May, 2005
quicklinks
Paris engaged to… Paris
I'm not one for celeb gossip, but com'on, couldn't pass up a line like that
Miss Canada the new Miss Universe
and she's from TO...
Shaq already working on being a cop
he loves cops and plans to be one when he retires from the NBA, he's passed the test in LA, but the quote of the article has to be: "I plan on going undercover"... riiiiiiight, like anyone wouldn't recognize him
Ben & Jerry’s pint lock
what the? a lock for your pint of ice cream? paranoid much?
widescreen wallpaper
here is a collection of images that can be used for desktop wallpapers, they're good for people with widescreen monitors b/c they're all 1920x1200, even if you don't have a widescreen monitor, you should check it out, there's a few good ones
turns out Laval is good for something
looks like the smart people at Laval actually did something useful... hahaha, they've invented a camera lens five times thinner than a sheet of paper... coming to a camera phone near you!
11 steps to a better brain
I feel smarter already
funky clouds
here are some funky clouds that took place in MO, USA... does anyone know what they're called? BoingBoing can't seem to figure out what it's called
tracking patterns of supermarket shoppers
here's the marketing guy in me that finds this interesting, the main finding is that the majority of people don't go up and down every aisle as once thought
abusing amazon images
turns out the image you see on Amazon product pages depends on the URL, here's a guy experimenting with it
over 60 million blogs worldwide
so there's over 60 million blogs all over the world and it doesn't seem like it's gonna stop, or is it, some people thing the bubble is gonna burst
visible human browser
ever wondered what you look like on the inside? check out these cross-sections of a female
yet another musical
yet again we're being shown that anything can be made into a musical these days... the latest victim to the musical bug is Trump's The Apprentice, I kid you not, it's a love story that'll have the show as a backdrop, somebody stop this!
Subway cancels Sub Club program
what? you mean I have all these stamps for free subs for no reason now? WTF! I want my free footlong!
no longer grrrrrrreat
looks like the voice of Tony the Tiger has passed away... *sniff*
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
if it's nonsense, how does it still influence politicians around the world?
a field guide to chess tactics
man, I haven't played chass in AGES!
ultimate frisbee hitting mainstream
the latest Michelob ad showing something different, it's showing an ultimate frisbee game in the ad, nicely done! but being the prude I am, there are some defo mistakes in the ad
1. you can't self pass
2. the catch at the end isn't a score, the feet have to be in the endzone, not just the disc
3. who uses big pylons like that? if you land on that you're gonna get hurt
1. you can't self pass
2. the catch at the end isn't a score, the feet have to be in the endzone, not just the disc
3. who uses big pylons like that? if you land on that you're gonna get hurt
eat healthy and get an iPod
why can't I live in Glasgow?
broswershots
see how your webpage looks in different browsers, it will merge the screenshots into one long photo and store them for others to see
update: wow, just took a closer look at the images it develops, and they're far from consistent, just look at the side bar in this one, it's missing the bottom part
update: wow, just took a closer look at the images it develops, and they're far from consistent, just look at the side bar in this one, it's missing the bottom part
Pantone’s top 10 colours for fall 2005
wouldn't you know... the first two are in the same ballpark to the two main colours I have on this site, I must be setting trends
America’s 50 favourite colours
according to Crayola
how to get slash-dotted
it's one of the quickest way to get traffic to your site, actually, if you can get slash-dotted, it's been know to shut-down servers b/c it generates so much traffic
bunny suicides
there have been a couple books, but someone has taken a few of the images a put them online... too funny
internet movie script db
like imdb but for movie scripts
porn class “exciting” students
pardon the pun
mmm
here's a program that'll organize you're right click menu in XP
colour palette tools
well I've been slowly collecting colour palette websites but then stumbled across this, someone else was doing the same thing I was, only they published the list online
play 20 questions with Darth Vader
he got mine, damn him and his evil ways!
colourblind webpage filter
pretty cool
history of sampling
find out who sampled what song in their songs...
clean your computer screen
got a dirty screen? then just click the link to clean it...
‘piano man’
no one knows who he is, he doesn't talk but he can play the piano really, really well
PS3 unveiled
Bluetooth controllers? they'll just get lost more easily, won't they?
old versions
do you prefer the older versions of software? don't like the new functions that were added? then download them from here
the URL that got away
well it looks like not everything went Lucas's way for the latest flick, turns out revengeofthesith.com is already taken, believe it or not, someone wrote a book with the same title and chapter one is available for preview at the site
that un-named baby
ok, this kid is 18-months old and still doesn't have a name? So that combined with the 9 months of pregnancy means that in 27-months they couldn't come up with one name!?
PSP runs Windows
I know this story is making the rounds but it's defo interesting to note, at least the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death didn't show up
what’s in the water?
what's in the water over in China? this guy is 7'8" and stil growing!
ruining beer
a teen smashed her car into a beer truck on the 401 this morning and ruined 2,184 cases of beer... it's a total waste of beer!
you sent it
want to send large files over the internet but your webmail has a cap on the file size you can send? You can send upto 1GB files with YouSendIt and you don't even have to sign up for an account
find any album cover
want to find an album cover from a CD or DVD... it's here
Audioslave in Cuba
Audioslave has just performed a historic concert in Havana, I think they're the first American band to play there in decades, if not ever
how to detect lies
or if you want, read it and learn how to lie better
Windows 95 User Interface: A Case Study in Usability Engineering
definately an interesting read
parking in Kingston
a fun photo showing how crazy parking is in Kingston, the town I went to I did my undergrad in, but it doesn't illustrate that there are also winter/summer parking rules... everyone gets tickets in this town
Nike + Sears = no more
want to buy a pair of Nike shoes? don't go to Sears, Nike won't let them sell Nike apparel
must hear music
VH1's editor's picks for top singles out right now...
TBWA are at it again
yet another cool ad by the people at TBWA
undersea restaurant
damn... defo looks cool, with 270-degrees of panoramic underwater views who cares how good the food is
No Pants Day
well tomorrow (May 6th) is officially No Pants Day... how will you celebrate?
Google Web Accelorator
Google has brought out yet another toy...
update: ok, seems that Google's prefetch method isn't the best thing after all
update: ok, seems that Google's prefetch method isn't the best thing after all
can Apple stay on top?
could Apple be its own worst enemy?
looking for nuts
why would you take a photo of this?... so people like me can laugh at it
hollow glass stops drinks being spiked
this class has a hollow centre to make it really hard for people to drop stuff into glasses at the bars, I like the idea
Wicked
I just found out about this musical over the weekend, it's about the early life of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, before she met Dorothy and when she was still friends with Glinda the Good Witch, looks like it's coming to TO, hmmmm... might have to check it out
site design ani-gif
an animated gif that shows the timeline of how sites are usually made/designed
weblog
May
29
2005
29
2005
look ma I’m still alive
Well can’t really say too much has been going on. After being cut from BMF, I’ve finally found a team to play on, Roy. They’re a guys team that’s part of a club system that feeds into the best guys team in the GTA, GOAT. But the only prob is that Roy is the third [...]May
21
2005
21
2005
Musical Baton
Well it seems that I’ve been passed the musical baton by Dave. Total music files residing on my computer: 2897 files totalling 14.9 or 15.5GB, depends on what I use to add all the files up. I would have more, but I usually delete some of the mp3′s once I buy the CD, why? b/c [...]May
20
2005
20
2005
Sith complete
So yesterday morning (11:30) I went to see Episode III. Figured I’d go while everyone was still at work and in school. Well I gotta say that I’m glad to see that Mr Lucas finally got it right, third time lucky? While the last two had bad plots, character development etc, this one was actually [...]May
17
2005
17
2005
dropped
Well this past weekend I was just outside Pittsburgh for yet another tournament and the last stage of my tryouts for BMF. For some reason that car I was going down in decided to leave Toronto during the evening rush hour, so we faced traffic all the way to the border. Boo to that. We [...]May
11
2005
11
2005
going to america
Well last weekend was my first frisbee tournament of the touring season. The Soggy Bottom Bowl was an ideal place to start the season, and I’m not just saying that b/c my team won the tournament. Well I guess I can’t really call them my team yet b/c I’m still in the process of trying [...]May
07
2005
07
2005
stupid FireFox
I don’t know if anyone has gotten this problem but I was having some serious problems with FireFox the last couple days, the pages wouldn’t load. I’d start the program up but when I type anything in the address bar it just stood there chuckling at me. I tried rebooting the system, but that didn’t [...]May
02
2005
02
2005