Category: Miscellaneous

What is with Skype.com? Everyone is talking about it and I’m thinking it could possibly be the end of my horrible long distance nightmares. I’m told that it costs approximately $16 Canadian for 10 hours anywhere in North America and most of Europe. Nice. Not that I have anyone in Europe to call.

Justice League meets Office Space mashup.

(via Waxy)

It’s a how-to guide for adding the famous Star Wars Light Saber effect into your own footage. Very cool effect and maybe something I’ll use this summer if I get the New Media Movie Making Camp job again.

(via BoingBoing)

Here is an image that I took in Disney’s California Adventure a couple of years back (December 2002).

The reason I bring it up is because I stumbled upon some more great images of sand sculptures. Their webpage could use a revamp, but the images are great.

Cool story about a two person company and their software that almost became iTunes.

From the Committee to Protect Bloggers comes Free Mojtaba and Arash Day.

“Free Mojtaba and Arash Day is a day set up by the Committee to Protect Bloggers to create awareness for two Iranian bloggers who are imprisoned in their country.”

Seeing as I have become more aware of Iranian culture through my old roommate and some new friends I made at school, not to mention the fact that I’m a pretty big fan of blogging, I thought it appropriate to give a little attention to my fellow bloggers in the Middle East.

Excellent trailer for a CC-licensed documentary on sampling culture.

I volunteered to canvass for the Heart and Stroke foundation again this year, but alas I didn’t find very many people home when I went around this evening. I plan to try again tomorrow.

I think that there are a few charities that are important to support and this is one of them. Here some interesting information from the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s pamphlet:

It’s a sobering thought: almost 40% of Canadians will develop some form of cardiovascular disease and despite [their] best efforts, it remains the leading cause of death. Today, someone in Canada falls victim to a heart attack every 7 minutes.

My own grandpa died during heart surgery and so it’s an issue that hits close to home. Chances are, there is someone in your family that has had heart problems, so when you see folks like myself out canvassing, please give. If you can’t afford to donate a lot, remember even a few dollars help.

Here it is, my Flickr album.

I came across a page today that has default router usernames and passwords for commonly used routers. It’s a handy reference if you ever need to help someone access their router but they don’t know their own default password; it’s surprising to me how often that happens.