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I Want To Believe

vinny9 — 2010-06-21T13:57:05-04:00

The News As It Always Is

vinny9 — 2010-01-28T17:21:50-05:00

Nobody Tell Amazon.com...

Gbrowdy — 2010-01-17T17:17:22-05:00

This is ingenious!

registeredname — 2009-09-29T00:51:57-04:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

At least it's better than .punching a guy in teh face before eating

We Are Badass

vinny9 — 2009-05-27T10:33:58-04:00

Headline of the Month (BBC)

New Yorker cover art done on iPhone

vinny9 — 2009-05-27T00:18:50-04:00

Video here. The embedding was busted by something in the vorg code.

The New Zealand Ice Blacks perform the Haka

chrisdye — 2008-11-30T07:53:17-05:00

Also, gingerbreadmen performing the haka:

Never take the 162

vinny9 — 2008-10-17T08:57:37-04:00

New York Cheat Sheets

I need to think about my Montreal cheat sheets...

A year too late...

Alex — 2008-05-27T00:07:33-04:00

Wow. How did I miss this Fox news "Tribute" to Vonnegut:

People Powered News

dustin — 2007-11-13T17:57:57-05:00

The Real News Network is working on an audacious plan to change the economics (and truthiness) of television journalism. Watch their intro video, it makes a good case:

Dear Universe, II

vinny9 — 2007-05-23T22:09:52-04:00

When you hit 50 replies, it's time to start a new thread...

==

Conductor: I know you are not holding the doors on my train! I'll kick your ass!

--1 train

Conductor: If you do not step away from the doors the train will keep sitting here, you will not get where you are going, and I will still get paid.

--S train

Thug: Anybody who grew up where I grew up knows there's a million things you can do with a mothafuckin' grape!

--23rd & 7th

Time Out -- Say What?

Gbrowdy — 2007-02-21T15:07:10-05:00

This Time Out New York article describes how cool and hip Montreal is.

Thoughts? Responses?

Here are some items that I particularly enjoyed:

a) Who the Hell stays at Hotel Godin?
b) The ONLY neighborhood they describe is Mile End...wtf?
c) Casa Del Popolo = "relaxing jazz"?

TVQ website!

YvonTripper — 2007-01-07T19:01:08-05:00

Attention devoted TVQ watchers:

You have repeatedly asked us if we could create an "internet" site where you could find out more information about our programming. We have conducted months of research to learn about the internet, and have set up a preliminary website for you to peruse:

televisionquebec.ca

As well as the current content (none), we shall be adding additional content over the coming months.

Bien � vous,

Yvon Tripper
Chef de la direction
TVQ

But I Did Get Crabs From Britney's Pictures

vinny9 — 2006-12-20T23:18:56-05:00

The Top Ten World Events Stories You Missed in 2006

1200 people playing Capture The Flag in Toronto

dustin — 2006-12-08T07:16:35-05:00

Here's a funky video of 1200 people playing Capture The Flag in downtown Toronto.

It was a product of Newmindspace. Check out their site, it's wondrous.

Largest Circulation Newspapers

dustin — 2006-11-25T04:31:26-05:00

Worldwide, Japan has the largest circulation newspapers. English doesn't even come in till 11th.

1. Yomiuri Shimbun         Japan        14,067,000
2. The Asahi Shimbun       Japan        12,121,000
3. Mainichi Shimbun        Japan        5,587,000
4. Nihon Keizai Shimbun    Japan        4,635,000
5. Chunichi Shimbun        Japan        4,512,000
6. Bild                    Germany      3,867,000
7. Sankei Shimbun          Japan        2,757,000
8. Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) China        2,627,000
9. People�s Daily          China        2,509,000
10. Tokyo Sports           Japan        2,425,000

English Language:

11. The Sun                UK           2,419,000
13. USA Today              USA          2,310,000
14. Wall Street Journal    USA          2,107,000
15. Daily Mail             UK           2,093,000
26. The Mirror             UK           1,597,000
37. New York Times         USA          1,121,000
38. Hindustan Times        India        1,108,000
50. The Hindu              India        989,000
54. Los Angeles Times      USA          902,000
62. Punjab Kesari          India        817,000
78. Daily Express          UK           720,000
79. New York Daily News    USA          715,000
80. The Washington Post    USA          708,000
81. Daily Star             UK           705,000
83. New York Post          USA          686,000
94. Chicago Tribune        USA          601,000

Here's the top 100 from all languages page that I took this data from.

Hot Grog: fast news

dustin — 2006-11-24T00:23:52-05:00

Hot Grog is a new website I setup to quickly read the internets. It uses RSS to grab news headlines from various sources and dumps them out in a simple list.

There's a few different pages covering various topics. Web Buzz is a great page to see all the fun stuff as it happens across the internet.

Please let me know what you think.

Some People Never Get Over Their Exes

Adrienne — 2006-10-24T23:31:10-04:00

I realize that break-ups can be hard and bitter and some people say they'll never do it again. But this is something else: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15399221/?GT1=8618

The title is even "Man Separates from wife - and his ring finger"

Bird's Eye View

vinny9 — 2006-08-01T13:05:06-04:00

I found this cool map of Manhattan from 1851 in the Library of Congress' digital collection, American Memory.

I really want to visit the LoC now...