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registeredname — 2010-07-22T00:04:41-04:00

If Vinny Has Already Posted This, I Resign

goodladd — 2010-03-24T12:27:23-04:00

Laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh.

This Guy Loves His Team

vinny9 — 2010-03-18T08:06:32-04:00

David Hasselhoff Reunites Germany

chrisdye — 2009-11-09T17:06:48-05:00

It is well known that the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. Less well-known is that East Berliners swarmed the wall in order to see David Hasselhoff:

Find more videos like this on HoffSpace

Think Jerry would react this way?

registeredname — 2009-10-28T12:35:07-04:00

Don't go breaking [into] my heart car

chrisdye — 2009-10-06T09:18:23-04:00

US man gets 2 to 10 years in prison for stealing woman's car during first date

I can't believe people fall for this!

registeredname — 2009-10-05T09:03:47-04:00

Actual e-mail I received this morning:

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10, United Kingdom.
Batch number: 12/25/0340
Ref number: MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number: GQ-88790-D

Attention: Lottery Winner,

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YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

TO RECEIVE AND CLAIM YOUR PAYMENT OF PRIZE
You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent(Mr. Andre Bach) to facilitate the remittance of your winning prize to you at once.

1. Full name............
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Congratulations!! once again.

Please contact Mr. Bach for all necessary proceeds in receiving your prize.
Mr. Andre Bach.
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)

Think it's real??!

You Go, Slavia! or, the case of the Serbian Hasselhoff

chrisdye — 2009-07-27T08:26:04-04:00

Just when I think that I have lived in Europe long enough that my stereotypes of Europeans might have begun to dissipate:
An unemployed Ontario actor is a huge star in Serbia for his role in an early '90s low-budget Magnum P.I. ripoff.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-07-23T10:40:17-04:00

Only four more shows left of the Bitter End, an improvised sitcom starring Dan Beirne, Brent Skagford, Etan Muscat, Vanessa Matsui, Kirsten Rasmussen and Marc Rowland. Its at 8pm everyday until sunday at Le Gymnase (4177 St-Denis, corner Rachel) as part of Zoofest.

Sumi for copyright infringement

chrisdye — 2009-06-05T13:00:17-04:00

Sumi, the flying Vancouver Olympics mascot and Nini the Beijing Olympics bird mascot:

Uh, what gives?

Precious

vinny9 — 2009-05-04T09:08:14-04:00

Check out this impressive LotR fan film:

http://thehuntforgollum.com

Low-Hanging Fruit

vinny9 — 2009-04-21T11:19:43-04:00

http://www.pixelmator.com/

A Mac specific, pic editing tool priced at 60$ US. F'ing smart move.

I WANT TOFU TOO!

goodladd — 2009-04-09T09:34:14-04:00

From the print story: "Says Department of Revenue spokesman Mark Couch: 'We don't allow 'FU' because some people could read that as street language for sex.' "

Humans.... In.... Spaaaaace

vinny9 — 2009-03-30T15:02:05-04:00

Colossal waste of money? Maybe. Good idea? Maybe. Impressive? Gotta be.

Big version here

This, However, Is Awesome

vinny9 — 2009-03-22T18:49:57-04:00

Massive Lego Mon Calamari Star Cruiser

...with lights.

Bloggy Battle of Wits

vinny9 — 2009-03-13T17:02:23-04:00

So Mr. Marc and I are trying to come up with a good name for our brand new Montreal Improv blog. Your challenge is to come up with some decent names for us to choose from.

Now if it weren't illegal for us as a registered Quebec business to give away a prize without a lot of hassle, I totally would. So all you can legally get is our gratitude.

I leave it to goodladd to declare winners for the previous two battles.

If You Want To Avoid Ever Using Your Brain At All...

goodladd — 2009-03-06T13:56:39-05:00

...there's an app for that!

Microsoft Revolutionizes Music

Alex — 2009-01-29T19:36:03-05:00

First, check out the commercial for songsmith:

then see what happens when people got the bright idea to put the vocal tracks from pop songs into the program. Here's an example:

Magic.

2008 Lux Awards

dustin — 2008-10-23T16:41:39-04:00

The Luxtoberfest 2008 award ceremonies are being held inside online Lux Delux on Sunday at 1 PM Pacific / 4 PM Eastern / 8 PM UK / 9 PM Europe time.

All Luxers are eligible to vote for the best map of the year. Please vote now!

World Domination Video

dustin — 2008-10-20T21:52:15-04:00

Lux Video of World Domination.

Hoppen ohne kopfen

chrisdye — 2008-08-30T11:38:36-04:00

While travelling, we saw this horrible yet hilarious story
(especially the video) about a bunnyrabbit serial killer in Germany. We found the names of German bunnyrabbits most amusing. The two best that we could come up with on our own were:

"David Hasselhop"
"Fluffthansa"

Any other suggestions?

Terrorists attempt shooting down plane

chrisdye — 2008-05-30T17:54:56-04:00

2007 Year in Review

dustin — 2007-12-31T23:50:39-05:00

2007 was the second full year I lived in Vancouver. It was a year of settling in deeper, exploring, new friendships, and personal growth.

Work
Lux Delux has continued its steady growth. It got a few major updates throughout the year, and the amount of new maps has been delightful. Work on the next generation Sillysoft game proceeded in bursts, but I haven't been committed to it hard-core. I decided against renting office space and hiring full-time employees in Vancouver. Lux has attracted an amazing array of online people that have played key roles in driving Sillysoft's success. In 2008 I need to focus more on how to enable and manage an online team. I like the virtual office setup, but it's been hard for me to maintain a consistent work ethic within it.

Play
Looking back on 2007 I'm amazed by the number of amazing new friends I made. I basically started from scratch when I moved west, and I am tremendously happy with what I've found. The people, places, and events of Vancouver have captured my heart. Shout out to Critical Mass and the bikers, Manhunt, Picnic Summer, Soccer Sundays, Alice in Wonderland, the Drivefests, Zombiewalk and the flashmobbers, Shambhala, the Fringe Festival, the East Side Culture Crawl, the house party circuit, BarCamp and the geeks. Let's do it all again and more in 2008!

Media & Publishing
I made 143 blog posts in 2007. That's a slight 3 more then the 140 from 2006. I started making random links posts (30 total) as a way to keep track of interesting sites and spread the word. I continued to work on my photography and have clearly made progress. I've settled into flickr as a stable platform to host my photos.

Video production is something that I want to get back into more in 2008. Video is the most powerful medium, and Youtube has blown the publishing field wide-open. Vancouverites come talk to me if you're interested in making videos. Witness the bicycle revolution at hand in my Critical Mass Video.

It was February when I gave in and joined Facebook. I use it regularly now as a tool and game. I still keep my photos and blog outside of fb, on the internet-at-large, but fb is aware of it. My instinct is to be against walled-in gardens like fb, but I realize the utility it provides as a communications and networking medium.

Travel
I hit up Montreal for Vaganza 7 near the start of the year. I traveled to the Okanagan and down the US West Coast with my brother in March. I biked to Bowen Island in May. At the end of the summer I traveled into the mountains for Shambhala and connected with my spirituality. In the fall I flew east for a back-to-back wedding tour of Montreal and Toronto, my old haunts. I ended the year with another trip to Ontario to see family and celebrate the Festivus holidays.

Looking Forward to 2008
2007 was a huge year for me, and I'm happy with the direction I'm headed. I'm looking forward to continuing it in 2008, and pushing further. To explore more of Vancouver, including the surrounding islands and mountains. To grow the bonds of friendship that I've formed, and make even more. To manifest a happy and magical existence for myself in the world. 2008, let's boogie...

Wow The Simpsons spoof EVERYTHING!

registeredname — 2007-12-30T00:08:26-05:00

Map Porn

dustin — 2007-12-14T17:23:31-05:00

This post has screenshots of some of the hottest maps for the computer strategy game Lux. Images below the cut (work-safe).

US Map aka USA Map aka Map of US

Map of Iraq

Hey, you made it to the bottom! Share the wealth and spread this post on your favorite network. Your friends will love you for it!

PS: Map porn? Oh yeah, baby. Deep, wet, glistening rivers. Rock hard mountains. Trade routes spread wide open. Yours to dominate. This stuff is nasty dirty. ;-)

Zoolander + UPS = ?

vinny9 — 2007-12-12T11:58:15-05:00

UPS uses software to minimise left-hand turns

Things Are Not Always As They A Pear

goodladd — 2007-11-27T16:39:37-05:00

Did anyone else ever wonder what happened to Chrisdye's long-time friend and professorial colleague who blogged occasionally at demaisonneuve.com? Well, I was at Edinburgh airport yesterday and happened upon him sitting near the parking lot; luckily I had my camera phone handy and snapped up the scene:

It appears to me that he is on his knees begging for his life from a particularly savage pomegranate. Any other interpretations?

(This really wasn't staged; I actually stepped out of the car at the airport and witnessed this, with not a person in sight to explain why there might be fruit sitting on a bench.)

(I reluctantly declare Ken the winner of the previous Battle of Wits, even though his entry was clearly a reggae reference rather than a funk reference. However, his was the only entry and, in any case, he's from Alberta -- so I don't think we can hold his lack of knowledge of black culture against him.)

At Least It Hasn't Gone To His Head...

goodladd — 2007-11-22T05:24:15-05:00

UK Internet company Pipex have been using him as their mascot for a few years now. e.g.:

Was ist hot? Was ist cool?

Alex — 2007-11-22T01:53:54-05:00

Glaube, Hasselhoffnung, Liebe

chrisdye — 2007-11-22T00:55:12-05:00

...and I'll keep posting foreign-language David Hasselhoff videos until someone posts something good. Do govern yourselves accordingly.