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March 28, 2007

Hotmail (is) for Dummies

Need further proof that you should dump that hotmail account?

A guy, who works in the department of a Human Resources consultancy company, says they made a selection process in which, among other things, they asked for a person with ample experience in using the internet (navigation, searches, formats...). They received 50 candidacies, from which 30 came from Hotmail-directions, all of them erased as they entered.

The reason: You can't pretend being an internet expert and use a Hotmail account at the same time.

From www.boingboing.net

March 26, 2007

Sue Hacking the Interweb




A Picture/Video Message!, Originally uploaded by iChris.

Peyton Manning Cares

SNL actualy had a funny skit for once - who knew! - featuring host Peyton Manning.

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March 24, 2007

Blogged From the Phone




A Picture/Video Message!, Originally uploaded by iChris.

March 22, 2007

I Done Got Digged

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Something I submitted to digg got dugg up to the front page. This is the digg submission for this link - a collection of tips for the Apple remote. I think this means my 15 minutes of internet fame are used up.

A Picture/Video Message!




A Picture/Video Message!, Originally uploaded by iChris.

Just fooling around with photo blogging - took a picture on my phone, uploaded it to flickr which automagically sends it to my blog. I am awesome.

The device in the picture is our store's DVD/CD printer/burner - snaps off 50 DVDs or CDs at a time.

Campolo on The Hour

Tony Campolo

Always sure to be an entertaining and interesting interview, Tony Campolo was on The Hour last night. It should also show up on The Hour's iTunes podcast here at some point. This was the first I've heard of the term/organization Tony's started, 'red letter Christian.'

Watch the video on The Hour's website.

March 21, 2007

300 - A Review in 4 Sentences

300

From Penny Arcade, a site not for folks afraid of "fancy" language:

300 is a movie about guys who look cool doing things that are awesome, and as such it's hard not to like it. It leverages swank technology in the service of its cinematic mission. Also, there is a portion of the film given over to a creature, equal parts goat and man, who plays a flute inside of a golden tent. So it's the sort of movie that really has something for everyone.

March 20, 2007

Desktop Tower Defense

DesktopTower

Addictive little flash game to distract you with: Desktop Tower Defense. Tip: there's towers on the top-right that you buy by dragging onto the game. Then upgrade them. Then kill the little things coming at your desk. Add your score to the group 'saskatchewan' to compare your score with others that link from here.

Via kottke.org.

Beware the Bluetooth

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Youtube Clones

Godtube

I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw this. Godtube is a copy, almost line for line, of Youtube complete with a Askaninja.com clone (SoldierinGodsArmy), Mac vs PC clones (link) and Clay Aiken videos?!?

Yet another 'safe place' that is a copy of something succesful, with all the bad stuff removed so that the Christians won't have to struggle and deal with the real world out there.

I read about this on Wired, in this writeup - including the quote below regarding this video:

Admittedly, this one's pretty clever. Pan-offensive novelty rap is turned into a stunning anthem of Bible-literacy by changing a single word in the title. Unfortunately, it took almost twenty years for Christians to get around to parodying a song made famous in 1992, when Christians were still busy trying to come up with 11 minutes of Christian-themed lyrics to insert into Don McLean's "American Pie."

I don't think it was 20 years, but the point remains.

March 18, 2007

TwitterVision

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Want to know what geeks around the world are doing right now? Probably not. But even still, twittervision is pretty neat to watch and realize what is happening around the globe.

March 17, 2007

Ze Frank's Final Show

Today is Ze's final show. A good writeup on his show can be found here on the Movabletype blog.

If you dig around into the org it's crazy/inspiring/nutty/strange what people have been willing to create and take part in over the past year. There's over 20,000 people who have signed up to be a part of the org (actually pronounced Oh-Are-Gee) and 30,000+ who watched the show on a daily basis. All started because of the popularity of an instructional dance video he sent around and was amazed to discover how many people grabbed on to it. You can check out lots of his other one-off videos/demos/stuff here or hit up the popular shows from the past year here.

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March 16, 2007

Sweep the Leg

For all the Karate Kid fans out there.

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I Love Stuff

We're starting to pack up our stuff. If we have stuff that isn't our stuff but is actually your stuff, let us know as we're prone to forget and miss stuff that isn't actually our stuff but think it is our stuff.

The less stuff we have to move the better - cause then we can go buy more new stuff to replace that stuff.

Mark - I've got your speakers and 2 folding chairs for you sometime.

March 15, 2007

Friggin Huge B-Ball Players




Gheorghe Muresan, Originally uploaded by StewMac.

Gheorghe Muresan

March 8, 2007

Google: The Best Company in America to Work For

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March 6, 2007

We're On the Move!

Outside View

As some of you know, we've been doing a bit of house hunting since finding out about the new member of family due to arrive in June. We had to put our acerage dream on hold for right now due to some zoning issues friends of ours were having, so we being to look around at houses. Housing in Saskatoon has taken off like crazy, jumping approx. $30k in the last 5 months alone, so we weren't sure what we'd be able to find that we could afford.

Bathroom

Luckily, thanks to my sister being on the lookout for us we came across a house in the Mayfair area of Saskatoon that we feel in love with. The couple who were selling did a ton of reno work and a lot (if not all) of the choices they had made with paint, tile, etc were what we liked. Plus the folks who were selling it (private sale) are really nice and work at the University too.

Kitchen

Anyway, long story short(er) - we've all but purchased the house. We're waiting on lawyers to do their lawyery things and come April 5th, we'll be moving in. Housewarming party to follow shortly. You can see pictures of the house on my flickr page by clicking here. The photos are (obviously) of the house as it is right now with the current owners furniture/decorations/etc. so it probably won't look quite as nice with our stuff in there.

Living Room

We'll see you at the housewarming party on April 7th sometime later in April. :)

What To Do With a Domain?

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I've been sitting on theopensourceband.com for awhile now and haven't had any good ideas of what to use it for. I originally got it with the intent of having a music creation/sharing site to collaborate on song ideas/etc with whoever. But I haven't found a good method of doing that yet that isn't too technically challenging to scare off people from joining.

At any rate, what would you expect to find if you hit up www.theopensourceband.com? Go there and leave your idea/suggestion in a comment. If I use your idea, you'll get a free tshirt.

March 5, 2007

Xbox 360?

Kirk has me babysitting his Xbox 360 since he's too busy to use it, so I've been renting a few games and trying it out. It's definitely a giant leap forward from my Gamecube in terms of graphics/sound. It's a bit like getting to 'play' a movie. For any sports nut, NHL 2007 from EA is amazing for the 360. I just rented Gears of War and had also rented NBA Street Homecourt (Amazingly detailed graphics with a great storyline to play along to - a great game to play with a bunch of people). The system is lots of fun and the ability to play online is a great option, though I can't take part without a paid Xbox Live membership. Having the ability to download demos of games and be able to try out the first few levels is nice as well, especially since Blockbuster charges $10/week for a game rental now.

To show how geeky I really am, you can check out my Xbox gamer tag and all my "achievements." Seriously. I eat this stuff up. Horribly geek and terribly fun.

Samuel Huebert

Samuel

Congrats to Lorinda and Chris down under in Australia who had a baby boy, Samuel on March 3rd. 2.8kg

I noticed something in the picture that I don't think a lot of people did. If you take a closer look at this "digitally enhanced" version of the photo:

Samuel

Good news for Chris - Samuel was born with a surfboard in hand!

March 3, 2007

Bono's Acceptance Speech for NAACP Award

He saves the best for the church at the end.

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March 1, 2007

Last.fm

Last.fm

I've reunited with Last.fm recently after a brief falling out. It's a great site for anyone that loves music and likes finding new stuff to listen to. Click here to see my profile on last.fm.

You can download the Last.fm player if you like, but the way I use it is by grabbing the iTunes plugin (Mac Users - iScrobbler / Windows Users - iSproggler) which just dumps the songs you're listening to from iTunes to Last.fm.

Then you can create your own radio station from the songs you listen to/like/have found:

Great fun. It's also how I get the recently played tracks on my blog's main page.

The Power of the Internet (and Ze Frank)

Ze Frank Meets Ray

AWWWW!




AWWWW!, Originally uploaded by Jamita.

Happy Thursday from my nephew Noah.