First a caveat: for close followers of our corporate activities and online destinations, you will note that some of what follows has been posted and re-purposed elsewhere on one of our other websites. Sometimes, that’s the challenge of being a contributor for two separate websites, the luxury of a day off, and ultimately, the ease [...]

Last year, I made an earnest effort to create a series of posts, categorized as “Catching Up”, that would spotlight some links of interest.  So, I’m resurrecting that and, without planning to, I seem to have hit on the theme of language:

An online database of names, HearNames.com lets you type in [...]

With 2009 coming to a close, end-of-year lists seem to be on everybody’s mind. So, like last year, below are some of the online “wows” I discovered over the last 12 months.  Limiting this list to nine was daunting, but here’s what I came up with … in no particular ranking:
1. Journalistics Blog – is [...]

I was a little torn on what to post today … it was between two very different ideas.  In the end, “the risotto” (below) won out, albeit a little NSFW. (I’ll leave the other for Twitter.)
My Dad loved Big Night … in fact, in more ways than one, Stanley Tucci (“Secondo”) reminds me of him in [...]

Some of you may recall that last year I wrote about Filminute, the International One-Minute Film Festival.  Founded in 2006 by Canadian filmmaker John Ketchum, the festival has been increasing in popularity; last year’s submissions came from 60 different countries and attracted audiences from 94 countries.

What I find so fascinating about the festival’s entries, is [...]