I spent the weekend in Vermont. I eventually learned how to snowboard (kinda), and I’m just now starting to be less sore. Damn faceplants hurt.
Monthly Archive for January, 2006
West End Girls
It’s a Swedish Pet Shop Boys cover-girl-band! Somehow I was expecting more… but hey! Not complaining.
PW vs GOOG - Google Video
My buddy Omar has a new promo video for his tech startup, ProductWiki
Copper - Step-by-Step
Kazu Kibuishi goes over the steps he takes to make a copper comic. I love it.
Puzzlepieces – Canadian Election Analysis: Urban vs Rural (January 25, 2006)
Mike scrapes election data and posts percentage of votes of the parties against population density of that riding. It shows a strong relation of “rural” ridings tending to vote for the CPC, and weakly so more “urban” ridings voting for the Liberals.
I spent Boxing Day 2005 at the zoo. It was fun, but most of the animals were on vacation. Thank goodness for Siberian Tigers!
PROTIP: The zoo is freaking cold in the winter.
Last Friday was the last call for nominations for the Feds Executive Committee - UW’s student union thingee. I’ve always wondered if my name was on the ballot but I didn’t do a damn thing how many votes I’d get. It would certainly be an interesting lifestat, don’t you think? But I don’t know if I could handle the narcssism involved. That would just make me feel dirty.
Unfortunately, I guess I’ll never know.
What is with me and my fear of recognition?
You’re silly Chris. Stop it.
Walt Disney Records – Song Albums – Devo 2.0
It’s like the A*Teens, except for Devo. Personally, I prefer the Donkey Konga version of Whip It.
CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Analysis and Commentary - Blog Report
Dammit, it’s illegal for websites (blogs included) to blog about election results until 10PM tonight. I don’t have TV! How am I going to follow?!
Boing Boing: Peeling bananas from the other end is easier
“I’ve been opening my bananas stem-side first all my life. On Friday, David showed me how monkeys open bananas. They pinch them on the other end. Boy, it’s a lot easier. I’ll never open a banana the dumb way again.”
ScienceBlogs
By Seed Magazine!
The Naked Truth - A Slate investigation into unrated DVDs. By Josh Levin
“An exhaustive Slate investigation of 15 unrated sex comedies has revealed that unrated does not necessarily equal boobs.”
Slate is all class.
TheStar.com - Editorial: Liberal program best for Canada
“The Liberals are still stirred by the idea that Canada must strive to be not only a richer society, but also a more just and compassionate one. The Star shares that vision. That is why the Liberals are our choice.”
I wonder how this effects The Star’s unbiased journalism.
The MoMA in NYC had a great exhibit on Pixar. The collection of fish was cute.
The MoMa in NYC features Van Gogh’s Starry Night. The painting gets more traffic than any other piece in the collection, but doesn’t get the same play as the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.
Coupland’s toboggan vision
Simon was on the cover of the National Post today. He also wrote the most charming article on iPodPorn we’ve ever read.
Jack Bauer in Japan | MetaFilter
Jack Bauer shills Japanese snacks. No really.
Geek on Stun: WHAT? We’re Buying Tetris Again?!
The best preview of Tetris DS you’ll ever read.
Pollstr.ca
It’s a gmaps/Federal Election mashup! Pollstr says Conservative minority…
The Flags: Meet the world.
An exteremely clever series of posters.