Tired of Juicy Fruit? Looking to expand your chewing gum horizons? Check this out:
Click the image to see the original on Flickr.
(Big deal, I say. In my opinion, cats are just egg rolls waiting to happen.)
If you’re based in Montreal (Billegible, I’m lookin’ at you!), the guy who took the picture says he got this [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Nov
30
2006
This Ain’t No Ordinary Gum
Nov
30
2006
Your Second Warning: Blogstravaganza is Friday, December 8th!
We’ve got just over a week to go until Blogstravaganza, the Toronto blogger get-together taking place on Friday, December 8th at 8:00 p.m. at Fiddler’s Green (27 Wellesley Street East, just across the street from Wellesley subway station). We’ve got the entire second floor reserved just for this gathering, which means that we’ll get our [...]
Nov
30
2006
Poul Nielsen’s Stretchy Business Card
I’ve seen all sorts of variations of business card, but this one’s new to me: it’s for local trainer Poul Nielsen:
Once again, it’s Miss Fipi Lele coming through with the photos!
Nov
29
2006
It’s a Boy!
My heartfelt congrats to Emily and Matt, who gave birth to Ethan, a healthy baby boy. Yes, even urban hipsters reproduce!
(Deenster, you’re next!)
Nov
29
2006
Power Breakfast
This morning, I attended a Technology Innovators Breakfast session at the Toronto Board of Trade as a guest of Alicia Bulwik, Project Manager of ICT Toronto. It’s a suit-y affair, held at the Toronto Board of Trade’s dining room, deep in the heart of suitland: First Canadian Place at the corner of Bay and King [...]
Nov
29
2006
"Customers who bought this item also bought…"
Who knew that recommendation engines could be funny? This made me laugh out loud.
Go to the Philips Norelco BG2020 Men’s Bodygroom page at Amazon.com and take a look at the “Customers who bought this item also bought” section:
Click the image to see a larger version.
(Mondo thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for the link. I cross-posted [...]
Nov
28
2006
A New Toy for You to Try: the Duke of URL
One of the fun parts of my job at Tucows is coming up with interesting technology demonstrations. Here’s one called the Duke of URL, a little web app that suggests up to 100 available domain names based on a word or phrase that you provide it. You can either visit the Duke of URL page [...]
Nov
27
2006
The "Global Nerdy" Plug
C’mon, what tech but Global Nerdy site would even come up with a graph like this?
That’s from our article that takes a shot at Kathy “Creating Passionate Users” Sierra’s nonsense entry on the term “Web 2.0″. We’ve also got pieces on the Beatles’ exclusive deal with iTunes store, and Andy Ihnatko’s scathing review of the [...]
Nov
27
2006
A Graduation Present for Andy?
I don’t have to worry about it for a couple of years, but when my brother-in-law (a.k.a. “brother from another mother”) Andy graduates from law school, I might give him one of these to hang in his office:
It’s a poster by Todd Goldman, whose works you might have seen before — he’s the “Boys are [...]
Nov
27
2006
Rails Pub Nite Tonight!
Tonight marks yet another Ruby on Rails Pub Nite, the monthly gathering when some of Accordion City’s brightest lights in the software development sphere gather together to hang out, enjoy some beers and burgers and chat about Ruby on Rails as well as life in general. It’s falling distance from the office and the Ginger [...]
Nov
26
2006
Maury Christmas
I don’t watch The Maury Povich Show, but it seems that every promo ad for the show features a paternity test…
Nov
25
2006
Revealing More Than He Wanted To
Some geeks like to post pictures of their computer desktops for others to see. If you do this sort of thing, be careful that you don’t unintentionally give away your proclivities the way the guy who posted the screenshot below did (click the picture below to see the screenshot at full size).
What’s so embarrassing about [...]
Nov
24
2006
Happy Thanksgiving!
One of the niceties of being a half-Canadian, half-American couple: two Thanksgivings!
Earlier this evening, I enjoyed a very lovely dinner, much of which was comprised of food that after all these years, I still find a little bit exotic: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin bread and stuffing. Of course, what I think of as comfort food [...]
