Shoot your friend with a ninja
Zowwie! Powie! Hija!
posted at 2:31 pm
on Nov. 30, 2005
The Zamboni Hot Tub
Maybe this is how the NHL will entice folks back to the games.
posted at 11:19 pm
on Nov. 29, 2005
People with DVRs watch more television
They're also taller, thinner, richer and slightly more annoying than people whose VCRs still blink 12, 12, 12.
posted at 1:07 am
on Nov. 28, 2005
Firefox’s most annoying bug
Its "find" doesn't work in form fields, which is a real drawback for, say, bloggers, people who use wikis, people who edit content online, etc. etc. The bug's been around since before version 1.0 in mid-2004, but no developer wants to work on it because the feedback form users is so active and hostile (people are really frustrated). So there's no one assigned to the bug, and it's not scheduled to be fixed until at least version 2.0 in another 6 months. This is one of the ugly secrets of the open-source world -- bugs get fixed, but only if it's something a particular person decides to fix, there's no way to get people assigned to fix the boring or ugly bugs, so they endure and endure.
posted at 1:53 pm
on Nov. 25, 2005
Tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day
In a painful juxtaposition, it also happens to be the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States, so you might say it hasn't become that effective yet.
posted at 1:12 am
on Nov. 24, 2005
Candy Blog is worried that sugar levels in the U.S. have fallen to a 70-year low
Could this whole war thing just be a national low-blood-sugar slump?
posted at 6:01 pm
on Nov. 23, 2005
Matt Cutts, Google’s Celebrity Engineer
A great article about a different kind of celebrity. Money quote: "There's probably no man alive who knows more about the Google algorithm than Matt Cutts. This is the most valuable corporate secret in existence today."
posted at 2:19 pm
on Nov. 23, 2005
Obsolete Steveston rail line photographed with obsolete film
Good article, interesting photographs
posted at 1:15 am
on Nov. 23, 2005
Subservient Donald
It's a parody of Subservient Chicken featuring a Donald Trump look-alike, built as (stick with me here) an ironic comment on product placement in reality TV shows, created by the writers of (yes, really, the writers of) reality tv programming who feel product placement is getting in the way of the plots of reality TV shows. Uh, yeah. Anyway, it's funny.
posted at 11:08 pm
on Nov. 21, 2005
Bush’s aides eat at Outback Steakhouse while in Asia.
"As he barnstormed through Japan, South Korea and China, with a final stop in Mongolia still to come, Bush visited no museums, tried no restaurants, bought no souvenirs and made no effort to meet ordinary local people." What a loser.
posted at 12:10 am
on Nov. 21, 2005
MetaFilter debates the Vancouver election
Everything is in MetaFilter. Ev-e-ry-thing.
posted at 3:42 am
on Nov. 19, 2005
Harry Potter movie will open on 9,750+ screens worldwide
It will likely bring in enough money in its opening weekend to buy about 91 million bean burritos at Taco Bell -- and that's just domestic bean burritos, because I don't know how much a bean burrito costs in, say France.
posted at 6:03 pm
on Nov. 18, 2005
Killer bus eludes police dragnet
Bus kills cyclist; no one knows who did it.
posted at 12:41 pm
on Nov. 18, 2005
Get a free PDF of ‘God’s Debris’ by Scott Adams. No catch.
Except that it's not full of his comics, instead it's a philosophical exploration. But still quite good.
posted at 3:19 am
on Nov. 18, 2005
Top Ten Movie Robots of All Time
What about Christopher Walken? Dissed, as usual.
posted at 6:46 pm
on Nov. 17, 2005
Variety offers a podcast of their great Screening Series
It's a series of 30 minute interviews with directors, actors, etc. being interviewed by good Variety reporters -- this isn't talk show style. They're talking in front of an audience who has just seen their film, so it's pretty insightful. Good stuff, especially if you like finding out about the process of filmmaking.
posted at 5:52 pm
on Nov. 17, 2005
Why didn’t anti-virus software detect Sony’s rootkit? cough*collusion*cough
From this great opinion piece: "What do you think of your antivirus company, the one that didn't notice Sony's rootkit as it infected half a million computers? ... This is exactly the kind of thing we're paying those companies to detect -- especially because the rootkit was phoning home."
posted at 5:22 pm
on Nov. 17, 2005
Daily Trojan quotes me about ‘90s history
They left out the part where I said "it was an innocent time, a simpler time" and "those were the golden years" and "well, back when I was a wee lad."
posted at 4:54 pm
on Nov. 17, 2005
Make a welcome mat out of cool rocks
This is a great idea, especially if you like heavy objects, which we seem to.
posted at 11:02 am
on Nov. 17, 2005
Blue Ball Machine
I stared at this page for about 15 minutes, then billed a client. Dear clients; I kid, really. Actually, I stared for about 20 minutes. Note, this site has catchy sound.
posted at 10:53 am
on Nov. 17, 2005
Effectiveness of tinfoil hats: a study
Turns out the actually magnify radiation at certain government-run frequencies. YES IT'S TRUE!!!! THEY ARE COMING TO GET ME!!!!
posted at 10:50 am
on Nov. 17, 2005
Mint: Commercial site with excellent site design
Found via this nicely designed blog
posted at 9:32 pm
on Nov. 15, 2005
Widest margin of victory in an international soccer game: 31-0
It happened in 2001, so don't get too excited.
posted at 5:34 pm
on Nov. 15, 2005
U.S. Military Rules Man ‘Not a Terrorist’; Imprisons Him Anyway
Stunning. The U.S. is a menace to liberty.
posted at 2:23 am
on Nov. 15, 2005
Blogs n Dogs Contest Winner : Congrats, Monique
I hope your dogs aren't also Misguided.
posted at 12:25 am
on Nov. 15, 2005
9 Tips in Life that Lead to Happiness
If I'm happy and I know it, I clap my hands.
posted at 10:16 pm
on Nov. 14, 2005
Remember, the Vancouver Weblogger Meetup is Thursday the 17th
http://van.suprglu.com
posted at 4:01 pm
on Nov. 14, 2005
‘Arrested Development’ waiting for judgement
Show order cut back to 13 -- may be cancelled.
posted at 12:10 pm
on Nov. 10, 2005
The 30th anniversary of the sinking of the S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald
Sunk to its watery resting place, with only a song, no movie, to commemorate it.
posted at 11:45 am
on Nov. 10, 2005
Hollywood institution Army Archerd ‘resumes’ blogging
I've always considered the three-dot style newspaper columns to be early blogs, and Army was one of the last columnists in that style. Congrats to Alex Romanelli of the editor of the Variety Web site, for hooking Army on this new format, it's a quite a coup.
posted at 12:00 pm
on Nov. 9, 2005
Even Scott Adams can blunder from time to time
His new blog shows his thoughts at their least cogent. 
posted at 1:08 am
on Nov. 9, 2005
Mommy Needs Coffee
A great mommy blog, with some surprising entries.
posted at 12:12 pm
on Nov. 4, 2005
Nice interface for watching music videos
Apple charges $2 for a similar video download.
posted at 10:50 pm
on Nov. 3, 2005
CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
Dear world: I'm really sorry that America is run by people who trample the freedom they're protecting.
posted at 6:56 pm
on Nov. 3, 2005
Hundreds of Hummers Sit Unloved in Sunny SoCal
Amazing photos of the inventory problems of just one dealer.
posted at 3:41 pm
on Nov. 3, 2005
How do you ask your boss for a raise? Advice needed today!
My friend's nervous about asking for a raise -- can you give her some advice? Thanks!
posted at 12:42 pm
on Nov. 3, 2005
A great way of thinking about the Social Networking Landscape
from How to Save the World
posted at 4:54 pm
on Nov. 2, 2005
Rosa Parks breaks more barriers
She's the first woman, first non-gov't official, and second African American to lay in honor (aka laying in state) in the U.S. Capitol building. Here's the full list.
posted at 10:13 am
on Nov. 2, 2005
My friend’s story about being born with six toes
Well, friend of a friend, really.
posted at 11:50 pm
on Nov. 1, 2005
Vancouver alternative newsweekly Terminal City is suspending publication
'Effective immediately' sez publisher. That brings the total number of daily and weekly newspapers down to 8, by my count, not including regional dailies. Was it a victim of Dose/24/Metro?
posted at 3:08 am
on Nov. 1, 2005
Hop Studios is featured on the front page of pMachine this week
It's for the J-Learning project.
posted at 12:17 am
on Nov. 1, 2005
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