Category Archives: Interesting

Curiosity about Curiosity

As we get closer to the launch of Curiosity, the more excited and interested I become.  I think I first saw the video above in 2008, and was quite impressed- but on July 9th, 2010, engineers have installed and rotated … Continue reading

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Earthquake in Ottawa! … a few photos.

I was sitting around minding my business when suddenly things started shaking, almost as if a large truck was driving by the building. The vibration became stronger, then suddenly the entire building started to jerk and my coffee spilled everywhere. … Continue reading

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In all thy sons command… changing the national anthem.

Some have taken offence to the “sexist” word “son” as it appears in the national anthem of Canada: O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. If anyone had actually bothered to use … Continue reading

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Making a Cellphone

I find it almost awe inspiring to see the amount of work that goes in to making an electronic device, like a cell-phone… only to end up contemplating the number of these phones that will end their brief life in … Continue reading

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Behold the Majesty of Nature

I usually put this on before bed, it’s very calming- very zen.

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Ontario’s Olympic Torchbearer… on the Bus

The ancient Greeks had nothing on Ontario’s Olympic Torch Bearers- we deliver our eternal flame via public transportation.

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So tell me Jeremy, what’s the utility in that!?

Did you know Jeremy Bentham, the self-proclaimed eudaimonist (later referred to as utilitarian), put a stipulation in his will which stated his clothed skeleton was to be preserved… and after thinking about it for a while, this actually does maximize … Continue reading

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The secret to good advertising:

Write the ad as if everyone in the ad is drunk.

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Fantastic Artwork by SF’s Jeremy Fish

Fantastic work by San Francisco’s Jeremy Fish from design blog, City of Skies.

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Let’s Dance

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