Dave Kellam

An Episode of Star Trek Tediously Written for an Audience Entirely Composed of Remote Amazon Tribesmen.
Need I say more?

Omar Omar Omar!!!
One of the most profane and disturbing writers that I know has infiltrated the ranks of Canada’s prestigious national newspaper (for the business section no less)! This post also flies in the face of the one exclamation mark per hundred-thousand words rule that we learned in creative writing!

Homebrew air conditioning
This could proove useful, the apartment is kind of hot in the summer.

A transcript of the Stanford commencement address given by Steve Jobs
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Cineplex Odeon bought Famous Players
It won’t mean much to the non-Canadians, but round here it makes for a near monopoly on movie theatres.

The top 100 newspapers in the world (by cirrculation)
The first American paper that appears on the list is the Wall Street Journal at #19.

Free flickr schwag
You just need to send them a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Mathematics and mathematicians in the Simpsons
There are some smart people writing for Matt Groening’s shows.

Sodoku
It’s kind of like a crossword with numbers, I found one of these in the Toronto Star a couple weeks ago.

YubNub, a command line for the internet
It’s an interesting idea — essentially putting all of your internet searches and tools into one box. It’s pretty cool, but the number of commands could get out of hand relatively easily. It would be a good candidate for using a live search.

“Do you really think they could miss an ad that is placed in a very well-respected textbook?”
McGraw-Hill is trying to sell ad-space in textbooks. The very-well respected bit probably won’t last long for anyone associated with this garbage.

The NYFD is introducing a newer and more modern safety system: a rope with a hook
The escape system is a revolutionary change from the simple one New York has used in the past, a bulky but weaker rope that was phased out in 1996.