Over at my-nhl.com, there are 5 amusing little films about the Oilers/Mighty Ducks series made using tabletop “knob hockey” figures. Enjoy, and congrats to the Oilers on making it to the finals!
Note: this is hockey, so there’s some cussin’ and swearin’. A couple of four-letter words ain’t gonna kill you.
[Thanks to LeROIduPLYWOOD for the link!]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
May
31
2006
Amusing Hockey Films (or: Congrats, Oilers!)
May
31
2006
DemoCamp 6.0
Last night’s DemoCamp was a battle against Murphy’s Law and a stubborn projector which refused to cooperate with the demonstrators’ laptops. It made for some waits between presentations, but at least it wasn’t as bad as Microsoft Live! demo of last November.
I was busy presenting Skydasher and Feedcache and helping host the event with Jay [...]
May
31
2006
Silicon Valley Fight Club (or "How to be Silicon Valley, Part 4")
Ethan Discovers Silicon Valley’s Secret
In the comments to an entry from earlier today, Ethan tells me that he has discovered the secret of Silicon Valley: there’s a software engineers’ Fight Club. He points to a Globe and Mail article, Superheroes for a Night.
I wrote about it in Tucows Farm a couple [...]
May
31
2006
Chuck Norris’ Toilet Paper
The world’s toughest man needs the world’s toughest wipe:
Feel free to make any “badass” jokes in the comments.
May
31
2006
On "How to be Silicon Valley", Part 3
Your Reading Assignment
Paul Graham, whose essay How to be Silicon Valley was the inspiration for this blog entry, has written a follow-up titled Why Startups Condense in America. I’ll write up more on it later.
How to be Milan?
One of the more interesting responses to my posting on Silicon Valley came from Danielle Meder, who comes [...]
May
29
2006
DemoCamp 6 Tomorrow!
Don’t forget: DemoCamp 6.0 takes place tomorrow! For more details, see this entry in Tucows Farm. Ross and I will be among the presenters — we’ll be presenting Skydasher and Feedcache.
May
29
2006
Look Closely, or You Might Miss the S.O.S.
[Thanks to "mantid" for finding the photo] Here’s a clever poster design from the PR department for the German branch of Unicef about child labour. The “S.O.S.” is very cleverly worked in:
The bottom of this poster reads “Children forced into work are calling for help”.
May
29
2006
Happy Memorial Day / Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day!
Today is a holiday in both America, where’s it Memorial Day, and Fiji, where it’s Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day. Have a good one!
May
29
2006
Journo
While wandering around downtown Accordion City on Sunday afternoon, Wendy and I looked for a place to grab a quick lunch and ended up at Journo on King Street West and Widmer Street. It’s part-magazine store, part cafe and although I can’t quite put my finger on exactly why it seemed that way, it felt [...]
May
27
2006
JPod (Bonus: The buzzword from chapter 1, translated!)
Wendy and I picked up Douglas Coupland’s latest book, JPod, at Chapters last week for a song. It was front-and-centre at the Bloor and Runnymede branch, with a “30% off” sticker on it, knocking it down to about 25 bucks, which is pretty decent for a hardcover.
Wendy ploughed through it last weekend. Her one-line on-the-spot [...]
May
26
2006
My Take on the Whole O’Reilly "Web 2.0" Thing
If the image above is too obscure, see these blog entries by:
Rob Hyndman
Mathew Ingram
Paul Kedrosky
Rex Hammock
Shel Israel
Rick Segal has two articles: this one and this one
John Battelle’s defense of O’Reilly
The first official response from O’Reilly
The follow-up official response from O’Reilly, in which they say that the mark applies only to live events and conferences (meaning [...]
May
26
2006
This Weekend in Accordion City
It’s that time of the year again: Doors Open Toronto takes place this weekend. 140 buildings of architectural, historic or cultural significance will open their doors to the public for free so that you can explore! It’s a great way to get to know the city and you’ll be surprised at the treasures we’ve got. [...]
May
26
2006
On "How to Be Silicon Valley", Part 2
Me outside Fry’s Electronics in Silicon Valley, circa 2000.
Time is short today, so I’m going to be brief with this “Silicon Valley” post…
Nearly a hundred comments so far: Paul Graham’s using the site reddit.com as the comments section for his How to Be Silicon Valley essay, and he’s getting comments aplenty.
Ethan considers Canadian cities with [...]
May
25
2006
What Driving Down Highway 101 Was Like
Speaking of Silicon Valley, here’s a photo that captures the spirit of the San Francisco - San Jose drives that Cory Doctorow and I used to make:
May
25
2006
On “How to Be Silicon Valley”, Part 1
There’s been some interest in yesterday’s posting on Paul Graham’s essay, How to Be Silicon Valley, so I thought I’d answer some of the comments.
Other papers on Toronto as a high-tech hub
The first comment comes from an “Ethan” who chides me for not pointing to the following reports:
High Technology Cluster Evolution: A Network Analysis of [...]
