ColorBlender
Damn good tool for coming up with quick and dirty colour schemes.
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No ping wait plugin
No ping wait plugin for WordPress
Gets rid of one of those minor annoyances when you use the actual WP interface for posting
High-speed cat photos
High-speed cat photos
We are not alone.
Demystifying Diet Coke
Demystifying Diet Coke
The ‘normal’ variety is based on the recipe for New Coke rather than Classic.
RFID for border crossings
The US is going to start tagging Canadians with RFID tags
My incentive to go to the states has dropped even further — this crossing is in my neck of the woods. Automating security is not necessarily an improvement, it’s just lazy.
Marc sees the light
Marc has seen the light and jumped to WordPress
That and he has a slick new 3-column layout.
Victory Pastries
This is not a Danish. This is a Victory Pastry
Further coverage in the ongoing conflict over Hans Island.
Hans Island
Hans Island wikipedia entry
Just in case you wanted to see what people are making a fuss over.
War with Denmark?
Oh shit! Will Canada go to war with Denmark?
I mentioned the dispute over Hans island sometime last year, but our little conflict with the Danish seems to be escalating. One of our ministers was actually bored enough to visit the god-forsaken rock last week. And a Danish minister was bold enough to make an outright claim on the island. Who will win?
Idiot grandmother suing Rockstar
An 85 year-old woman is suing Rockstar
She bought the game for her 14 year-old grandson, not knowing about the “pornographic” content hidden within (nevermind the killing, car jacking and gang violence). Leave it to an idiotic grandmother and a former first-lady to cock things up. What part of the 17+ rating is hard to understand? On a side-note, they’re sending 18 year-olds into combat.
How to enjoy porn on your PSP
How to enjoy porn on your PSP
A visual guide with a subtle joke, although I have no idea what any of it says.
The O factor
Is Owen Wilson the key to Wes Anderson’s success?
People have a tendency to forget that all of the films before Zissou were co-written with Wilson. He plays the spaced-out surfer dude all the time, so it can be easy to overlook his talents. That said, you can always see more depth to Wilson’s characters than what appears on the surface.