As I was doing some of my morning infosnacking, I came across this post on slashdot. A few guys seem to have figured out how to recreate the Bellagio Fountains using only 2L bottles of diet coke, and several menthos. Check out the video at...
I figured I’d share this with both my personal and work blogs as it’s kind of funny and a little humbling. In my personal blog, I always write in smallcaps, so just ignore that fact, and hopefully you’ll get a laugh out of my morning. my friend heath and i have been rowing every morning for the last 6 weeks. after seeing summer storm about two months ago, we both got the itch. i rowed for a summer in university (thats where the b&w pic of me comes from). i only did it one season, but i still had a good...
On my way home from work last night, I was listening to NPR when I heard a story about KFC’s new Buffalo Chicken Sandwich ad. The short version is that KFC is running an ad with a very very short scene, too short to catch without some kind of DVR. If you manage to pause at the right time, there is a cupon code to get yourself a free sandwich from KFC! What an interesting way to get people to watch your ads! According to the article about 70% of people who have DVR’s skip the commercials, so the advertisers...
You know, it’s frustrating when you don’t know what something is even when you work at the company making/doing/owning the website about it. http://www.origamiproject.com/1/ Damn, this thing has me...
It’s alive!* http://www.BBPPhoto.com # My new fine art photography web site is up and working. I’ve got one more tweak to do, and then I’m all set! It’s running some special stuff. Basically I’m using a back end photogallery web application that provides an RSS feed, then using the RSS feeds to fill the front end with the data that I’m showing. It may take a few minutes for DNS to finish propigating. So, if it doesn’t load, check again later this morning...
Ugh, I think I just realized I have too many domains. And I’m most of them in some way at least! http://www.usualsuspects.ca - not in use http://www.bigbackpack.ca - in use http://www.bbpphoto.com - in use http://www.NoCommonGround.com - in use http://www.SinDessertCo.com - holding for a friend http://www.AMHConsultants.com - holding for a friend http://www.PeteLePage.com - use for teaching I just merged 3 accounts that I had at GoDaddy into one, since I really don’t need 3 account. No if only they would...