It’s time for our weekly speedlink again, so let’s get down to it.
We’ve been hearing so many stories about how government agencies are spying on everything that we say or do. Well, Lauren O’Neil, who some of you may know online as Lauren O’Nizzle, has put together a special interactive feature with CBC News on digital surveillance and what it means about your privacy rights. As open as I am on social media, you do have to be very careful about choosing what you share online. You never know who might be listening, reading or following along.
On a much more chipper note, we pay a visit with professional photographer and sometime DJ Jeremy Lim as he prepares to embark on a West Coast road trip with TripleSpot. He has been grated a cool $2,000 to spend as he makes his way down Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Do you have any advice to share with Jeremy about where he should go and what he should see? He’d love to “get some culture” and “get sporty” while doing it.
If nothing else, half-full and half-empty thinking teaches us that there is no single reality, but rather only how we choose to perceive it. With this in mind, AJ Walton has three simple phrases that will change how you see the world. They will teach you to be compassionate, non-judgmental, open-minded, and present in the moment. And from these three little phrases, each consisting of just three little worlds, we can each extract great personal power.
We can all understand the value of frugality and strict budgeting, but Miranda Marquit reminds us that we still need to splurge sometimes. When you constantly deprive yourself of luxuries and non-essentials, you could set yourself up for a very depressing existence that is hardly motivating. I’m not saying you should freely indulge in anything that tickles your fancy, but it does pay to create a “fun fund” for spontaneous non-essentials that make you happy. This is far better for you long-term health, both mentally and financially.
There is a superstition that says that if you touch it, you will never win. Apparently, when Buzz Bishop went to a Calgary Flames game with his son Zacharie, the little boy didn’t listen. That’s because Buzz’s son touched the Stanley Cup to find out “if it’s rough or smooth.” It may be a rare opportunity to be in the presence of such treasured hardware, but I guess Zach will never get to hoist the Cup. Then again, his strong desire to find out that “it’s rough and bumpy” leads me to believe he could be a good scientist one day.
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