A journalist writes about the day he was laid off
Breezy, touching column.
posted at 11:53 pm
on Apr. 30, 2009
Cecil Adams has more to say about the online news biz
He's so smart!
posted at 11:44 pm
on Apr. 30, 2009
Yahoo will be closing Geocities soon
Goodbye, 1990s. You and your animated mailbox icons shall be missed.
posted at 2:59 pm
on Apr. 30, 2009
Video: Woman hires stripper to impersonate herself at her high school reunion
Funny stuff.
posted at 5:22 pm
on Apr. 29, 2009
Stupid clothing for more than one person to wear at once
IT's gotta be a joke site.
posted at 3:33 pm
on Apr. 29, 2009
Take Me Fishing: A beautiful ExpressionEngine site
Really well integrated mashups and nice code, too.
posted at 3:11 pm
on Apr. 28, 2009
Pakistani Brothers Who Make $1 million in Leather Fetish Gear Secretly
Fascinating video story from the New York Times
posted at 10:00 am
on Apr. 28, 2009
Chewing gum helps raise students’ math scores: LATimes
So sorry, Singapore.
posted at 1:34 pm
on Apr. 27, 2009
B.C. Society information
For later, so I can look for forms necessary for non-profits in British Columbia.
posted at 8:08 pm
on Apr. 26, 2009
OpenDNS Introduces SmartCache - Enables Web Sites to Load While Offline for the Rest of the Internet
Nifty.
posted at 11:18 am
on Apr. 24, 2009
Final Journey: A Dead Soldier’s Trip Home from Iraq
This Esquire piece is worth the 30 minutes it takes to read.
posted at 8:59 am
on Apr. 23, 2009
The biggest windmill ever
Well, ever linked to on my blog. I didn't actually look any facts up, because that's how we roll here on the Internets.
posted at 8:09 am
on Apr. 23, 2009
A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy
"We want those things we find pleasing to succeed. We're more tolerant of problems with things that we find attractive."
posted at 12:23 pm
on Apr. 22, 2009
What makes you happy? A video
Sun, chocolate and sex. Can't go wrong.
posted at 11:45 am
on Apr. 21, 2009
An entire site devoted to the backhand in tennis
A good answer to the question: Is the Web too specialized?
posted at 10:55 am
on Apr. 20, 2009
Mental Health Camp is April 25, 2009, at Workspace, Vancouver
This whole day grew from a panel at Northern Voice, and admission is free by donation. I'm super impressed at what these folks are doing.
posted at 6:26 pm
on Apr. 19, 2009
Which bands’ drummers use click track technology
And which don't? Cool blog about tech and music tells all.
posted at 12:38 pm
on Apr. 16, 2009
How the Time.com 100 Poll was hacked
Pretty subtle, and awesome, tech hack of a useless but influential poll
posted at 12:31 pm
on Apr. 16, 2009
‘wichcraft: Cool-looking sandwich cook book
I think I'll go have one right now.
posted at 8:35 am
on Apr. 16, 2009
4-years-old calls the police for math problem help
They taser him. Naw, just kidding.
posted at 5:47 pm
on Apr. 15, 2009
Susan Boyle, the amazing UK singing sensation, is 47, and inspires me
Inspires me to take more chances.
posted at 11:02 am
on Apr. 15, 2009
Darren showed me this musical tone and rhythm generator flash game
He is trying to ruin my productivity. Touchee, Darren, Touchee.
posted at 10:27 am
on Apr. 15, 2009
A forklift that can go in any direction. Omni directional, you might say
I used to drive a forklift. I never crashed it, that's all I can say.
posted at 10:27 am
on Apr. 15, 2009
Wikipedia voting on changing license to CC BY-SA
I wish I knew enough to say if this was a good idea. I think it is, though.
posted at 3:36 pm
on Apr. 13, 2009
Phil Spector convicted of second degree murder
Woah. The picture kinda says it all.
posted at 3:01 pm
on Apr. 13, 2009
raincoaster’s encounter with Willie Pickton
That serial killer is smart, evil, and apparently a bad photographer.
posted at 1:48 pm
on Apr. 13, 2009
Teach the Controversy t-shirts
I like the queen as an alien lizard.
posted at 12:07 pm
on Apr. 13, 2009
What to Do When You Lose Your Job
One tip is useless (i.e. keep your job), the rest are OK
posted at 11:05 am
on Apr. 13, 2009
Some of the oddest and scariest fish you’ll ever see
Blob fish are the awesomest.
posted at 10:42 am
on Apr. 13, 2009
YouTube Video: Star Trek actors as The A-Team
Happy Friday. Now go home.
posted at 3:28 pm
on Apr. 10, 2009
How true is it that there was a significant cyberspace attack on the U.S. power grid recently?
Pretty true, and even if it wasn't, there could be. And it would be BAD.
posted at 3:02 pm
on Apr. 10, 2009
How to Block the DiggBar, which frames your site and is super annoying
Grrr.
posted at 2:23 pm
on Apr. 10, 2009
Great wines for $15 and under
The L.A. Times has advice for discerning skin-flints.
posted at 11:01 pm
on Apr. 9, 2009
Google reveals the way it builds its own servers and data centers
Their quest for efficiency is simple awesome.
posted at 1:08 am
on Apr. 9, 2009
Fmylife is a site with funny stories about everyday life blunders. FML!
Ha! Haha!
posted at 4:50 pm
on Apr. 8, 2009
A new prescription medicine that gives you longer eyelashes: Latisse
That is so bizarre.
posted at 4:42 pm
on Apr. 8, 2009
Le Grand Sommeil - cowboy, indian and horse take long naps
Good stuff. 5 min long.
posted at 9:06 am
on Apr. 7, 2009
Email client popularity - which clients and email services are the most popular in 2009?
Outlook: 40%. Yahoo: 16%. Hotmail 16%. Apple mail: 8%
posted at 8:38 am
on Apr. 7, 2009
U.S. Army Recruiters have 3x the suicide rate of regular army folks
This is a long profile piece on a really interesting topic.
posted at 11:49 am
on Apr. 6, 2009
Are there common medical treatments in use today that we know don’t work? Yes.
Beta-blockers, cough syrup, and more in this post.
posted at 11:39 am
on Apr. 6, 2009
Why do we itch? Scientists are, just now, figuring it out a bit
Consider -- we've only understood how to block pain for, oh, 50 years or so. Figuring out itching came second.
posted at 11:35 am
on Apr. 6, 2009
Associated Press Trying to Halt Use of Its Articles on Unlicensed Web Sites
This just in: Google may, in fact, be making money on the content that other people produce! OMG WTF BBQ!
posted at 11:28 am
on Apr. 6, 2009
Every different kinds of people that there are
A complete list, with no exceptions.
posted at 4:24 pm
on Apr. 3, 2009
Someone made your sneakers: END does it with less waste
Check out the video. It's really interesting.
posted at 4:24 pm
on Apr. 3, 2009
Erik Rolfsen, Vancouver Province web editor, is one of the final 15 for the Queensland job
Go Vancouver go!
posted at 9:09 am
on Apr. 3, 2009
Finally, Cecil Adams weighs in on the viability of online and offline journalism
He says, basically, there's a lot of people who write for free, so look out.
posted at 9:00 am
on Apr. 3, 2009
Faces Of The Recession: Blogger as Investigative Journalist
Author Andy Cook is a freelance photographer based in Baltimore, MD
posted at 8:53 am
on Apr. 3, 2009
Undersea restaurant at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
Eat fish while watching fish. Looks absolutely spectacular.
posted at 9:26 am
on Apr. 2, 2009
lululemon launches their online store
This is truly an awesome April Fools joke. Kudos^2.
posted at 11:52 am
on Apr. 1, 2009
Electric Sheep: Crazy shepherds make fun patterns out of sheep with lights
It also happens to be a viral ad from Samsung, kind of.
posted at 10:18 am
on Apr. 1, 2009
BCIT’s new home page was a great April Fools’ stunt
Just like Google!
posted at 9:16 am
on Apr. 1, 2009
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