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Miscellaneous

Locked Out

When I left the house this morning I forgot something very important – my keys! I ran to school anyway and 40 minutes later arrived, breathless and tired. I ended up catching a ride home with Bill Onofrychuk but had to spend the day wandering around the neighbourhood until my roommate got home at 5:00. Luckily Jake was home and gave me something to eat and let me hang at his place for the afternoon. I’m NEVER going to leave my keys behind again, it’s the most frustrating experience in recent memory.

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Miscellaneous

Zero by Zero

Zero by Zero: Quote: “Our society seems to be very technologically advanced. Looks like everything has been thoroughly studied but the depths of the oceans. Our mathematics is so advanced that it’s mind boggling to many people. We have built buildings way high in the sky. Bridges longer than many cities. Obviously we are capable of great technological know how. And yet it saddens me to bring this topic up at such a late stage in the game. Yes the old division by zero problem. […]”

I was always bothered that my calculator came up with an error when it seemed logical enough that the answer was actually 0. I guess I should never have automatically assumed that all the math teachers I ever had were right.

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Miscellaneous

Janet Jackson and the Borg

It turns out that Janet Jackson is actually a member of the borg collective.

I would comment more on the Janet Jackson nipple thing, but she did it for attention and frankly I think the borg link is as much attention as I want to give.

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backmasking

99.3 The Fox Links to My Stairway to Heaven Backwards Page

Nice! I am please to say that I am getting a lot of hits on my Stairway to Heaven Backwards page now that 99.3 The Fox has linked their geek page to it. Yesterday I got 1483 hits and I think these numbers are just going to stay high for awhile… so long as they keep the link up anyway.

I really should add some more backmasking stuff – since that’s the main reason people come here. In the meantime here is a site with a list of songs that sound like they have messages in them when you play them backwards.

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Miscellaneous

Littertising, And Other Questionable Marketing Techniques

Why is it that some businesses think that leaving photocopied ads strewn around the University is a legitimate form of advertising? I was disgusted to find the hallways and emailing stations littered with advertisements for the Top Hat Strip Club reading, “Ladies Night – International Men”. The tattoo parlor located coincidentally right next door to Top Hat also had ads on the floor and windows of the University Hallway. It seems to me that the companies responsible for this “littertising” should be held responsible – even fined for littering. It’s not like we don’t know who is leaving the mess behind. They should at least have to come and pick it up.

Strip Clubs and tattoo Parlors are not the only guilty party. Vector Marketing has long been an enemy of common sense and decency – laying hundreds of thousands of business cards strewn down hallways and on chairs around the campas. This kind of unethical advertising should be stopped but how? Well I for one have decided to boycott their services. That’s right, just because of their shady marketing campain, I won’t be signing up to buy or sell knives from Vector Marketing – nor will I be chipping in for a new tattoo or going to see “International Men” at the Top Hat. Geez, can I possibly be anymore Activist?

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Miscellaneous

Mind Tricks

Point your hands towards your chest. Cross your hands one over the other and interlock your fingers and then raise your knuckles. Now look at the index finger that is pointing to the left and wiggle it. Bet you move the wrong one.

From Making Light

While sitting in your chair, lift your right foot slightly off the ground and move it in clockwise circles. Now draw the numeral “6” in the air with your right hand. Your foot will involuntarily reverse direction.

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Miscellaneous

Reading Week Plans

I’ve decided to go to Vancouver on reading week for the 2004 Western Canadian Championships in swimming.

In other news, I have discovered that whenever I am supposed to be writing an essay I find it really easy to clean the house. “Hey I can’t write this essay yet, the walls need to be cleaned!” But I did get the damn thing finished – sort of. I hope he goes easy on me. 1 down only 3 more to go (in that class).

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Miscellaneous

Pickled Dragon Mystery

If you’ve ever wondered if dragons really exist, finally we have proof.

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culture

Google Zeitgeist

The Google Zeitgeist is now showing 2003 Year-End Search patterns, trends, and surprises. The top Google search queries in Canada for 2003 were:

  1. finding nemo
  2. paris hilton
  3. inuyasha
  4. canada 411
  5. orlando bloom
  6. loft story
  7. canadian tire
  8. michael jackson
  9. toronto star
  10. toronto maple leafs
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Miscellaneous

Web Information System Logo Contest

Here are the two designs that I entered into the University of Lethbridge’s Web Information System Name and Logo contest. I like the white one better.