Earlier this month, 16 climbers stepped foot on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, one of world’s largest stratovolcanoes, approximately 19,341 feet from sea level. These climbers are doing this to raise awareness of the billion people worldwide who lack access to clean drinking water. They hope that this climb will raise awareness of the global…
Does anyone remember those salad dressing commercials where a landscape was speedily assembled out of vegetables and then salad dressing was poured on as the “water” in the scene? I loved those commercials and thought that they were so creative. Imagine my delight when I stumbled across these fantastic vegetarian landscapes. For those of you…
Speaking of Avatar… This sort of post is out of character for me, but i found it really funny and wanted to share this with everone. This is a picture I found on failblog.org. It’s called”the Avatar Plot Fail.” Enjoy 🙂
I don’t know about everyone else, but I love carving pumpkins for halloween. The problem is, these often beautiful (or terrifying) creations are only truely festive during October. They bring connotations of fall, shortening days, spooks. Spring is just around the corner, and frankly, I wouldn’t mind if some type of carved fruit brought to…
We don’t get the newspaper at my house, and for a while, I was quite jealous of all those people who got to read comics every morning with breakfast. Then, along came the internet… Some of my favourite online comics are: Dinosaur Comics These ones can be slightly geeky comics, but they’re still generally funny…
So I’ve been listening to Amp for the past bit, using it as background music (or background noise, whichever you would like to call it). I’ve noticed two songs that are ridiculously overplayed. Not that radios don’t overplay songs in general, but these two songs… bug me. Really bug me. Maybe I’m being picky, but seriously,…
Choose the best answer: Tires are for __________________. a) Driving on b) Swinging on c) Climbing on d) Sculpting with I don’t know what you chose, but the artists behind the following would clearly choose d). It looks as though animals are well-represented by an item that would never have occurred in…
I brought you the first part of the series, which showed you how people make lint into art and if you thought that was strange, check out part 2: When you finish a roll of toilet paper, you may immediately wonder if there’s more under your sink or pray that someone else goes into the stall…
Has anyone ever asked you what your star sign is? Basically they aren’t even always referred to as “star signs.” Some people call them astrological signs, zodiac signs, and horoscope signs. If your birthday falls between the specific date and month you are that star sign. In the Calgary Herald, there is a section on…
A lot of the time the news we see on TV is about the negative, bad and awful things that are happening in the world. We often hear sensationalized stories about robberies, murders, wars and “what’s in your dinner that you shouldn’t be eating” reports, which seem to outpower the good things that have happened…
“Muddy Waters rode the 61. So did Bob Dylan, Ike Turner, and B.B. King. Elvis grew up in the housing projects along it.” I have blogged previously about websites mixing music and social networking, and this week I bring you another: The Sixtyone. The site runs like YouTube – anyone can upload music that they’ve…
Personally, I believe that it’s the Transformers trying to send us a message, but think what you will. The Mars rover, Spirit, has been rather unlucky since its launch in early 2004. The original mission, along with twin rover, Opportunity, was supposed to last three months. However, they got a job extention and are still working…
Burj Khalifa, originally named Burj Dubai, has officially become the tallest building as of January 4, 2010 when the world welcomed its opening. It stands 828m tall with 160(162) floors, almost twice as tall as the Empire State Building, and is able to swing back and forth for 1.5m at its tallest point when strong wind…
Since we’re on the topic of Harry Potter, CTV news has quite an interesting article about something related… That’s right, Canada’s McGill University is the first university in Canada to have an official Quidditch team! (Shame on you if you had to click the Wiki link for Quidditch. 😉 ) Two months ago, they competed…
Need to spruce up a photo? Feeling a bit bland? Then say hello to Picnik! You don’t need to be a nerd to enjoy it 🙂 Picnik is a free online software that allows you to edit, or “picnik,” your photos. You have a variety of effects, fonts, frames, stickers and crazy stuff to play with.…