Carly Milne: ‘There’s something I’ve got to tell you. I’m not like other guys.’

Up until this moment, there were no perfect depictions of Indian vampire aliens in red leather dancing to scare women in a small village. As of now, there are exactly enough.

posted at 5:21 pm
on Sep. 30, 2006

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Google’s new ‘News Archive Search’ has a cool ‘timeline’ feature

I did a search for Vancouver, but try any somewhat general topic: AIDS is a little broad, but shuttle is a neat search

posted at 5:15 pm
on Sep. 30, 2006

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Motivating others: why “it’s good for you” doesn’t work

Mostly because people are moved by emotion, not reason.

posted at 2:03 pm
on Sep. 30, 2006

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Lap Dance Revolution

Why has no one thought of this before?

posted at 1:39 pm
on Sep. 30, 2006

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Irony, defined. (Fire at the factory)

Spotted on Defective Yeti

posted at 1:33 pm
on Sep. 30, 2006

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.mobi is a BAD idea; ‘m’.domain.com is a good idea

Some handsome dude suggested the 'm' solution.

posted at 11:32 am
on Sep. 28, 2006

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Caterina started a great ‘Six Word Story’ post with dozens of engaging responses

Some of my favorites: "Debates have rules. This was war." and "Walking home, she regained her virginity."

posted at 12:24 am
on Sep. 28, 2006

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Did you ever wonder about that big cross on the hill by Bigfork, Montana?

I drove by this cross twice or more a week every summer when I was growing up.

posted at 10:55 pm
on Sep. 27, 2006

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Scientology as explained by Wikipedia

Fascinating.

posted at 9:22 pm
on Sep. 26, 2006

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Google Calendar now has integrated weather, and other event graphic possibilities

I love it. So damn useful.

posted at 9:22 pm
on Sep. 26, 2006

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Movable Type announces another major security hole; upgrading to 3.33 STRONGLY recommended

Previous ones were in 2.65 (XML-RPC) and 3.14 (comment notification spam). The details of this one are being withheld for now.

posted at 2:34 pm
on Sep. 26, 2006

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ursula martinez does the disappearing kerchief trick—completely nude

It's stunning. And probably unsanitary.

posted at 11:44 pm
on Sep. 22, 2006

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Reggie Bush Claims He Made $100,000 Through USC Work-Study Program | The Onion

Ah, work study. I always wanted the job being the guy who sat at the front door of the library, making sure the little alarm didn't go off if someone tried to take a book out.

posted at 2:36 pm
on Sep. 22, 2006

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Handy eBook: Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner

Just in time for Canadian Thanksgiving! Only $10 -- less than you'd pay for sushi to replace the burnt bird!

posted at 2:08 pm
on Sep. 22, 2006

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Animals Stuck in Traffic- A Video Animation

Reminds me of Fantasia. With a little more of an edge -- the french kissing roosters, for instance. Catchy tune, too.

posted at 2:44 pm
on Sep. 21, 2006

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Do you sometimes suffer from shyness? This audio clip has the answer

Tequila!

posted at 12:29 am
on Sep. 21, 2006

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It’s Lurker Day!

That means you have to come to this blog and post a comment. If you don't, you get 7 years bad luck. DON'T RISK IT!

posted at 12:24 am
on Sep. 21, 2006

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blufr.com: A quick dose of trivia and lies

I'm way better off at this site than at Hot or Not.

posted at 4:05 pm
on Sep. 20, 2006

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Take Your Segway off-roading! Get an x2 Adventure

Get out of my way, squirrel!

posted at 3:15 pm
on Sep. 20, 2006

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Heat wave sparks rise in drownings

Such a short, sad list.

posted at 3:09 pm
on Sep. 20, 2006

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Another blogger bags on a free cell phone

It's a fun read; this time LG and Sprint are the victims.

posted at 5:45 pm
on Sep. 19, 2006

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William Gibson talks about East Van Halen

Which is the name of my Ultimate team.

posted at 11:13 pm
on Sep. 15, 2006

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Skype’s Mac 2.0 Beta Download is here—with video

Hard to find on their site. But easy to find on MY site.

posted at 10:14 am
on Sep. 13, 2006

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Flickr user dgbalancesrocks’ slightly surreal encounter with British police

'Daddy, what was it like during the war?' 'Which one?' 'You know, the War on Terror...'

posted at 11:00 pm
on Sep. 12, 2006

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Video: Live Scorpions on a Stick in the Night Market

My friend Lee shot this 2 minutes video in Beijing, makes me thankful I can just order pizza.

posted at 8:41 pm
on Sep. 8, 2006

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Waxy.org: Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds

It's an interesting read and a cautionary tale: don't treat the internet like it's in any way private. Privacy on the Internet is an oxymoron.

posted at 1:58 am
on Sep. 8, 2006

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Vote here to indicate your Most Wanted Gmail Features

I'm currently wanting: * sort by email size (to delete the big ones) and * filter by arbitrary header

posted at 11:33 am
on Sep. 7, 2006

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vi search: fast, text-only search tool

Unfortunately, it seems to be pretty inaccurate, too.

posted at 9:53 am
on Sep. 7, 2006

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Expression Engine 1.5 Was Released Today

If it loves us, it won't run away.

posted at 2:45 am
on Sep. 7, 2006

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Kill half an hour looking at this year’s DragonCon photos

Burning Man has the true nut jobs; but Dragoncon has action figures!

posted at 10:10 pm
on Sep. 6, 2006

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Vancouverites and/or Bloggers: Take the 2007 Dates and Venue Survey today

I voted yes for everything -- I'm feeling optimistic today.

posted at 2:30 pm
on Sep. 6, 2006

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This story about the island of Nauru is worth downloading the PDF to read

It's great writing, by Jack Hitt

posted at 11:33 am
on Sep. 1, 2006

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Walt Disney World: Collecting fingerprints

I think the story's cute, but not the threat to democracy that Boing Boing thinks it is.

posted at 11:06 am
on Sep. 1, 2006

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