The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
The Connor Brothers is the pseudonym for British artists James Golding and Mike Snelle. The duo came to prominence in 2012 and for several years maintained their anonymity by using a fictional biography. Best known for their Pulp Fiction series, the pair are also known for their activist work and their playful hoaxes. In 2014…
Google announced in 2019 that it would be adding augmented reality objects to Search. Google’s AR objects in search are incredibly easy to access. The objects are added to search in the belief that the easiest way to learn about something is to see it. By seeing things in augmented reality (AR), users can see…
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I need a good set of them to turture granddad. What did Santa do when he went speed dating?He pulled a cracker How does Darth Vader enjoy his Christmas Turkey?On the dark side! What is the Grinch’s least favourite band?The Who! What do you get if Santa forgets to wear his undercrackers?St Nickerless What do…
Penguins are the new ducks!
Uncle Deadly has fine tastes in gin and fabrics. I hope that Gloria Estefan (the penguin) stays on as a regular character.
Katy made me a family portrait in sock penguins as a valentines day gift. Each penguin is made from Bean’s, Katy’s or my sock. I love them! On a scale of 1 to 10, they go to eleven!
Created by illustrator H. Caldwell Tanner, this wonderful, mind-numbing visualization of the internet’s very essence brings together more past and current memes than you probably ever knew existed. Click for full version Fortunately, he was kind enough to provide an answer key: Click for full version And I’ve been kinder to type them all up…
Spoiled Rotten Why do kids rule the roost? by Elizabeth Kolbert July 2, 2012 It almost seems as if we’re trying to raise a nation of “adultescents.” In 2004, Carolina Izquierdo, an anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, spent several months with the Matsigenka, a tribe of about twelve thousand people who live…
Katy and I were in Leicester this past weekend. Katy’s mom officiously retired (she officially retires at the end of this week but had some leave time coming) and she had a little leaving do for 40 or so of her co-workers. Seriously. Scary. We went to Palmers to check out their Christmas display and…
