Ron and Kate were in town for the weekend. Jude invited us out to visit her in Bragg Creek. And play on Two Pine.
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are YOU distracted by devices?
Clifford Nass is a professor of communications at Stanford University and a renowned authority on Human Computer Interaction.
I was quite alarmed by a radio interview with him on CBC Spark.
Are you wondering why you can‘t seem to get the important things in your life done?
… “Chronic multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy. Everything distracts them. They can’t ignore things, can’t remember as well, and have weaker self-control,” writes Stanford University communications professor Clifford Nass in a report that’s not well received in nearby Silicon Valley where buildings are full of computer experts who get lost in cyberspace. …
Technology pushing new multitasking apps, while experts say it’s too much
I consider myself a fair average multi-tasker. One of the few people who doesn’t seem to have some sort of ADD.
… But social networking has gone too far for me.
How are kids handling the new reality?
Young people, readers of Discovery Girls Magazine, are online 6.9hrs / day.
Yet they report feeling ‘better’ when face-to-face with friends, rather than on Facebook or texting them.
Here’s a good article on the topic – Multitasking and the Brain: The War on Productivity
THAT”S IT. As Oprah commands … No mobile phone for me.
I don’t trust myself to manage that distraction.
If you MUST have a mobile phone, schedule OFF time.
Karry and Toby’s wedding
I coached Karry for one season in New Zealand. … She was National Champion that year, despite me. 🙂
And now she’s married.
Watch their lovely wedding video.
welcome Bella Mckinley Mosier
Congratulations to Jeremy and Sheena.
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shameless Barbecue guru flogs with Barbecutie
A fabulously wealthy cookbook author uses supermodels to promote his chemicals and sizzled flesh.
… No doubt he holidays in Hawaii with the ill gotten booty.
Blooper vid – Canadians BLUNDER in the snow
Warren and Bill reminded me of my classic 2007 edit of the fun we had over New Year’s.
It’s only had 106 views.
Clearly I should have put the words Blunder and Blooper in the title.
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My gymnastics coach diving bloopers video has 55,000 views.
In defence of techno-tards
Clearly, Kate is not a nerd:
… I can’t cope with the relentless onslaught of technological “improvements” …
… Just for a start, I find that trying to get the hang of which electronic teller requires the bank- card swipe and which the bank-card chip shove, and which way the card should be positioned for either, and whether I want to use the “calculate tip” function in the electronic teller, and whether I should be calculating the tip on the machine before or after the HST has been added, is enough to drive me to drink. …
Never mind the mystery of the six remote controls now required to operate a solitary TV or stereo, or the random puzzling beeps emanating from other people’s numerous plugged-in gadgets. I know I can’t be alone in my wonder at the breathtaking “efficiency” of ordering a movie ticket online, printing it up, and then having to stand in line at the movie theatre anyway in order to redeem it for a ticket I can actually use. …
read more on Kate of Late
Kate’s right about the remotes. WHY do we still have multiple remote controls in most homes, many of which have only one master of the remotes.
65 confirmed dead Christchurch, New Zealand
So far … none of my friends there have been reported injured.
Prime Minister John Key – after confirming 65 people have died – told ONE News last night: “We may well be witnessing New Zealand’s darkest day,” he said.
“It is just a scene of utter devastation,” he said. “We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.”
Key flew to Christchurch yesterday afternoon and after a quick tour of the city described it as “utterly wrecked”, adding “this is an absolute tragedy for Christchurch”.
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photos from The Ghost
Jude invited me along to the annual Cartwright fest at their cabin in the foothills of the Rockies.
The weather, food and company was terrific. Thanks.
You can download any of my photos from The Ghost.
The NEW system on Flickr is to click the photo, then click View all sizes. … Then right click to download.
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