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YouTube - South Park Mac vs. PC vs. Linux

2008-07-24

South Park does Mac Vs PC (vs Linux) commercial :-) There are SO many of these mac vs pc spoofs here\'s another one for the pile

About Tea - JELL

2008-07-23

The four basic types of true tea are black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea.

Browse the web in 3D with SpaceTimeâ„¢

2008-07-23

With the SpaceTime 3D Browser, you can search the web in 3D! Each page is rendered in 3D space which you can then move around and navigate to view, flip through, zoom enlarge, even rotate videos.

YouTube - The Count Censored

2008-07-21

This just in. Popular muppet \"The Count\", caught singing dirty songs to children. Parents are up in arms calling for a wolrd wide ban on the popular telivision series Sesame Street Join the petition, stop this smut from being shown to our children LOL...enjoy !

Visualization Considerations | Own Page One: Search Engine Visibility Blog - Online Marketing Strategy and Tips

2008-07-20

Here\'s a cool article on why graphs are important, and why the type of graph you choose is important for the information you are trying to convey. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Graphs should \"talk to you\". You should be able to reach usefull conclusions that you can action on. Otherwise what\'s the point?

Should

2008-07-20

I once installed a peace of software and just skipped by the EULA (end user license agreement). My mistake, it emailed everyone in my address book after installing. I wrote to the company to complain, and the told me I agreed to let the software do that when I accepted the EULA. What a load of crap. I wish I had this free EULAyzer back then !

Rizal Almashoor

2008-07-20

Rating: Excellent

Basketball Prodigy - CollegeHumor video

2008-07-19

Rating: Excellent

http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/The_Evolution_of_a_Programmer.html

2008-07-19

One of my favorites. Anyone who has tried to learn writing computer programs has undoubtedly heard of the infamous \"Hello World\" first program. Here\'s how it evolves through the years. If you don\'t get it, your just not geeky enough !

MAKE: Blog: HACKED! - Maker-made USB cable storage now a product!

2008-07-19

Thought this was cool. Basically\'s it\'s a normal USB Thumb drive, but it has fake cables coming out, so it looks like a normal USB Cable that somone has cut on you. Orginally designed as a joke, it\'s not an actual product that you can buy

http://TheStumbleKing.stumbleupon.com/review/23394940/

2008-07-18

Best Resignation Letter Ever Dear Mr X, As a graduate of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. Read the rest...

Drop.io: Simple Private Sharing

2008-07-18

This is pretty cool. Drop.io lets you privately share large files (up to 100MB) for free. You create your own drop name, and you and others can upload and share files between it. Great for large files that you don\'t want to email. You can also have it automatically delete the drop/items after a specified period of time.

Top 5 iPhone 3G Killers

2008-07-17

Digigeek presents the devices, that we think, can dethrone the iPhone to become the king of smartphones. All these phones have all the regular features like calling, messaging, email, high speed web browsing etc, so we won\'t be elaborating much on those points.

Talk Show Plot Generator

2008-07-16

A whle back I once had a funny little table that automatically generated plot shows, you just took one item from each column and it soundled like something you\'d see on the springer show. Here\'s a little page that basically does the same thing. It\'s probably the same one springer uses ;-)

http://audiotuts.com/general/240-free-albums-tracks-and-links-for-music-mashup-lovers/

2008-07-15

Here\'s some cool free song mashups. I love mashups, they are when multiple songs are mixed together to form a new song. It is amazing how cool the new song can sound. Here\'s a link of a lot of these mashup songs that can be download, and the album covers and song titles, created for free. Definitely worth checking out !

BioMotionLab1.8

2008-07-15

It actually took me a minute to figure this out. I didn\'t realize that it is an animation of a person walking, you have to watch the dots for a while to \"see the picture\". Or maybe that was just me ;-). I like how you can control it too !

Bloggers: Watch and Learn

2008-07-15

Here\'s some advice on how to learn to blog. Blogging is a skill,and not unlike other skills it takes patience, and practice, and time to develop. Those who give up to early and to easily miss the pay off at the end of the road.

Harvard Business Review - Answers to Common Business Management Questions

2008-07-14

Harvard Business Review put together this nice little faq type system. You select your topic and questions about business management, and it easily finds for your related articles on this subject. A handy reference for anyone interested in this sort of thing

GetAmused.com - Electronic Voting Machine - Florida

2008-07-14

This video was probably more funny back when the election happened, but still, you gotta love electronic voting ;-)

GetAmused.com - Amazing Pool Tricks

2008-07-14

I wish i was as good at pool as the guy in this video !

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100819871033.aspx

2008-07-13

How to view and update a sharepoint calendar using Outlook 2007

Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database - Special Report

2008-07-12

Does your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds that 4 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or don\'t adequately protect skin from the sun\'s damaging rays. Some of the worst offenders are leading brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena. The new EWG database allows consumers to compare sunscreens on different characteristics--without scanning labels for complex chemicals. Overall, Badger SPF 30, Peter Thomas Roth Titanium SPF 30, and Lavera Sunscreen Neutral SPF 40, received top marks. This does not that mean they are perfect, cautions Houlihan, but that they will do the best in keeping you sun safe.

How To Use Celine Dion As a Productivity Tool

2008-07-11

I feel it important to point out this productivyt trick works for many other musicians as well, not just Celine

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo

2008-07-11

This is such a cool video/animation. I can\'t imagine how much time it must have taken to make it.

2008-07-10

Rating: Excellent

2008-07-10

Look at the bottom - I think the point is the part at the bottom where to apply you have to have a sense of humor ! Has anyone else ever has this requirement on a job application, or do we put it on our resumes

2008-07-10

I feel the same way. :-) Too bad Charles Shultz probably never heard of StumbleUpon

Switch from Beer to Wine with Wine-in-a-Can - Wine To The Face

2008-07-10

Why drink beer when you get get your wine in a can !

2008-07-09

Rating: Excellent

Boarding the bus quiz

2008-07-07

Often when aplying to a job one of the key requirements is to be able to work in a fast paced environment. In today\'s quiz we will see how many details you can keep track of and what information distracts you. Just listen to the audio carefully below and see if you can answer the quiz at the end. It\'s an oldie but one of my favorites.

The Website is down

2008-07-07

So here\'s the story. A few geeky guys created this video and a cool website to go with it. www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html It is a sales guy and web guy and it is hilarious. The irony being that the site itself looks like it is down already ! So I\'m posting the Youtube version for people who have missed it. Hope you enjoy it !

The Power of Suggestion?

2008-07-04

So I was browsing some videos, and I came across this one called \"Covert Hypnosis\". Now, I know a little bit about hypnosis and one of the \"cardinal rules\" is that you can\'t be hypnotized unless you want to. So I blew this off almost as fast as I read it. Especially when I went to the website and it was one of those \"submit your email here\" to learn more type of things *Then I watched the video* and my opinion changed almost immediatly. Did the hypnosis work on me? Hmm.. I felt quite enlightened after watching this video, though I\'m not sure I would call it hypnosis, as much as manipulation. I know it has happened to me. I would get all frustrated about something (or someone) and walk in to talk to him/her about it. Within 20 minutes I would start feeling re-assured and better so I would walk back to my desk. Then 20 minutes after that I would think, wait a minute - what just happened here? Not only did I not get my problem resolved, I was actually \"made\" to feel better about the bad situation I was in. Has this ever happened to you? Maybe it\'s just natural charm, or maybe it\'s something else - I\'m not sure. Some people definitly have an uncanny ability to convince others of total hogwash. After watching this video I can see more clearly now how it is they do it. Perhaps it is not intentional, perhaps they can\'t explain how they do it, but they do. It does seem we can be influenced (unconsiously?) I suppose if you are unaware you are doing this - it is somewhat acceptable as natural charisma, but if you know you are doing this to someone, actively manipulating them to get what you want is it really ethical? and is there anyway to defend against it. I suppose, when I think about it, this type of thing is everywhere, mostly in advertising and is similar to propaganda. In the end You\'ll have to decide for yourself.

Privnote - send notes that will self-destruct after being read

2008-07-03

Here is an interesting idea. Every watch Mission Impossible..This note will self destruct in 10 seconds? Want to send self destructing notes to others over the web. It\'s a pretty simple concept, go to the site and enter your note, it will give you back a link to send to your friend (one time only). When they view it, it will be destroyed and will be unreadable by anyone else. Maybe not *perfect* security but I think it\'s an interesting idea.

Ubuntu lirc install - MythTV

2008-07-03

I\'m adding this for my own benefit and others out there who might use MythTv and Ubuntu. I have my Ubuntu system set to automatically install patches and upgrades to the various modules. Every so often the Lirc module (the infrared remote) is updated, but it stops my remote from working. Not sure if this is a bug or not, what seems to happen is the latest version is not compiled with support for my remote, so I have to re-do these instructions (link below) to get it working again. It only takes a few moments, but it can be hard to find the instructions, so I\'m blogging here for safe keeping. sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf Make sure LOAD_MODULES is =true. Also, add your module to the line that is MODULES=\"\". For the mceusb2 driver, this would be lirc_mceusb2 sudo m-a update,prepare sudo rm /usr/src/lirc*deb sudo m-a clean lirc sudo m-a a-i -f lirc sudo depmod -a

About Concussions - What they are and how to watch out from them

2008-07-03

Here is a nice reference piece on concussions and symptoms to keep an eye on if you think you or someone you know may have suffered a recuent head injury A concussion occurs when the head hits or is hit by an object, or when the brain is jarred against the skull, with sufficient force to cause temporary loss of function in the higher centers of the brain. The injured person may remain conscious or lose consciousness briefly, and is disoriented for some minutes after the blow. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 300,000 people sustain mild to moderate sports-related brain injuries each year, most of them young men between 16 and 25.

Real Time Satellite Tracking

2008-07-02

Here\'s an interesting site if your into Satellites. It appears to track in real time various satellites and positions them on a google map. You can actually see the little satellite icon moving across the earth. I\'m not sure how there getting the data to do this, but you can check several items over the earth including the international space station. So next time you see one of those fast moving stars in the sky, you can check this site out and see which satellite is passing over your area.

Bored? - Try StumbleUpon

2008-07-02

So I\'ve never been a big fan of all these toolbars you add your your browsers, I recently blogged about the Alexa toolbar, and now I\'m about to blog about StumbleUpon. It\'s Weird, I know The StumbleUpon toolbar is very interesting. You sign up for an account, and download the toolbar for firefox or IE. It adds a \"Stubmle\" button. As you press it you are taken to (initally) random websites. However as you rank each site, it seems to keep track of your preferences and starts sending you to more pesonalized sites. Plus you can add your own intersting sites as well which is then shared with others. Definitly something worth trying, if you just don\'t know where to go on the Web. If you add it, please add me to your friends. I\'m TheStumbleKing.stumbleupon.com Happy Stumbling

An Engineers Guide to Cats

2008-07-01

Here\'s a great video for all us geeks out there thinking of buying cats. I, of course, have 2 cats of my own and I never really considered myself a cat person, but today I don\'t know how life was without them. Anyway, kinda funny hope you like it

The Elvish Name Generator

2008-06-29

What is your elfish name? Here\'s a cool generator from Chris Wetherell. He also has one to determine your hobbit name. My Elf Name: Mablung Vanimedlë My Hobbit Name: Togo Millstone of Bywater What\'s yours?

Towards a Greener Work Environment

2008-06-27

Small, simple changes can have a big impact on our life, and the world we live in. This statement is true for many things, especially our environment. Using re-usable cups, having a blue bin at work, and yes even working from home once in a while instead of commuting in our car to work can make a big difference, if we all work together for a common goal. Here are a few ideas from bp.com \'The greencurve\' on how to have a greener workplace.

Firefox Detective Plugin For Wordpress | Blogger Help

2008-06-27

this plugin determines if a user is stuck with msie and sends the download icon for Firefox automatically.. very easy to use, simply put it in wp-content/plugins.. activate it…

10 Big Myths about copyright explained

2008-06-27

With recent changes to copyright law, I felt it best to go back to the basics. In this article by, Brad Templeton, he identifies common myths about copyright and gives a clear picture of what is copyright and how it works in laymans terms. The article was orginally written in 1994 and updated in 2004 but many of the things still hold true especially with regards to terms such as \'fair use\' and public domain. A great reference when you are trying to remember \'is it okay to copy this?\'

What is your financial literacy?

2008-06-27

I often wish I had the benefit of understanding basics of managing money and finances that I have come to learn today. I have come to understand Personal Financial wellness is a key to happiness in our daily lives. It leaves of free from the day to day worry about our finacial worry by creating a plan up front on when and how to save our money, spend our money, and where we want to be when we retired. It also gives us to tools to understand how to get there, which does not mean simply making more money, but using how to use our existing finances effectivly. The link below is a perosnal wellness quiz to gauage your financial wellness, with tips and tricks to get the most of your finances.

The Basics Of Getting Things Done

2008-06-26

GTD or Getting Things Done is a set of strategies designed to help improve your daily Productivity. In this article by the MacIntosh weblog, we see a nice summary of ideas as presented from David Allen\'s book \"Getting Things Done\" A very interesting set of ideas indeed.

Using Rikai.com to help read Japanese websites - JELL

2008-06-25

reading Japanese websites is a good way to improve your Japanese. A very good dictionary/translation tool we recommend is Rikai.com.

Try our new toolbar

2008-06-24

BWebCentral and have Alexa.com come together to provide you with a custom toolbar for your Internet explorer and firefox (Sparky) browsing experience. This Dynamic Toolbar updates in real-time to offer you information about the sites you visit. This can be used to protect against phishing and similar Scamm attempts. Don\'t be fooled ever again! Smarter Surfing Get traffic ranking, related sites, and tell a friend links, as well as use the \"Way Back Machine\" to see how a website has looked in the past. Alexa is a community based system providing useful information about site statistics and traffic. Help support BWebCentral.com and Alexa and give this free no spyware tool a try today !

Monday Warm--up: Complete the Pattern

2008-06-23

Beleive it or not - Recognizing patterns is one of the earliest \'intelligent\' functions that we develop in early childhood. It forms the basis of how we learn about the world, we expect certain things to remain constant, other things to change, and to be able to function we need to be able to differentiate between the two. We need to make educated guesses of what comes next. When a baby or toddler sees its mom taking its cup to the kitchen sink, he/she learns the answer to \"what comes next\" In todays warm-up I ask you to complete the pattern. Follow the link below and look at the 4 grids. Can you determine the pattern - How was it created, what would a 4th grid look like? Tip: Those of you with kids just starting school might have a better chance. Show this to your kids and see if they can figure it out ;-) Enjoy !

Tiger DIrect in Canada is giving away a Wii

2008-06-19

Tigerdirect.ca is giving a way 2 Wii\'s each Wednesday. Entry is free and easy. Bookmark this page and enter every date to increase your odds of winning !

An Ecomonics Lesson

2008-06-18

I\'m no economics expert, and I admit it, but here is an interest article I wrote about my understand of our economy and the interesting forces at play that make us spend and save. The real question is - is the the so-called financial experts that forecast our economy, or is it more likey their forcasts that create self-fullfilling prophocies. Check out my thoughts, and maybe you will think differently, the next time you hear the word recession !

The Daily Joke Â» Blog Archive Â» Microsoft Vista - The next generation bloatware

2008-06-17

By now, you should all have realized that Microsoft has released it latest operating system \"Vista\". Orginally codenamed \"CE-ME-NT\". This latest version promises to deliver more decreased productivity then ever before. An operating system so overblow they\'ve chopped it up into 6 different versions, none of which actually work. At least not until you\'ve spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades to your system to make it run (somewhat) The popular new feature is the arrow cursor, that lets you flow through blue screens, red screens, endless pop-ups ad permission questions all in eye-popping 3D ! Just like in previous versions, Every copy of Vista is covered by Microsoft\'s Gold Standard - Sinkhole of support. Is it any wonder we ask \"Where are we going today?\"

Today\'s Quiz: Tribond Triple Play

2008-06-16

Tribond Tripple Play, is based onthe popular Tribond game which asks us \"What do these 3 things have in common\" In tripple play you solve 3 tribonds, the answer to which form a new tribond. For today\'s warm-up, can you figure out what these things have in common. If you do it right you should be able to use the answers to solve another tribond leading to the final answer. Good Luck !

Funny Newspaper Headlines

2008-06-13

If you\'ve ever been up late at night, you\'ve probably seen Jay Leno\'s headlines. If not here\'s a quick preview. Nice for a good Friday Laugh ! BTW - It was a bit hard trying to find a Leno video so I don\'t know if the video at the link below will continue to work. NBC seems to be taking them down from various sites along the web. So watch it while it lasts !

Mommy Meltdown

2008-06-12

Amy Jane writes an excellent article here on the joys of being a parent (or more \"The life of a mom\") Don\'t get me wrong, I love my kids. They are one of the best things about life. But you have to respect those, who, like my wife, I am sure an relate to days very similar to what Amy is writing about. Me? I really only have the kids for the entire day on Sundays and just that one day can sometimes be very hard on my patience. So a special thanks to my wife, and those like her who can keep it all together in the midst of what the rest of us can\'t even begin to imagine !

The discovery of Tobacco

2008-06-11

In honor of the upcoming fathers day, I thought I\'d relate in this weeks podlet (audio) an intersting theory my Dad told me about some years. How Tobacco may have been discovered. If his theory were correct, Today, of course cigarette and the tobacoo industry now has nothing to do with the purpose this \'magical fire plant\' may have had thousands of years ago. Hope you enjoy it !

My name is Brad and I have SDS (Sarcasm Deficiency Syndrome

2008-06-10

Here is my humours entry into the DSM manual. This is the diagnositc manual used by Doctors (eg: pschologists). Do determine various mental illness problems. So here is my contribution to the world of medical science. Take a quick read, do you know others with this problem as well?

Learning about Father\'s Day

2008-06-10

Who came up with fathers day? Her name was Sonora Louise Smart Dodd and she lived in Spokane, Washington. Sonora was the oldest of six children raised by their father, William Jackson Smart, when their mother died during childbirth. Sonora honored and revered her father, and while listening to a Mother\'s Day sermon in 1909, she determined there should also be a day to honor fathers. Find out more at the link below:

Test your hearing and music knowledge

2008-06-09

For today\'s quiz, we will testing your hearing - and your music knowledge. The sound clip included in this link contains 3 songs (and only 3 songs). Have a listent to this clip and see if you can identify the 3 songs and artists who made this music. Good Luck !

iHype

2008-06-07

Shhh ! I have a secret for you. Do you own your own company, and have recently launched your own website? Many years ago the company I used to work for launched their website. It took us a long time to build a steady stream of quality traffic to our site. We did search engine optimization (SEO) had the address on all our business cards, and conducted webinars. We watched our traffic like crazy, an increase in traffic meant an increase in profits (in theory). But always there was this question hanging over us. What can we do to get more visitors, more traffic? I was the system admin, and part time web developer. I had some ideas and helped out a little to build traffic, but I figured the real magic was up to the marketing gurus. If only I knew then what I know now. Today everyone has a blog, and wants to be a reporter. Many of these blogs are very popular and receive lots of raffic. So if you have a new website and want to get the word and generate a buzz - this is an excellent opportunity. Today we have sites which combine bloggers and business together, and the best way to maximize this opportunity is to join as early as possible to these programs and get in on the ground floor. iHype.com Launches such a service. So what does all this mean for you? Simple! Invest your marketing budget into iHype and let bloggers generate buzz for your business automatically. Before the popularity of blogging, there were really only 2 options - a) Emailing webmasters related to your product/service and asking for links and b) Web advertising which can be expensive. Now it just a few clicks, you can have a large network of bloggers review your products and services and post them to be read by their readers. There are of course, other similar programs, however, as these sites get popular, they can also get more expensive. Therefore, the best time to get in the begging so here\'s your opportunity. I\'m sure once you\'ve tried it you\'ll see how much easier than traditional website marketing tactics.

Deal of the week - June 6

2008-06-06

Oh how I wish I could own this combo PDA/GPS. This is certainly a cool item. It\'s an ALL-IN-ONE swiss army PDA. I\'ve looked at these things before and they are easiy over $500. But here are some refurbished ones on ebay for 50% of that price. Plus it looks like many of them come with the whole car kit, and accessories. I\'ve always wanted to try Geo-caching, and this would be an excellent device for it. Plus with bluetooth, I could send my location information from my cell phone (or maybe find my car when I loose it in the parking lot !) I paid over $300 for my last PDA which did not have the integrated GPS, How much more could they possibly stick in these things anyway. I really love the \'turn it on it\'s side view and it looks just like any other GPS.

Brinking your Banking Online

2008-06-05

Rating: Excellent

"Star Trek" Style Holography demonstrated by phone company

2008-06-05

Rating: Excellent

Jobs that sound cool, but maybe not

2008-06-05

Rating: Excellent

Understanding Movie Prices

2008-06-05

If you\'re like me.. [besides being a bit crazy]..you would be growing more and more annoyed at the advertisements being played in movie theatres !! Haven\'t seen them yet? If not please let me know, where you live, so I can start going to your movie theatre :-) After paying $10.00 for the movie, plus $15.00 for concessions, then sitting through 30 minutes of adveritsing, finally I get to watch my movie. What\'s up with that?

Virtual Island - Historical PEI The living archives

2008-06-04

Rating: Excellent

Going GaGa over JaJah

2008-06-03

The other day while listening to one of my favorite podcasts, they happened to mention a service called JaJah so I decided to check it out. JaJah is a long distance service provider that offers cheap calling ll around the world. Plus, calls are free between JaJah users up to 150 minutes per week! Calls are usually made using Voice over IP or (VOIP) technology, but in a differnt way then other services such as Skype or Vonage. With Skype, calls are made through your computer, and not through your normal phone. Vonage calls do use a normal phone, but you need to buy a special adapter and sign-up for their monthly service plan. JaJah calls work simply by logging into the JaJah website, and entering the number you want to dial. The system then calls your local phone (or cell phone!), and then calls your long distance number and connects the 2 phones together. I don\'t have to stay on the JaJah site. Once connected, the call does not use my internet connection so I can shut down my computer and still continue my call Plus I can use my JaJah account anywhere. So let\'s say I\'m travelling and in a hotel I can call home from my JaJah account and give the local number of the hotel. Sometimes, I want to be able to make a long distance call from my cell, but cell company long distance charges are crazy!. So I can use JaJah on my cell as well. So currently, I\'m paying about $0.03/minute to make long distance calls, but I can make these calls free if others are also using JaJah. So why not sign-up and try a few calls and maybe tell a few friends so that everyone can benefit. One word of caution though calls are only free to other JaJah users that have been iniated on the JaJah website. If you start the call from your cell phone it still costs money, but it\'s stil really cheap. Also be careful if you are roaming with your cell phone, as the cell phone company may charge your extra $ in addition to JahJah. So there are a few times, like cell phone roaming, where it might still be a good idea to just use a long distance pay card, but your can\'t beat free calling with no extra equipment or plans right?

IWK Telethon - Don't foget to give

2008-06-03

Rating: Excellent

The missionaries and the Cannibals

2008-06-02

Rating: Excellent

Get the Office 2007 Compability Pack

2008-06-02

Rating: Excellent

Vacations and my first ebay sale

2008-06-02

Rating: Excellent

Where is the missing ten dollars?

2008-05-26

Today\'s quiz teaches us that things may not always be as they seem. In life, we are often confronted with things that seem so logical. So correct, but we are fooled. Have you ever been fooled into believing something was true? Just because it sounds right? Logic can be a dangerous weapon when used incorrectly. Here\'s a quiz to test out just how powerful that can be

hello

2008-05-23

Rating: Excellent

The Strangest Items Ever To Sell (Or Not Sell) On EBay

2008-05-23

As many of you might already be aware, I have recently become an E-Bay addict. I love selling stuff on this site. I\'m not making a lot of money, but it\'s still great. So when I came across this blog entry over at bligit. I just had to share it. People will try anything to sell stuff at ebay. If you want to give it a try youurself please sign up at bwebcentral.com/ebay.

hello

2008-05-22

Rating: Excellent

A Programming Challenge

2008-05-19

Today\'s quiz is a programming challenge. If you\'re not into proramming, you might not enjoy this quiz. However, do you have one of those friends who just thinks he/she \"knows it all\"? Forward this C programming brain stumper on to them, and see if they are really all that Hot ! Enjoy

Health Insurance vs. Socialized Healthcare

2008-05-16

Kevin Freking has written an interesting 7 part article over on ehealthhelp.com. His article discusses the pro\'s/cons of Health Insurance Plans vs a socialized system. Freking specifically discusses the various platforms of the political parties (and differences within the party) of America, and what they hope to accomplish. I live in Canada, and we have socialized health care. Although, I am not very clear on how there health care works. I cringe at the idea of possibly dying because of an inability to afford health care. Canada is actually in the process of working out a 2-Teir health system. It is an attempt to leverage both benefits of health insurance and socialized health care. One of the drawbacks, we face in Canda (as compared to the US), is very long wait times in our hospitals. Since health care is funded by our taxes and available to everyone, it gets a lot of utilization, and certains costs (such as Doctors salaries may have limits. Regardless, I still feeling extremely lucky to have our health care system, and I don\'t mind one bit the taxes that go to help ensure each an every Canadian has the same right to quality health care. I find it very interesting, that as Canadians attempt to move toward a 2-Teir heath system, combining both private and public health care. The US system is working towards helping make health care available to more Americans. I can\'t help but wonder if we will eventually reach the same conclusions? I often have a hard time understanding the notion of why \"socialized health system\" is looked at so negativily. Freking gives us the example of two people working on an assignment. One person puts in 110% and the other person slacks off and does nothing. Is it fair, that they should both get similar grades? My problem with the analogy, is the attempt to compare individual accomplishments (skills, attitude, knowledge) with health and welfare. Sure some people work harder then others, does this automatically mean they have more of a right to live and breath as someone else? Perhaps, they deserve to accomplish more in life, perhaps they deserve better health, and more happiness. But does a \"slacker\" diserve to die because of their poor life choices? This seems a little harsh to me. The bigger question is what about those to are working 100% but just don\'t have the talent as others, or just has \'bad luck\'. Do these people diserve to die for the cards they are dealt in life? Anyway, check out Frekings views at the link below. Go Universal Health Care !

BWebCentral - MyMiniCity

2008-05-16

I\'m not exactly sure what this mini city does. But please help me find out by following the link. The more that follow, the more power I get? I think, will write more about it when I get more visitors and learn the secrets of how it works.

How It Works | The PC Decrapifier

2008-05-15

Rating: Excellent

Finding Success with Positive Thinking

2008-05-15

Rating: Excellent

Makana Different Game An Experience For All

2008-05-15

Blend together folk, jazz, modern contemporary rock, pop and alternative and have it fine tuned by our generation’s greatest Hawaiian slack key guitarist and you’ve got a “Different Game”, Makana’s 4th album just released April 22nd.In a style that is unlike any other, Makana takes you away on a journey that crosses all boundaries

Hawaii Goes MRAZy For Jason Mraz

2008-05-15

The Waikiki Shell was packed last Friday night for the second and final concert in Hawaii on the Jason Mraz current tour to promote his new forthcoming album We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, scheduled for release on May 13th, 2008. The night kicked off with a wonderful opening act by Paula Fuga, followed by

Lil’ Aloha Babies Waves ‘n Wonders DVD For Children

2008-05-15

Rating: Excellent

Funny Out-Of-Office E-Mail Auto-Reply

2008-05-13

Out of Office auto-replies can be great when you are on vacation, and you want to let others know you won\'t be checking your email. Here 10 great Out of Office autoreplies you should consider the next time you are heading out on vacation (If you have the guts that is) 1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood. 2. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn\'t have received anything at all. 3. Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management 4. I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.

Keep the end in mind

2008-05-12

For this mornings quiz, we will be testing your visual cognitive skills. These are probaby the are where I have the \'least\' intelligence. To complete this quiz, you have to be able to construct the various shapes and move them around in your head to try to find out the right solution. I always scored low on these types of test in school. I am not even good at estimating the size of an object let alone try to move it around in my head. Good Luck !

R2-D2 DVD Projector

2008-05-11

This is awesome. If you like Star Wars at all. You know you want one of these R2D2 projectors. What a really cool idea ! I only wish I thought of it first. This is a rendered video by Nikko and I\'m not sure that you can actually buy them. It shows \"limited edition\" Star Wars Shop

Business Interview Test

2008-05-09

This one is a classic \"Giraffe Test\", reportly done by Anderson Consulting. The rumor is they said around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting reportedly said this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old. So How do you put a giraffe in the fridge?

If browsers were women

2008-05-08

Too Funny :-) What is your browser of choice? If you meet Firefox, it\'s all you can think about. She just puts to much stuff in your memory! Even though she may drive you crazy, men find it hard to dump Mrs. Firefox. It\'s not because of herself, it\'s more because of the stuff she gets from that huge bunch of her admirers. All those gadgets you can use anytime while dating her makes your life so much easier. Oh, if only other women were so open for gifts ...

What ever became of the CB Radio?

2008-05-06

In this weeks podlet, I talk about the old CB Radio. Perhaps you\'ve had one of these yourself? We used to have one setup at our house, but there was never anything interesting on the channels. Back in the day, it was fun to just open a channel and chat about whatever you wanted on the citizens band. Of course now with the internet, we live in a much different world, but CB Radio died out long before the internet, what caused this? Will this happen to user generated online content someday as well? Hmm...

Waiting

2008-05-05

Rating: Excellent

A simple Mistake

2008-05-05

We all make little mistakes, but sometimes the smallest of these can cost big money. Today\'s quiz is about a very small mistake that resulted in millions of dollars. Try the quiz - then reflect on your daily mistakes and the repercussions they may have. A new ship had just been constructed, and everything had pretty much gone to plan. However, near the end of the production, someone spotted that one of the lettters on the small sign displaying the ship\'s name had been put on back to front. As a result, tens of millins of US dollars had to be spent to correct the error. Today\'s brain warm up... How could such a small mistake cost so much money?

BWebCentral Donation Database

2008-05-04

Sometimes I get up to 50 calls a day from various charities all hoping a could spare a few bucks. While I am a big believer in giving, it can be hard to donate \'on the spot\'. There are so many worthwhile organizations, how can I keep track of them all and afford to support them all? So I created the donation database to help. A simple list of organizations that I can visit on a frequent basis and give - on my own time in the comfort of my own home - online. Anyone can add their favorite cause to my database, and anyone can visit it follow the links and Please Give and help make our world a better place. I have been waiting to finish this project for some time. I have finally released my first beta version of the donation database.

Are you the master of your Inbox

2008-05-02

Does live in your Inbox? Merlin Mann has created an awesome article series known as Inbox Zero. You can also watch a video summary. Our inboxes will become overloaded with information. How do we manage this information? How do we use it effectively. Merlin has stuggled with this problem for many years and has some great ideas about getting a \"system\" for managing your INBOX and taking control back of your life. The video is about 1hr long, so make sure you put aside enough time to watch it, it\'s well worth it !

Closing the Gab in web advertising

2008-05-01

In internet affiliate marketing, there are many options to choose from and many types of programs. Undoubtedly the most well known of these programs is known as pay per click. (PPC) PPC advertising, however struggles with a major problem. Click fraud. Unscrupulous individuals who try to earn money by clicking on their own links (or asking others to do the same). Other programs are in place today to help combat this problem. Cost per Action (CPA) networks help to combat this problem for the internet marketer. Until recently, I have found there to be a large Gap between PPC and CPA networks. Where PPC networks are generally open to anyone, CPA networks generally have more strict entry requirements, and less opportunities. Enter the Clickbooth CPA Network. I have signed up for this network just recently, and have been very impressed with the service. Before, I could even register, there was a rather rigorous process to confirm my identity. As a potential advertiser this gives me great confidence in fraud protection because I know the publishers have verified information with the network. It takes a few days to get approved, you get an email once you are. However, it is important to check your SPAM folder for updates, because it may get incorrectly delivered to the wrong folder. Once I logged in, I was very happy to find several well known programs, with good payouts. Plus most (if not all) of these CPA were pay per lead. This is an extreme benefit, as many similar programs are only on a cost per sale basis, which can sometimes be harder to obtain. When I first login, I was greated up front by a box showing me a special sr affiate strategist to my account. Unlike other automated networks, Clickbooth has a very personalized look and feel combined with support to help me on my marketing endevours. The link below points to a press release where the company is working towards donating money to help end Breast Cancer. Payment via PayPal, Payment per lead, brands that I know and trust, and personal assistance, what more could I ask for? I look forward to using this network in the future.

Mobile phone tracking

2008-04-30

This is a bit scarry. Most cell phones today have built in GPS tracking. This is for E911 services. If you are lost with your cell phone, search and rescue can find you. SunSite satellite has GPS tracking software that allows you to find the location of any phone in the world that is equiped with a GPS reciever. Just enter your number and wham. Should this really be allowed? Give it a try and see what happens :-)

Purpose Plans and Passion

2008-04-29

One of the things, that prompted me to do this weeks podlet was watching my wife fold the laundry. Often times, we are presented with \"mundane\" tasks. Things we don\'t give us a lot of excitement (or any excitement) over doing. I\'m not a fan of folding clothes [I would tend to just leave them washed in the laundry basket] I once asked my wife how she finds the desire to keep folding the clothes. She told me, she can see (and feel) how good it will be when all the clothes are folded and put away, and this motivates her to get it done. This was key to helping me to put this idea together, connecting our passion with our plans and purpose. Thanks for listening.

Think Small

2008-04-28

This weeks quiz is about missing the obvious. Sometimes, we struggle to search for a solution, and stare at it over and over, and just don\'t understand what we are missing. Often times, you just have to turn around and walk away for a while, work on something else, try something new. Then when you come back with fresh eyes, and a new perspective, the answer seems obvious, and you think to yourself, why didn\'t I think of that before. Give it a try and warm up your brain. Have a good week !

Password Safe

2008-04-26

How many user name and password combinations to you have to keep track of? Password Safe is a nice small utility for windows that lets you easily store and save common password information. Keep all your passwords safe, in one encrypted file and master password. Some users at companies are forced to change there password every 30 or 45 days, so this will help keep all your passwords organized. Plus the autotype feature can automatically enter your credentials for you..and best of all it\'s completely free. So if your tight on security (or your organization). This might be the perfect tool for you.

Carrie Underwood is on Tour

2008-04-24

Carrie Underwood, (forth season Americon Idol Winner), is currenly tour in the United States. Now, I\'m no music expert and country is not really my favorite. But none the less she does have some pretty good songs. And you have to hand it to her, after winning Grammies, Billboard and American music awards..all in one season. Well she has to be doing something right. She also has launched her own YouTube channel, which tends to give credit to exploting new media. Unfortuanly, you cannot share her videos on other sites and so far there are only a few that have been uploaded to YouTube. So I don\'t think it is as fully exploited here as it could be. During her tour, my understanding is she will be travelling along with Keith Urban. Now, I\'m not a big fan of American Idol, as with most shows, I watched it more in the early seasons then in the latter ones. I\'m getting a little tired of watching the same old routine between the judges. I don\'t know about you but to me, sometimes it feels a little too scripted. None of Carrie\'s tour dates seem to indicate any visits to Canada. I have been fairly disappointed with the frequency of tours to the \'outskirts\' of my country. Often times they don\'t sell enough tickets, and the show ends up being cancelled. Some of the sucessfull concerts actually had a lot of people buy tickets on line, only to later try and sell them on ebay for a higher price. Be very carefull, in many situations this can be illegal, plus even if you tried this, there is no gaurtentee you will get back the orginal price you paid. I remember one example in particular, a sold out show, with tickets showing up on ebay for 200% of the orginal purchase price. What happened? The ticketmaster began selling even more tickets, and no one was unable to unload the tickets they already purchsed, and they lost a lot of money. Still, if I had to choose, I\'d say buying online, is definitly the way to go, then be one of those \'fanatics\' that stand in a line for 2-3 nights on end, when you can sit in your comfy slippers and buy your tickets from your own couch ! If you\'ve been following her since idol, you\'ll want to get your Carrie Underwood Tickets online for one of her tour dates. You can find a detailed list at the link below.

Cat 5 wedding rings help nerds couple - Engadget

2008-04-23

Rating: Excellent

Can the state force your marital status?

2008-04-22

In this weeks podlets, I rant about my opinions of \"common law\". I\'ve had very strong opinions on this matter. Way back, when I was first staring my first job. I was chatting with a collegue about university, taxes, etc. The collegue was also very opinionated (or at just trying to yank my chain) about how important it was that I filled my taxes out as common law. Anyway, in this audio podlet, and the article below you can read about my thoughts on the subject, and application of necessary and sufficient conditions for common law status. Hope you enjoy it. One of the debates, I often find myself involved in is the idea of \"Common Law\" Marriage. First of all, let me clear up the first misconception. Being \'common law\' and being \'married\' are not the same thing from a legal point of view. There are similarities. In Canada, many couples who have declared themselves as common law are guaranteed similar rights and privileges under the law as married couples. Although specific local laws can vary. The basic premise is the same. If you\'re in a loving committed relationship with another individual, live in the same household, you should get the same rights as those who sign a piece of paper and pay for a \'marriage license\'.

Beyond Binary

2008-04-21

Welcome to this mornings brain teaser. Some folks wake up every morning, turn there TV to one of those fitness channels, do some running on the spot to get their hearts pumping, the blood flowing, in hopes of a good start to their day. Why don\'t we do this for our minds as well? Why not try out this weeks quiz, instead of coffee (or perhaps with it). Try it out and see how you do. Good Luck !

Where On Earth Is Waldo?

2008-04-18

Have you ever played Where\'s Waldo? Melanie Coles, an artist from British Columbia is playing it..global style ! For her graduation art project, she has creating a very viral artistic idea. While most fellow students were creating artistic videos, she painted a huge picture of Waldo somewhere in the Vancover area. She hopes that someday it will be visible for others to find on Google Maps, once the satellite takes update pictures of the area. Her idea has attracted worldwide attention and many people are watching google maps to see who can find Waldo first. Many others are creating waldos of their own in different parts of the world. Who knew Waldo was so popular ! Way to go Melanie, I hope you get an A+

Google and Salesforce Join to Fight Microsoft

2008-04-17

I\'ve had the oppertuninty to use both Salesforce.com and Google Apps. In this new york times article, you can read more about google and salesforce joining forces to implement customer relationship managment software linked to existing google applications. From a programmers perspective, Both Google apps and salesforce, have nice, easy to use API\'s, so I see a lot of promise here. No word that this will be *free* though, but someday maybe. Salesforce.com licenses can be a bit pricey.

Bulding a better mouse trap

2008-04-16

Here is an article you might find worth sharing. Have you ever been in conversations with groups of people complaining about \"the system\", why the system doesn\'t work, and what should be done to make it better? These are not necessarily bad conversations, though you might want to ask youself, am I actually talking to the right people who an create the necessary change? Either way, here are some thoughts to consider when you find yourself in such a situation, some food for thought on designing the perfect flawless system.

CMS Software TestDrive of Advanced Electronic Forum (AEF

2008-04-15

Rating: Excellent

Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity

2008-04-15

I have been using a dual monitor setup for several years now, so it comes as no surprise to me at all that multiple monitors or different screens sizes improve productivity. Here is an article from the Wall Street journal that helps validate what many of us have already felt for a long time. Once you get into a dual monitor setup it is VERY hard to move back.

Thinking outside the box

2008-04-14

Here\'s a little quiz to start your day. Warm up your brain. Are you an \"out of the box\" thinker? I first learned of this brain teaser many years ago, and it wasn\'t until I reached adulthood, that I figured out the solution. Sometimes, we can be so convinced there is no solution, that the most obvious one never enters our mind. Give it a try, and see if you can figure it out !

Funny Mario Bros Video

2008-04-13

If you\'re like me, you\'ve probably played the old mario brothers Nintendo game, here\'s a funny video of all the lessons about mario brothers that you have never been told. Hope you enjoy it !

Problems can have multiple solutions

2008-04-13

Sorry, I haven\'t sent out any audio podlets in a while. I have several recorded just haven\'t had the time to get them out there. In this one you can hear me rant about problem solving and why it is important to understand that any problem can have multiple solutions Once we see this we can hope ourselves up to many new possibilities that we may have had tunnel vision on before.

Fun Image Editing Ideas

2008-04-11

Are the walls of your room covered in posters? I think we all went through that stage right? Posters are a quick an easy way to decorate our rooms, and they can bring back nice reminders of the time we went to see the movie, with our friends or significant others. But, Have you considered you own custom poster? Woudn\'t it be cool if your face was on the main layout for the next big movie?..Or maybe this is just being conceited?? Maybe you should could make one for you best friend and put his/her face on it..or make one as a pratical joke? I no longer put posters wall to wall, but two other ideas that I have been thing of recently. I have some cool family photos that I have mashed on different backgronds, places I might someday like to visit, [the egyption pyramids], but probably never will. Or perhaps make one of those \'inspirational\' custom printed posters. You know the one\'s with the cool sayings like \"Imagination: Keep your eyes on the stars and your feed on the ground\", and maybe a picture of me with a thought bubble over my head and a cartoon mouse running in a wheel. Or perhaps, a good conversation, make it say something like \"Failure..when doing your best just isn\'t enough\" and paste my head (or someone to tease) within it > The link below is a wiki article to help you learn the basics of image editing. Hope you enjoy it !

Hidden Video Courses in Math, Science, and Engineering

2008-04-11

DataWrangling.com has put together an awesome collection of university level free coursewhere from all around the web. So if you are looking to brush up on your ecomonics, engineering, or physics, this is the article to check out. Unlike, other sites, all of these videos are free [while available]. Many of which seem to go over my head, but nonetheless, if you are looking for online training and have the right discipline you may find these very usefull.

Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

2008-04-09

[Editos Notee: Here is one of my favorite articles about spelling. It was orginally credited to Mark Twain, but there is some debate that it should be attributed to M.J. Yilz] ... For example, in Year 1 that useless letter \"c\" would be dropped to be replased either by \"k\" or \"s\", and likewise \"x\" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which \"c\" would be retained would be the \"ch\" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform \"w\" spelling, so that \"which\" and \"one\" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish \"y\" replasing it with \"i\" and iear 4 might fiks the \"g/j\" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez \"c\", \"y\" and \"x\" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais \"ch\", \"sh\", and \"th\" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld. ... The link below is to a more serious document from Mark Twain regarding the simplificaiton of our alpha bet

10 Reasons to Treat Your Mom

2008-04-08

Mothers day is just around the corner (at least it is as I write this entry). Now, in today\'s day and age, we have no excuse for not giving gifts to our moms..you know those women that gave us life, and cloted and fed us, and taught us right from wrong, all while managing a household, and perhaps a full time job? Today, with the internet and great sites like