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The band They Might Be Giants made a video about the elements. You know..... Hydrogen, Helium, all that stuff? It's kind of fun. Could this become the new nerd anthem?
I used to love watching Ze Frank's daily video clip (The Show with Ze Frank) he was putting out years ago. It's what inevitably led my friend Bernie and I to create what amounts to fan / tribute videos of the original hosers called Great White North II.
Here's the trailer of a new movie coming out this fall:
I just noticed..... today is 09/09/09.
Now you know why it's called 'pie' errrr.... 'pi'.
Someone took footage of a toy at the Googleplex called the Google Holodeck.
"The British Government's official figures on the level of illegal file sharing in the UK come from questionable research commissioned by the music industry."
If you've ever wondered what it's like to perform improvisational theatre, now you have a chance to try it out for a very reasonable fee. Chinook Learning Services is offering, for the first time, an improvisation workshop for absolute beginners. No experience of any kind is necessary. It doesn't even matter if you've never tried acting before. Participants will spend a total of 9 hours over 3 Monday nights learning the basic elements of improvisation. The environment will be fun, friendly and safe and will employ games and exercises. Improvisation skills have a secondary benefit, as they help with self-esteem, team work and thinking on your feet. After this workshop, you will probably have a better idea if you'll want to take it to the next level.
I was away from the internets when this story broke (yeah, I know..... it was horrid), so I apologize for the lateness of this story and applaud my friend Ernest for bringing it to my attention.
You know what a captcha is right? Those online security quizzes that ask you to type in what you see to prove you're a human, not a programmed online 'bot'. Microsoft (those cheeky monkeys) are applying for a patent to embed advertising into captchas, in a manner similar to what's pictured here.
Are you a fan of The Kids in the Hall? Did you know they are currently filming a new 
I've already blogged about this subject before, but I felt like revisiting the topic after talking to my friend Ernest.
Wednesday, September 9th, I will participate in 'no cats day' by not posting anything cat related. I cannot predict what kind of effect this one day cat ban will have on subsequent days however.
What's funnier than a Republican administration? When the Republicans are attacking the administration, of course.
While in Spokane, I found a neat little novelty shop called Boo Radley's, down by Riverfront. This shop has kitschy and unusual gifts. For adults with a sense of humour and nostalgia this is nirvana. It's a browsing kind of store where you should take your time and explore every nook and cranny. I saw Star Trek action figures, retro metal lunch boxes, fun books, zombie and robot comics, wind up toys and so much more.
Did you know that the root of the internet turned 40 this week? S'true!
Remember how the medical community had us believing the appendix had no purpose? Wrong! It's actually useful supplementary material at the end of a book, article, or document.
In the not too distant future, a doctor may be able to tell if you have lung cancer through a special kind of breathalyzer. This would allow cancer to be detected at a much earlier stage, which could save many lives.
If you have kids, you are likely very protective about what they do online. There are some amazing sites just for kids though and this article highlights a few of them.
While we were in Kirkland Washington (near Bellevue), we noticed that they take their pedestrian crosswalks very seriously. More than 60 of the crosswalks have yellow flags on either side of the crosswalk in little buckets attached to a light post. You grab a flag before you cross to help drivers see you better. It's called PedFlag. These same crosswalks also have in-road lighting that lights up and flashes to make the crosswalks easier to see when folks are using them.
Check out this nice bike we saw in Kirkland Washington. Posted for all you bike fanatics out there.
Yeah, we couldn't even wait until Saturday to start up this trip so we hit the road right after Darlene got off of work and headed for Cranbrook BC, our first stop. That allowed us to get a nice early start on the US border and on to Spokane. Although Spokane is a nice city and all, I was anxious to get on our way to the Oregon coast. So our stopover was just an excuse for me to twiddle my thumbs waiting for the next morning so we could head out on our way to....
Along our drive from Spokane to the Oregon coast, we drove along the Columbia River gorge. In past trips, I had noticed windmill farms before, especially on the Washington State side, but this time, things had really ramped up. Now there are countless numbers on either side of the river (Washington and Oregon), high up on the cliff tops, with plenty more visibly under construction. I can't say for sure how many windmills there were, but if I had to venture a guess, there had to be at least a few hundred. The Biglow farm already has 141 turbines with 76 more coming. The Klondike wind farm has more than 240 turbines. The Shepherd's Flat wind farm (billed as the biggest on-land wind farm in the world - for now) is expected to have 313 turbines, but I don't think that is built yet! All this doesn't even count the ones on the Washington State side.
Morris' Fireside Restaurant in Cannon Beach where I had the Beau's Bodacious Half Pound Burger (pictured). If I had a white flag to wave at our table, it would have been flying by the end of my meal. Two fresh quarter pound patties, Tillamook cheddar, at least a full clove (I swear two or more) of tender roasted garlic. I had to slice this thing in half to eat it and I could barely fit it in. Yes, Karl was bested by this burger. That was a first my friends. And the fries! Giant home-cut fries. Like seriously - put your two smallest fingers side by side - these fries were as big or bigger in girth than that, but much much longer. Yet still fully cooked (there's nothing worse than giant fries that are raw inside).
After using my iPhone for 8 months, I have come to the realization that the next revolution that needs to take place online is the restructuring of web pages for mobile devices. The forward thinking web sites have already figured this out and automatically send you content tailored for your mobile device. But we still have a long way to go on this. Web content providers need to offer alternate versions of their pages that are easier to use and formatted to fit a small screen. One could argue that it's the consumer that has created this need, but web content providers must understand that ignoring the rapidly growing segment of the internet community that now accesses their content through mobile devices simply leaves that community to surf elsewhere.
In what is likely a precedent-setting case, a judge has ruled that a couple who were fleeced out of more than $26,000 from their line of credit can sue their bank for its alleged failure to implement the latest security measures (via online access).
There's a web site getting a lot of traction right now called 'People of Walmart'. Essentially folks are encouraged to send in their pictures of the Walmart shoppers who maybe didn't look in the mirror with a serious eye before heading to Wally World. It's not just about the clothes, but the cars too.
I'll tell a more detailed story about our trip soon enough, but in the meantime, there be pictures on Facebook.
