Living in a modern city everyday, it’s hard for us to imagine a city that is lost from human touch. It’s time that we appreciate the past glory and history of the lost cities. There are legends and ruins of dozens of lost cities around the world. The following 5 are the most historically significant…
Over the summer, I was talking to my uncle about this new search engine, Bing. I thought I’d share a bit more about Bing with you all, and if you are an avid Bing user, some changes that you may have seen. Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is the current web…
Google is boring now. A search engine? BLAH. BUT there has been some recent websites that Google has created that have intrigued me. For example, if you type in www.googlegooglegooglegoogle.com, it gives you 4 independent Google browsers within your own internet page. I don’t know what’s the practical use of this, but it’s awesome! Another cool Google…
Incredibox. If you are a fan of beatboxing, you will love this site. If you just like fun time-wasters on the Internet, you will love this site. Incredibox works like this: you start off with a bunch of animated beatboxers, and a bunch of beatboxing sounds that you can have each of them do, then you…
Now this is something totally awesome I know you’ll appreciate this weekend: For many years, we’ve all searched the Internet for the perfect font for one project or another. I’ve seen the ones that are based on famous fonts (like the font from “The Simpsons” title, etc.), and the super curly ones, and the gothic…
In the past few days, some pretty awesome websites have been discovered. How awesome? Warm fuzzy feelings awesome. Over the next week and a half, Alice and I will each shed some light on these websites. So by now, I’m sure we all know about FMyLife (FML). And thanks to this, we also know about…
My whole life, I have been allergic to peanuts, and there have been many incidents where I have had to spend the night in emergency. If there was something I could do about this issue, it would be to let more people know why they should be conscious of those with a peanut/nut allergy. Here…
Wires are great, they served us for centuries, bringing useful electricity to us everyday; however, imagine that you have a printer, an external hard drive, a lamp, a set of speaker, a cell phone charger and a computer system in your bedroom, and they are all connected via wires. You know when you need to…
Pets may not be with us everywhere we go, but they are an important of our lives. Whether it is a cat, a dog, a lizard, or a fish, pets keep us company and give us a friend we can always count on to be there in our times of need. Okay, maybe a fish…
I am a junior facilitator with the Minds in Motion All Girls [science] Club and volunteer each Saturday at the U of C and help with their activities. So far this fall, we have created aliens, Saturn-mobiles, discussed the science of zombies and eaten candy. 😀 This past weekend, we went to the TELUS World of Science along…
In October, something really cool happened. The Because I am a Girl caravan visited Calgary and stopped at our school. They interviewed girls and listened to our thoughts on what it means to be a girl here in Canada, and around the world. Learning more about their campaign and speaking to them, I wanted to spread…
Have you ever said something really funny that you just want the whole world to know? Well, there’s a better way than Facebook to post and read hilarious bluffs in human language (or brain). At “Things People Said” there are, well, real things people said. Including everything from Spoonerisms to News Reports and Kid’s Quotes.…
Canada, like other countries, has random weird laws that are funny yet strange! For example, it is illegal to pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies. In Nova Scotia, a person is not allowed to water their grass when it’s raining! In Ottawa you are not allowed to eat ice cream on Bank St…
November is known as Aviation, Child Safety and Protection, Good Nutrition, International Drums, Latin America, National Adoption, National Epilepsy, Model Railroad, and Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. Also, the second week of November is National Children’s Book Week! Take a look at the calendar for some interesting dates that you may think are cool and might want to celebrate: Nov. 1 – All Saint’s Day,…
No, it’s not that kind of new math. But, this math is definitely a lot different from what you see in your classes – it would probably fit better in the English department. Craig Damrauer sees the world a bit differently than most. To him, circumstances are an equation and states of being can be…