To all of those people who have noted that today is Thanksgiving Day : Only in the USA you morons! They have a Thanksgiving day in Canada too, in October, lets celebrate that one instead if you are gonna bring it up, the USA is not the world. Apart from the fact that it [...]

From BoingBoing, a link to an article about the practise of reading :
But the problem with readers, the idea we’re given of reading is that the model of a reader is the person watching a film, or watching television. So the greatest principle is, “I should sit here and I should be entertained.” And the [...]

In Africa, what’s the largest single cause of death of children under 5 years of age? Malnutrition? Dehydration? Something more complex like dysentry? AIDS?
Nope, it’s malaria. What can be done? UNICEF Canada are running a programme where a $10 donation means a mosquito net bought and distributed to an appropriate area in Africa. [...]

You know that TARDIS like space in cartoons, from which hammers, bombs, occasional large animals and other impossibly large objects can be pulled in defiance of any spacial constraints? You’ll also find it in Mary Poppins‘ carpet bag, behind trees and other places in the Goodies, Dungeons and Dragons players will know the [...]

Sorry, nothing to see this week, I started watching Firefly episodes and now I can’t stop. Serenity is a great movie, but Firefly (the TV show on which it was based), man…most of the shows I watch, they relax the neurons I guess, and I enjoy spending the time with Monique, but when she’s out [...]

You know that big load of legalese that you utterly ignore and just hit ‘Agree’ every time you install a new piece of software? That’s called the End User Licence Agreement (EULA). I vaguely recall that it’s legal status is questionable at least, and not just the ones that claim to come into [...]

We’re playing Singstar tonight, it occured to me how funny it is, in good zombie fashion, to substitute the word brain for any body part mentioned in a love song. Especially when you mention that to someone (hi Jacq!) half way through the song and they can barely finish it for laughing. Case in [...]

For Discworld fans, there’s a horse named Ankh Morpork running in the Victoria Derby today. At time of writing he’s paying around $22 for a win, and running from gate 15 won’t do him any favours. I think the best investment might be cheering rather than betting, although if he came through you could [...]