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NFB Online!

The National Film Board finally went online today. Canadian classics like The Log Driver’s Waltz, The Cat Came Back, and Neighbours are now in reach of the people they were…

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Pixel Art

…core strenth training. Yesterday for a break I decided to work on some graphics for a video game I am making. Here is a sample of an elf I created….

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war

AWOL in America

…Particularly facinating to me, is the statistics on firing rates. Apparently in World War II only 15 to 20 percent of the combat infantry were willing to fire their weapons…

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Thirteen Anomalies

Here are thirteen things in science that do not make sense but are (apparently) true. I’m still not convinced about a few of them, like cold fusion and holistics. It’s…

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Miscellaneous

MIT Blog Survey

…of demographics, communication behaviors, experience with weblogs and other technology, and the meaning of various types of social links within the blogosphere. If you have a blog and you want…

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The Bad Review Revue

…edge or anger. In fact, I’m not even sure why it’s called Horrible Bosses 2. It’s not really about bosses or office politics. Its only allegiance seems to be to…

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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans

I love this: Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans – YouTube P.S. Parliament has been prorogued during the Olympics so Harper’s little flag waving speech was actually given at the…

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education Music

Guitar Noise Podcast

I just subscribed to the Guitar Noise Podcast. In the first episode, managing editor David Hodge goes through some of the basics of strumming. If you’re just learning the guitar,…

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Politics

Federal Election Debate at the U of L

…always votes for the conservatives. It’s the topics that didn’t come up that bother me, but for the first while as/if Conservatives follow through with their top five goals, I…

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Sirius Satellite Radio

I was just asked to do an interview for the Jay Thomas show on Sirius Satellite Radio. The topics on Jay’s new show range from the sublime to the ridiculous…