Google+. Some of you may of heard about it, some may of not. Potential Facebook killer? Possibly. But Google+ has just been released to the public, and is out of private testing and now in beta for everyone! Now some of you may just be like eh forget it, I’ll stick with Facebook since everyone…
How many of you love to volunteer? I am guessing majority of you will say yes! How awesome would it be to join a council that meets with the mayor once or twice a year, gets plenty of opportunities and represents the City of Calgary? Join the Mayor’s Youth Council– a Youth Central committee. It’s…
Go here for more of this stuff. Just fer teh lawls. I’m not even kidding, this improved my ESL English skills. This is a long lesson, kids. Pay attention and maybe you’ll English as good as me. First Lesson: Learn to spell…or just no
Life imitates store shelves as artfully attired Chinese artist Liu Bolin blends into a display of soft drinks at his Beijing studio August 10. Assistants later painted him to complete the illusion.
I came across this video when doing some research for the Speech and Debate Club at Churchill High School. This man truly exemplifies the art of public speaking, his posture, voice control, volume, and tone are all flawless. The poem itself also struck quite a chord with me. As Daniel Beaty repeats the lines knock…
Breaking news in the world of physics, researchers at CERN have managed to accelerate neutrinos beyond the speed to light. The theory is that as an object approaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite. So technically, it would take an infinite amount of energy to move the object, that’s more than all the…
Or, alternatively: The most epicness you will ever experience in two and half minutes. [youtube xrIYT-MrVaI] Most people have probably heard of this iconic theme before. For example, it was in the award winning Social Network and also served as the basis for the famous Inspector Gadget theme. However, the original song in all its…
Do you remember the days when your parents bought a computer for you? You were probably ecstatic, but realized that your honeymoon phase ended faster than you could say “high speed internet upgrade?!” Well, now that you’re older and (hopefully) wiser, you’re probably planning to upgrade your personal computer. Perhaps you were thinking of getting…
As an avid Twitter user (I’m sitting at over 5,000 tweets; I’m not addicted, I swear), it’s pretty interesting to see some facts about this massive social website that I can proudly say: “Hey! I’ve contributed to this website a lot!” In all honesty, what I’ve done in about two years on this website is…
Hate shopping for furniture? Hate going to big blue buildings labelled “IKEA” because they remind you of the hours upon hours of mindlessly viewing bed frames? Well Sydney, Australia is the place for you! Recently, an IKEA in Sydney recognized the predominately male hate for furniture shopping, and responded by creating MÄNLAND, a playground for…
One of the best ways of entertainment for teens and young adults these days is gaming consoles like Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. All the consoles have their pros and cons and starting from this week, I will be putting the consoles head on head to see which one is the…
A mural on the wall of a building by the beach on the Mediterranean coast of France Anyone missing the bright, glorious days of summer already?
According to Jane Lynch from Glee, host of the 2011 Emmy Awards, in her opening musical number, “TV is a vast wonderland, a kingdom of joy in a box.” I’ll admit that there is some truth to that statement, even where there are better, more productive things to do… like IB homework. Nonetheless, here to celebrate another…
Recently I had been recommended a book called Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. At first I was hesitant to pick up the book because the first page I saw was full of spelling and grammatical errors. Flowers for Algernon is a first-person narrative told by Charlie Gordon whose innate IQ is an exceptionally low 68.…
I find a rare depth and infinite wisdom in the words J.K. Rowling channels through her character: Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore in the globally renowned Harry Potter series. For those of you perhaps less familiar with the Harry Potter books, Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is…