Fusillation (n): death by shooting.  Funsillation (n): fun by linking.  No categories this week, since there aren’t too many links.  Here we go!

Hologram world? – Though it might seem absurd at first glance, there’s a distinct possibility that the universe around us may be nothing more than a projection of actions past the visible [...]

Facinorous (adj.):  atrociously wicked.  Funcinorous (adj.): wickedly funny.  Here’s this week’s list ‘o links:
Science

Chess by machine – Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov talks about his time competing against ever-more-advanced computers until finally being beaten by IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer.  Interesting look at how chess changed when computers were allowed, and how chess changed the [...]

No fun Friday this week – unfortunately, I had this thing called “work” that took up too much of my time… bummer.  Bask instead in my choices for movies to see in 2010…
Jan 8th – Leap Year – Yes, I know it’s a standard romantic comedy, and yes I know it will be predictable, but [...]

Fontinal (adj): growing near springs.  Funtinal (adj): springy and fun.  A short list this week, which means each one is extra-special:
Science:

Auto-appendectomy – In the spring of 1961, with no other medical professional around, a Russian surgeon stationed at the South Pole was forced to perform an appendectomy on himself.

Media:

Tree house – A unique and unusual [...]

Finical (adj): excessively precise in trivial matters.  Funical (adj): accuracy in amusement.  Here we go:
Social:

Road to the Olympics – I’ve mentioned Capzles before as a timeline tool for the classroom, and this is a good example.  CBC has included photos and videos of the lead-up to the Vancouver games.
Political manoeuvering – Tom Flanagan, professor of [...]

fanfaronade (n): grandiose trumpet blast. funfaronade (n): grand group of amusing links.  Let the blast begin!
End of year/End of decade:

Decade in photos – The Big Picture looks back over the last 10 years with photos that are iconic of the times we lived through.  Some are expected (Sept 11th), some I’d forgotten (Elian Gonzales), and [...]

I signed up for ClustrMaps last year at this time – it’s the service that generates the little red-spotted map at the botton-right of the page.  Basically, it uses the geographic data from each visitor’s electronic trail to mark a world map of where they’re surfing from.  The result is this:

As the counter at the [...]

Now that Christmas is officially over, I thought I’d post all twelve songs from the countdown in one easy-to-get-at place.  So here they are:
12 – Relient K – 12 Days of Christmas
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11 – BarlowGirl – Carol of the Bells/Sing We Now of Christmas
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10 [...]

Merry Christmas everyone!  I hope everyone had a great day with family and/or friends.  We had a fun day of food, presents, movies, food and food.  We opened many gifts this morning, both kids were pleased with their haul, as were the adults.
I got most of what I asked for, along with some things I [...]

The final song in the countdown is BarlowGirl’s “Hallelujah (Light Has Come),” another Christmas song from the perspective of the parents.  This triumphant proclamation (“Hallelujah, we’ve been found/A child is born to save us now” ) is fitting for the day of expectation, the Eve of Christmas.
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I don’t have much to say about today’s song, an instrumental version of “I Saw Three Ships” by Rivertribe, other than it manages to add a pleasant Celtic feel to the song, even with modern instrumentation.  Have a listen:
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Third Day had an impressive showing on the last list, with four songs making the cut.  In the interest of not repeating any songs from the previous outing, I’ve only put one on this year’s offering, “What Child Is This?”  This is a pretty traditional take on the song, but holds its own against more [...]