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Late Night Links – Sunday July 6th, 2014
It’s that time of the week again!
- 25 Free HTML Resume Templates for Your Successful Online Job Application
- Anti-Spam Law Won’t Stop All Unwanted Emails, Says Expert
No shit. - Seven Things I Learned As An Accomplice to Mass Murder
Interesting read. - Nine Things Rich People Do Differently Every Day
- Google Is About to Take Over Your Whole Life, and You Won’t Even Notice
- SYNEK’s Countertop Tap Puts Your Kegerator Out to Pasture
- Graphic Designer Trolls Restaurant Owner with Dirty Logos
Love this. - Police Promise to Put a Halt to Loud Vehicles This Summer
Fine, I’ll turn it down. - Non-Disney Words
- Andoird Wear Review: Taking Smartwatches in the Right Direction
I’ve put some money aside to buy one of these. I’m waiting for the Moto 360. - Never Try and Impress Your Doctor
- Idiot Sighting
- Rural Bar Owner Says New Impaired-Driving Rules Hurting His Business
Seriously? You’re pro-drink driving because you can make money from it? - Freedom
- Fireworks Filmed With a Drone
I might have posted this before (I don’t recall for sure), but since Canada Day and Independence Day were both this week and involved lots of fireworks, here it is again!
And we’re done! See y’all next week, etc.
Generations of Hope
You may or may not know, but Flo and I are in the midst of a cycle of IVF right now in our attempt to conceive and create a more compact and portable version of me (or something similar). Flo has been blogging about the process. Not every aspect of the journey is wonderful, especially for Flo – but regardless of that and regardless of the outcome weāre fortunate to have the chance to participate.
IVF in Alberta is not funded by the government or any health plan, and it isnāt cheap. Even aside from the procedure itself, the drugs Flo has been required to inject herself with are a significant expense.
Weāre very fortunate. We have two decent incomes and with a little cutting back here and there weāre able to afford treatment without any significant hardship. The drugs are covered by the healthcare plan our employer provides.
Not everyone is that lucky, and thatās where Generations of Hope comes in. This registered charity does two important things: it campaigns and petitions the Alberta legislature to fund IVF treatment in the province (this would actually save the taxpayer money, not cost money), and it provides a fund offering assistance to people who are unable to afford to pay for the treatment themselves.
I made a donation to Generations of Hope @GensofHope through http://t.co/oXX7IhaUzH @atbfinancial
ā Jason Williams (@JayWll)
This evening I made a donation to the organization, and Iād be delighted if youād consider doing the same. I donated through ATBCares.com and as a result ATB matched 15% of my donation to an Alberta-based charity. It was also extremely easy: a couple of clicks and some credit card details were all it took.
An Alberta report indicates govāt can save taxpayers $97 million over 18 years by funding IVF #abhc4ivf #abpoli
ā Kristen (@My3LilKittens)
Thanks to esquire.comĀ (and their source, applied optics), I’ve acquired some new knowledge today:
Revelations 21:8 calls hell a ālake which burneth of fire and brimstone.ā To maintain liquid (lake) form and not vapor (cloud), molten brimstone or sulfur must be ā¤ sulfurās boiling point (444.6Ā°c).
Isaiah 30:26 says heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as Earth from the Sun, plus āsevenfold as the light of 7 days.ā The Stefan-Boltzmann 4th power law for radiation (H/E)4 = 50, where E is the absolute temperature of Earth (300Ā°k), deems Heaven 798Ā°k or 525Ā°c.
Heaven is hotter than hell.
Thanks to esquire.comĀ (and their source, applied optics), I’ve acquired some new knowledge today:
Revelations 21:8 calls hell a ālake which burneth of fire and brimstone.ā To maintain liquid (lake) form and not vapor (cloud), molten brimstone or sulfur must be ā¤ sulfurās boiling point (444.6Ā°c).
Isaiah 30:26 says heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as Earth from the Sun, plus āsevenfold as the light of 7 days.ā The Stefan-Boltzmann 4th power law for radiation (H/E)4 = 50, where E is the absolute temperature of Earth (300Ā°k), deems Heaven 798Ā°k or 525Ā°c.
Heaven is hotter than hell.
Late Night Links – Sunday June 29th, 2014
Good news, everybody! It’s late night links time again.
- There Was an Incident…
- Wink Wants to Simplify the Smart Home With a Universal App and $80 Hub
I am all about home automation these days. I’m preparing for a future home purchase. - Vagina Sculpture in Germany Traps U.S. Student
- Naked Man Arrested After Low-Speed Police Chase on Farm Tractor
- Raindrop.io Takes Bookmarks Into the Cloud and Makes Them Beautiful
I can’t decide if I care or not. I use Google Chrome as my browser of choice, and that syncs my bookmarks across devices anyway… - Pretty Much
Also, this. I want it. - XKCD #1386: People Are Stupid
- Paint.NET 4.0 Updates with Better Performance, Selections, Shapes
Paint.NET is my image editor of choice. - You Have a Higher Chance of Being Bitten by Uruguay’s Luis Suarez Than by a Shark
Some dubious reasoning, but still. For those unfamiliar, also check out The Many Crimes of Luis Suarez, Soccer’s Notorious Supervillain - Make Your Website Dazzle with CSS Filters
Maybe I will. Thanks for the advice, internet! - “OK Google” Voice Commands Are Now Available Inside Apps and From the Lockscreen
- Banking Apps May be Getting Their Own Virtual Assistants Soon
- The Trapper Keeper is Back, But it Carries Tablets Instead of Homework
- Android In-Car Demo
Necessary. - Landing Gear Fails, Pilot Lands on a Stool Instead
- Facebook Ran a Huge Psychological Experiment On Users and Manipulated the Emotions of More Than 600,000 People
- Older Moms Take Heart: You May be More Likely to Live Longer
And we’re done! See you all in seven days, what.
Daily chart: Everything you need to know about UFOs
On July 2nd avid watchers of the skies celebrate World UFO day.The National UFO Reporting Centre, a non-profit, has catalogued almost 90,000 reported sightings of UFOs, mostly in America, since 1974. It turns out that aliens are considerate: they seldom disturb earthlings during working or sleeping hours. Rather, they tend to arrive in the evening, especially on Fridays, when folks are sitting on the front porch nursing their fourth beer.
I especially like that they used the term “drinking hours” to describe what we once knew as “evening,” but still. Potentially pretty telling.
Daily chart: Everything you need to know about UFOs
On July 2nd avid watchers of the skies celebrate World UFO day.The National UFO Reporting Centre, a non-profit, has catalogued almost 90,000 reported sightings of UFOs, mostly in America, since 1974. It turns out that aliens are considerate: they seldom disturb earthlings during working or sleeping hours. Rather, they tend to arrive in the evening, especially on Fridays, when folks are sitting on the front porch nursing their fourth beer.
I especially like that they used the term “drinking hours” to describe what we once knew as “evening,” but still. Potentially pretty telling.
Late Night Links – Sunday June 22nd, 2014
It’s late night links time again, yo.
- Book Review: Where is Baby’s Belly Button?
With spoiler, in case you haven’t read it. - The Most Treacherous Bus Route You Could Ever Ride
I will not complain about Calgary Transit ever again, not even when the train I’m on hits a car. - Danger Mouse to Return to TV Screens
Without David Jason doing the voice work it won’t be the same, but I’m pleased nevertheless. - How Daring!
I want this for Charlie. I’m pretty sure Flo would approve. - How To: Rice Cooker Pancakes
I made a giant chocolate-chip pancake this morning. It worked pretty well. - Aussie Night Out
- Super Cheap Smart Home Kit Brings Automation to the Masses
Interesting… we already have an archos tablet mounted on our kitchen wall. Maybe it’s time to upgrade it with this kit?
And that’s it! We’re done for another week. See you all next Sunday, same time, same place.
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A couple of days ago I blogged about some weird workplace etiquetteĀ surrounding phone calls that we seem to have developed into our culture where I work.
One or two people mentioned this video of what a conference call would look like in real life and I don’t think I’ve shared it before so, enjoy! Happy Friday, everyone!
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)