In case you haven’t been following it over the past few weeks, my tech blog, Global Nerdy, is sporting a new layout (as well as all sorts of stories about nerdy work, life and play):
Click the image to visit Global Nerdy.
The new format lets me mix quick blurbs with longer-form articles, and I’ve got some good stuff brewing that will appear soon. Give it a look!
Photo courtesy of Rannie “Photojunkie” Turingan.
Last night, CBC aired the “trivia” edition of Test the Nation, in which various teams divided by demographic competed against each other. The teams were:
In a trivia contest, the game always goes to the infovores, so it’s no surprise that not only did the Blogger team win, but the highest-scoring player was a blogger: Rick “Canadian Entrepreneur” Spence, who got all but 3 of the 60 questions right. Here he is, posing with the Blogger team’s celebrity coach, Samantha Bee (from The Daily Show):
Photo courtesy of Rannie “Photojunkie” Turingan.
Well done, bloggers!
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
On Saturday, the Ginger Ninja and I attended my friend Hector Catre’s birthday bash. I met Hector about thirty years ago through his brother Nic, with whom I went to high school and played in a Billy Idol/Platinum Blonde cover band. Hector’s been around for all sorts of hijinks (including the Worst Date Ever), and I was more than happy to celebrate another trip around the sun with him. Happy birthday, Hector!
Rule #1: Accordion + booze = fun.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
I’m glad to see that people still remember AC/DC’s Big Balls.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
“Any requests?”
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
Stone Temple Pilots’ Plush is an accordion song that doesn’t know it yet.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
The people at the next table asked for some Smashing Pumpkins; I gave ’em Cherub Rock.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
“Thank you! I’m here all night!”
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
Me and Hector, enjoying the elixir of life.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
Here’s a set of desktop tchotchkes for those of you who were fans of the bacon flowchart I posted back in November — Mr. Bacon vs. Monsieur Tofu:
Click the photo to see the catalog page.
The Archie McPhee store has more bacon- and meat-related trinkets on the “Bacon/Meat” page of their catalog.
Lasagna Cat is a site where you can watch videos of costumed actors re-enacting various Garfield comic strips, complete with a laugh track! Each video features a re-enactment of the comic strip, followed by the original comic strip, followed by a music video inspired by the comic strip. It’s odd, but amusing.
Here’s a still from the re-enactment of the April 4, 2007 comic in which Garfield makes some biting social commentary. Click the picture below to see the video:
Click the picture to see the video.
Here’s one featuring both Garfield and Jon (re-enacting a comic from January 24, 1994). Click the picture below to see the video:
Click the picture to see the video.
No Garfield tribute would be complete without Odie, so here’s a classic from June 1, 1982 in which Garfield tries to grab Odie’s wagging tail. Click the picture below to see the video:
Click the picture to see the video.
There are 27 videos in all, and you can find them at lasagnacat.com.
