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Election Prediction

chrisdye — 2011-04-30T20:04:50-04:00

As is Sillytech tradition, it's time to place your best guess on the outcome of Canada's election on Monday, May 2. There are 308 seats. The person who has the smallest seat differential for each party "wins":

Conservative:
NDP:
Liberal:
Bloc:
Green/Independent:

Fun Sailing Simulator Game

dustin — 2011-04-26T02:58:25-04:00

I was recently looking at games available on the Mac App Store and my favorite discovery so far is Sailboat Championship.

The game lets you control a small sailboat using simple controls. It's fast and fun. It's also hard, which lets you appreciate your improvement, including racing against a "ghost" view of your previous run.

It's also available for iPhones, so find it in either app store.

I'll Have the Dorso-Lateral Pre-Frontal Cortex to Go, Please

Gbrowdy — 2011-02-19T05:46:28-05:00

I'm not to into the whole zombie genre but, holy hell, this is engaging filmwork!

The Force is Strong With This One

Gbrowdy — 2011-02-04T11:23:51-05:00

Thrills, Chills: Skillz

vinny9 — 2011-01-14T15:56:07-05:00

Nice.

Alex — 2010-10-15T16:43:15-04:00

A Wordy Adventure

registeredname — 2010-10-10T10:55:11-04:00

This is the video I submitted for the 2010 Montreal 60 Second Movie festival (M60). The theme was adventure.

Pin-Up Calendar from Medical Display Company Eizo

vinny9 — 2010-06-17T04:15:43-04:00

No hotlinking... Go visit the site.

Trust the Force, Snoop

registeredname — 2010-06-06T12:00:38-04:00

This is both hilarious and disturbing at the same time:

Comrade of the Rings

chrisdye — 2010-05-31T22:35:59-04:00

Via Dustin: check out the Soviet-era illustrations for the russkiy Lord of the Rings, and especially the Commie Hobbit movie at the end!

We Have Work to Do, People!

vinny9 — 2010-04-22T16:02:25-04:00

Road Map

vinny9 — 2010-04-21T01:01:08-04:00

Map of USA generated purely by mapping the roads

There's An App For That

goodladd — 2010-04-17T07:02:36-04:00

Man proposes via iPad, pushes boundaries of lameness.

iDon't Think So

Gbrowdy — 2010-04-03T17:04:26-04:00

Why I won't buy and iPad (and I think you shouldn't, either)

From Cory Doctorow via BoingBoing

This article really tingled my anti-consumerism side which scared my Apple loving side. What do y'all think?

This Is The Kind Of Stuff You Need To Share With Me

vinny9 — 2010-03-15T22:57:55-04:00

Taste, Sadly, Matters

Gbrowdy — 2010-02-23T11:59:58-05:00

I apologize on behalf of my people...

SIZE DOESN'T MATTER - BIG PARADISE from Size Doesnt Matter on Vimeo.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!

goodladd — 2010-02-04T11:23:39-05:00

Worst hotel in Montreal

chrisdye — 2010-01-28T18:38:34-05:00

I've travelled a lot, and so have read quite a lot of hotel reviews. But Montreal's very own Hotel Eureka has the worst hotel reviews I have ever seen.

Percentages

vinny9 — 2010-01-23T21:28:12-05:00

I think this was going around awhile ago but it's still pretty slick.

The Real Meaning of Flags

See You In Vancouver!

vinny9 — 2010-01-13T08:39:07-05:00

This headline is very misleading.

Heh-heh� heh-heh

goodladd — 2009-11-29T16:39:06-05:00

I Want You To Try Ass Effects

goodladd — 2009-11-22T23:31:05-05:00

I think the folks at Eisai pharmaceuticals may have wanted to try saying the name of their new drug out loud a few times before designing the marketing campaign. (Either that or they are marketing geniuses counting on the internet to spread it virally, and I am playing right into their hands.)

Pardon my French

chrisdye — 2009-10-09T14:26:41-04:00

Canada's federal government has put its very useful Termium French-English dictionary on the web for free. It is great for technical expressions that you would not find in a regular dictionary.

Another way to find translations for technical expressions in English or French is to go to Google and type: "site:gc.ca" and then the expression. This will make Google show you all the pages on the Government of Canada website that use the expression. Almost everything the government publishes on the internet is translated, so once you have found your expression somewhere on a government website, click "Francais" at the top of the page to find out how the government translated it.

Let Me Tell You: I'm A Diabetic

goodladd — 2009-10-07T08:41:39-04:00

This baby does everything

registeredname — 2009-10-06T15:42:07-04:00

I stumbled upon this at work:
http://www.pomegranatephone.com/

I feel this is an old thing (last year?) but the campaign is intense!

Plus there's a twist...

Thoughts of a Dead Salmon

vinny9 — 2009-09-20T22:41:11-04:00

False positives in fMRI studies

Falcon = Packet Loss

vinny9 — 2009-09-12T10:11:36-04:00

Pigeon Internet

On 9 April 2009, a South African IT company, The Unlimited, conducted a race to see which was faster�sending a carrier pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick 50 miles or sending the data on South African carrier Telekom. The pigeon took two hours; Telekom had only transferred 4% of the data in that time.

Thus Parped Zarathustra

goodladd — 2009-09-11T09:30:01-04:00

Cancontest: The true north strong off-key

chrisdye — 2009-07-07T16:08:32-04:00

In honour of one week after Canada Day, I propose the following contest: post the worst Canadian pop music.

Here's a few of my nominations to get us started:

Velvet Empire - Wha, Wha, What

Celine Dion - Unison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzMv-82k4w4

Snow - Girl I've Been Hurt

Mitsou - Les Chinois

Alanis - Too Hot to Hold

FDP Endorsement

YvonTripper — 2009-06-03T11:38:04-04:00

While travelling, I saw this attack ad of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) by the German Socialist Party (SPD) :

The ad suggests that "Financial Sharks" want to vote for the FDP in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The pictured financial shark seems very happy and friendly. I therefore encourage all European citizens registered in Germany to vote for the FDP on June 6.