Video of the Day: Thinking outside the box, a new sort of instruction manual
Bit of a waste of paper, but still a great novelty idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtZKVnTVSNc
Joseph Kony, Invisible Children and gullible minds
Joseph Kony is a relatively unknown name unless you’re among those who follow news that ended… six years ago. Perhaps breaking “olds” would be the more suitable name for the entire #StopKony/#Kony2012 campaign.
The Kony 2012 controversy: my opinion
For those who are not aware, recently a documentary on Youtube has gone viral accumulating over 11.5 million views in only 2 DAYS! It is a video that aims to bring awareness of the Invisible Children Inc.’s campaign in Uganda called “Kony 2012.” If you have not watched this video, I would highly recommend taking the…
17th Avenue Food Foray: Crepes & Cravings
After last week’s failure to investigate Crepes & Cravings, MJ and I finally managed to pay this little store a much-deserved visit. Before I start, I would like to apologize for the lack of pictures – we got a little caught up with eating and talking and then we forgot… but we will definitely remember…
Parking ban has many Calgarians digging into their wallets
As we all know, winter never sleeps in Calgary, with mother nature dealing out large amounts of snow over the last three weeks. Along with the usual inconveniences winter snow brings, a parking ban instilled by the City of Calgary…
Video of the Day: Painting Clouds with Tim Gagnon (time lapse)
“Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?”
Theatre Calgary’s new season released!
Recently Theatre Calgary released their 2012/2013 season in which I am extremely excited for. The plays I am most anticipating are Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables, and the Kite Runner; all books I have read and enjoyed immensely. Along with these, the season also consists of Next to Normal, God of Carnage (both of which…
My Teacher, CGPGrey
We always go onto YouTube to find the latest videos. It’s a given that most of these videos feature mostly pointless content (such as cats), but a new channel is brought among us today, Mr. CGPGrey. CGPGrey utilizes YouTube to teach. If you take a look at his videos, you can tell he tries to…
Video of the Day: Lollipop or Art?
My vote is for the latter. A street vendor in China creates a dragon-shaped lollipop using nothing but a marble slab, a spoon, and some caramel. For something done so spontaneously, where every motion has an impact on the final product, this man is highly impressive. He uses caramel, potentially one of the most viscous…
Calgary Kiwanis Festival
The annual Calgary Kiwanis Festival is in full swing for 2012. This is a music festival that features amateur musicians performing repertoire in their musical instrument, at all grade levels. Giving almost 9,500 musicians the chance to perform for their peers and receive adjudication from the most high-caliber professional musicians, thousands of youth involved in…
Game of the Day: Lightbot
What do you do if you’re bored, feel like being challenged and/or hope to be (or are) a programmer? You play Lightbot! A game designed by Coolio_Niato, this game is about a robot who is trying to light up tiles. You can walk, rotate (which is mind-boggling!), jump, light up a tile and call functions.…
Video of the Day: World’s largest rope swing
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a ride on your own personal rope swing – one that just happened to be the largest in the world? The people in this video set up the world’s largest rope swing in Moab, Utah, and awesomeness ensues.
The Axis of Awesome – performing songs with only four chords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
City of Ashes Book Review (The Mortal Instruments #2)
If you have yet to do so, please read my review of “City of Bones” review before reading this one. The plot for this novel goes like this: Clary wishes to return to her normal life, but her mother is in a magically induced coma, and the world of the shadowhunters refuses to loosen it’s…
Video of the Day: 10 common misconceptions debunked
Finally! I remember seeing the “We only use 10% of brains” poster in my math class. Drove me nuts.