July, 2005
quicklinks
24 different ways to lace shoes
wow... I'm a boring guy, I go for the standard over under method
the science of Lance
I'm a little late posting this one up... but it's an interesting read... more proof that he's a freak of nature
condom ads
a collection of condom ads... check out the main page for for themes in advertising
Droogle
Google for alcoholic mixed drinks... I like the idea... but I'll stick to my beer
the “best” paper airplane in the world
so they claim... I wasn't impressed with it's flight, mind you it's a complicated folding process, so I probably screwed it up somewhere
10th planet discovered!
how do they now that dot is planet... I mean come on... it's a whopping 97 Astronomical Units away!!
necessary Firefox extensions
I got most of them...
100 songs in less then 79 minutes
for those of you with short attention spans
beating boxing hormonica guy
wow... I can't even beat-box let alone beat box with a harmonica!
my favourite word
tell people your favourite word or see what words other people like... my word: maven
Online Generator
if someone's written web code to randomly generate something... it can be found here... but I don't think that I'd name my band Stinking Muff
How It Should Have Ended
didn't like an end to a movie, neither did he, but he's made his own humourous endings...
Turbo Tap
1 pint in 2 seconds... I like!
Napkin Folding 101
so you can impress at your dinner parties
Tecmo Bowl
so now that Brown has retired, there's only one player left in the league from the original Tecmo Bowl... man, I played this game for HOURS as a kid
Brown retires a raider
haven't heard of this before... Tim Brown (one of the NFL's best all-time receivers) signed a one day contract with the Oakland so that he could retire as a Raider, a team where he spent the first 16 of a 17 year career
DIY LCD projector
why spend thousands when a couple hundred will do?
I park like an idiot
well I don't... but these people sure do
how to deal with the bill at a restaurant
from the waiter's point of view
most expensive game of rock, paper, scissors ever
scissors beats paper
Daily Show goodness
Jon Stewart on the London attacks and the reaction of the media... gotta love this show
We’re Not Afraid
a collection of photos of Brits that aren't letting the attacks scare them
these can’t be real
I have never seen clouds like this... they're so cool!
NHL/NHLPA announce tentative deal
only took 301 days
techniques to manage procrastination
I so need this!
the diversity of the nude American female
interesting project...
Google isn’t perfect
Google isn't perfect, here's a list of things people have had trouble finding on Google, can you help them?
Don’t Click It!
they're trying to start a revolution where you don't need to click your mouse, they actually penalize you for clicking anywhere on their website
Let Your Dream Job Evolve
we all want our dream job... right now I just need a job
Price is Right game directory
retro photos included... long live Plinko!
metro logos from around the world
there are a lot of M's out there
baseball/softball in trouble for 2012 olympics
so the IOC wants to cut some sports for London, maybe b/c it's always a one sided affair (i.e. USA dominance), not to mention cutting the teams from 28 to 26 will save organisers 50 million quid
slick screensavers
some slick OpenGL screensavers
Amazon… the early years
how Amazon looked when they first launched
Bono’s birth certificate
want to by a copy of Bono's (aka Paul Hewson) birth certificate? oh please can I bid on a piece of paper that anyone can pick up from the Dublin City Registrars
Google’s master plan
world domination in five years or less
Google pedometer
using the Google Maps API someone's developed some software so that you can calculate how far you've driven/walked/jogged, it's initially focused on New Jersey, so you may need to zoom out and re-centre it
Economist weighs in
the Economists take on the supreme court's P2P ruling
Wikipedia’s got concise info on what’s happened in London
this hits a little close to home, my family is from the out-skirts of London... defo anti-climatic after winning the 2012 Olympics
London to get 2012 Olympics
looks like London pulled the upset... and to think that Madrid won the second round of votes...
Firefox + Movable Type + GreaseMonkey
I've just discovered the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox, and here's how it can help you in Moveable Type
overheard in NY
be careful who's listening in on your conversation, people may get it posted, don't forget that people are also listening in your office
post secret
a website where people send created postcards with their secrets written on them
two screen wallpapers
there are a few of you out there that use two screens for their computers, here are some wallpapers for those people
wooden iPod
ok, this is making the rounds, but it's pretty damn cool, wonder if he'll start selling it, if I had an iPod I'd want it... (via)
Russell’s back spasms
well one of my friends had a severe case of back spasms that an ambulance had to be called and one of my other friends thought it would be funny to document it and post it online, looks like it hurt Russ!
50 smartest things to do with money
not to mention the 15 dumbest things
Kremed!
The rise and fall of Krispy Kreme is a cautionary tale of ambition, greed, and inexperience.
Times top 50 websites
blogs are it
March of the Penguins
a trailer for a Morgan Freeman narrated documentary on the empire penguins... I wanna see it now...
peer-to-peer going down?
we've all heard about the US's supreme court ruling saying how P2P software can be held responsible for what people share on the networks... an interesting read about how uncool this is and how it goes against previous rulings... so are VCRs now against the law?
today’s front pages
want to see what the front page looks like of the actual newspapers from around the world?
Will Ferrell + Harvard
who would have thought that Will Ferrell would be doing a Harvard commencement speech... the leaders of tomorrow need a speech from a joker of today, but it's a fun read
weblog
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30
2005
30
2005
MT is not playing fair
The Problem Ok… some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been updating the site much in the last week or so… this is b/c Movable Type haven’t been playing nice. For some reason it hasn’t been allowing my to log into the backend app, so I couldn’t create new entries. The login prompt [...]Jul
22
2005
22
2005
MIA
Sorry I’m being a little MIA this week… don’t know why but I’ve been distracted by other things. One of them being the fact that I’m working on a photo gallery application for the site. I don’t like the pre-existing packages b/c they have too many bells and whisles and are hard to integrate into [...]Jul
14
2005
14
2005
the heat was just too much
Anybody that’s been in the Toronto area over the last few days knows there we’ve been suffering through something fierce… a massive heat-wave. Normally 30-37 day wouldn’t be too bad if it was a dry heat b/c then there would be a difference between the sun and shade. But no… that’s not how we do [...]Jul
12
2005
12
2005
Rock Star: sevennine
Ok… so I managed to catch the second episode of Rock Star: INXS. I gotta say is that I was impressed, it’s could almost be called Rocker Idol. But this time it’s not just about the singer… truth be told, most rockers aren’t good conventional singers, they just happen to find a style of music [...]Jul
04
2005
04
2005
oh the pain
So I’m back from MTL and I don’t think the tournament didn’t go as well as hoped. To say we were slow in the first game and a half is a little bit of an understatement. I don’t know what it is, it happened in Cleveland as well, but we have trouble raising the intensity [...]Jul
01
2005
01
2005