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. Once Rick Mercer rants, you’re done in this country. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Not all of that is true, by the way....
View Articleanimated history of aviation
… a brief history … in 3D animation. While there are many contributions … that could not be included, this video shows many of the substantial advancements that propelled aviation to what it has become...
View Articlecampaign against warlord Joseph KONY
#Kony2012 This must be the best organized VIRAL VIDEO campaign I’ve ever seen. Regular folks rallying to help the kids of Africa. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Joseph Kony (born 1961 in Odek,...
View ArticleBill Gates – reinventing the toilet
My personal priorities include anti-smoking, education of girls & women, and clean water. Bill Gates: This week in Seattle, the foundation is holding a Reinvent the Toilet Fair. Today I awarded...
View ArticleSalman Khan Academy – online
Warren had myself and his parents watch an excellent TED talk on a super successful distance learning model. All free and open source. Salman Amin ‘Sal’ Khan, born October 11, 1976, is a Bangladeshi...
View Articlebiggest winner last night – Nate Silver
… Silver runs a blog called FiveThirtyEight, which is licensed by the Times. In 2008 he called the presidential election with incredible accuracy, getting 49 out of 50 states right. But this year he...
View ArticleGetting Things Done – The Secret Weapon
Have I dreamed of the PERFECT to-do list and workflow? YES I HAVE. So have the good folks at Brain Toniq: If you dreamed of the “perfect system” what attributes would it have? We think it would: Keep...
View Articleclimate change – SOLVED
I’m a “global warming” skeptic. The climate is changing as it always has. Ice ages come and go. I’m skeptical that the Earth is warming mainly due to fossil fuels. And I hope I’m right. Because there...
View ArticleDistrict 6 Museum – Cape Town
District Six … is the name of a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60,000 of its inhabitants during the 1970s by the...
View Articlestill praying for a Reform Pope
Economist magazine: … What should he do? A secular newspaper has to divide its suggestions into two groups: reforms to church doctrine that many conservative Catholics, including Francis, may disagree...
View Articlewhy we HATE meetings
Best practice — AVOID them as much as possible. Jas Fried gave a riveting TED talk about the major obstacles to getting work done. In his talk “Why work doesn’t happen at work,” Fried holds what he...
View Article#CalgaryStrong Song
THANKS Thanks Thanks to everyone pitching in to clean up and rebuild Calgary. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
View ArticleA Big Heart Open to God
Finally, a reform Pope. I’m really liking Pope Francis, so far. These excerpts are from the full interview published in English by America magazine, a Jesuit weekly based in New York. The pope,...
View ArticleHans Rosling: The best stats you’ve ever seen
I’m just finishing a BUSY World Gymnastics Championships, packing for my next destination — northern India. Hiking. If you’ve got time for a laugh today, click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. You’ve never...
View ArticleChina and India …
China and India sounded a new optimistic tone in their relationship … as they signed an agreement to boost meetings between their militaries to avoid any repeat of this year’s tense standoff along...
View ArticleEverything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy*
Things are not as bad in the USA as we might think. Check this excellent article by Morgan Housel: … If I say the average family earns less today than it did in 2000, it sounds depressing. If I say the...
View Articlemy heros: Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Mandela
Astonishingly courageous. So strong. So Inspiring. We can change the world for the better.
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