January 2008 Archives

Gizmodo: Cheeseburger in a Can is Both the Best and Worst Thing I've Ever Seen

Note to CRA: the Comic Sans font should not be used on government tax data printouts.

CRA now does quasi-podcasts.

National Post: Full Comment - Our guitar hero

Original picture here.

eBay item 180204550240: Transformers Custom - Master Chief APC 117

Ever since I got my Xbox 360, I realized that I drunk the Kool-Aid and like the interoperability of Microsoft products. The Xbox uses the Windows Live ID system, it can talk to Messenger and my computer, and so forth.

That's why, even though that Macworld is next week and Steve Jobs is going to announce "something in the air", I'm considering getting a Zune.

It was announced at the CES last week that this spring the Zune is coming to Canada, and I have to admit the features it offers above my current iPod and even the latest model are pretty intriguing. Plus, being able to spend my MS Points on new music as well as Xbox game stuff is a bonus.

But I'm going to hold off on my decision until the keynote next week as "Apple's Next Cool Thing(tm)" will likely be announced on Tuesday.

Yes, I make up for my complete and utter lack of a social life with tech.

National Post: Commuters’ discomfort to generate heat for Swedish building

"A Swedish state-owned firm has found a cheap, ecofriendly source of energy to warm one of its offices: body heat from the 250,000 commuters who stream through Stockholm’s central train station every day."

The That Which Must Not Be Named Program, and it's forthcoming replacement, Dæmonlord Spawn of Chaos, has been sending out notices to participants that a fee must be paid in order to participate. It's like an insurance premium. But they sent one to one of our clients today, and it says the fee is due by "January 14, 2008,2008".

I know it's a typo, so don't bother pointing out that I know he doesn't have 4 days, 20.08 million years to get it in.

I used to draw little faces on eggshells before garburating them and pretend that I was casting my enemies into the Swirling Blade Vortex of Death.

There. I said it. It's out now.

From today's National Post, here are some New Year Resolutions that I can totally keep.

"Your family and friends are important to you, so you should hang out with them every chance you get. They can't talk about you behind your back if you're always there."

"Revolutionize the world by introducing the first-ever trainable cat."

"Create a fake scientific journal that rationalizes everything you love. Then you can cite Scientific Journal of Science 2008 when you want to eat 48 doughnuts one rainy afternoon."

"Eat 48 doughnuts."

"Do you realize how much money you waste on doughnuts? But a doughnut-making machine, dumbass."