Archive for January, 2006

Lucid Dreaming

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

When I was younger, even though I didn’t know it had a name or that it wasn’t “normal” I was naturally a lucid dreamer. Not every time I dreamt but enough to remember that I could change the course of my dreaming. In fact I used to go to bed thinking “what shall I dream [...]

Best. TV. Sci-Fi. Evah.

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Yay Ron Moore is blogging again, and not only that Battlestar Galactica is back on ‘telly. *geekasm*
Ron Moore blogs about Battlestar Galactica

Short Film, entirely shot using digital still camera

Monday, January 16th, 2006

I just posted this over on my Digital SLR Photography Blog but thought it was so good I would repeat it here
Short Film, entirely shot using digital still camera | DSLRBlog
Using only a Canon EOS 20D they created all the visuals for this excellent little boy-meets-girl story. It’s a joy to watch, not [...]

Sprawling Calgary

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Both D’Arcy and Ted write about urban sprawl today. Ted posted this remarkable fact (must be, I am remarking on it after all!)
Just to give you an idea of the scope of the problem, consider this oft quoted statistic: New York City, with about the same area as Calgary, has almost ten times our [...]

Duvet Day

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Tigger Hiding

Photo by chrisg .. DSLRblog.com.

Some days are duvet days. When you want to curl up in bed and not face the world thankyouverymuch.

Ghost Blogging

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Looks like a good gig: Bloggers Blog: Ghost Blogging: Revenue Opportunity for Bloggers
A couple of grand a month steady income would be a great way to fund your other blogging activities till they really kick off. I think a lot of corporates do not realise what skills and energy are required to blog. Just [...]

Canadian Politics

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

I’m sorry, I don’t understand. I read all these Canadian political blogs and they just don’t make sense. It seems the current guys in power are corrupt. A lot more people would like them if they were A) honest and B) kept their promises (which now I have typed it seems the same thing). So [...]

Drupal turns 5

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

I hear from Robshouse that Drupal has turned 5. Well done all involved, it’s a brilliant piece of kit and my new favourite platform. Yes, me a Microsoft fanboy. I haven’t quite turned to the dark side but after reviewing a shedload of blogging and community software Drupal came top, even despite my obvious biases. [...]

Watch Derren Brown “the heist” online

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Don’t know how long this will be online for but check it out, for anyone interested in hypnosis it is a corker. Certainly got the forums buzzing with “how did he do that?” and “did he even do what we thought he did?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=YyNpd6VpUQk

Canadian Political Sleaze apes sleaze from south of border

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Canadian Member of Parliament who takes large campaign contributions from the entertainment industry and delivers American-style copyright laws in return was confronted by her constituents, who demanded that she account for her actions.
Boing Boing: Hollywood’s MP denounces “users,” “EFF members” — video
I am a Canadian citizen, if I thought it would do any good [...]