April 2007 Archives

Quote of the Year

I just couldn't help but get a laugh out of this article by Dan Wetzel over at Yahoo! Sports. Great read Everyone has a favorite conspiracy theory about the NBA. Some like the idea that David Stern fixed the 1984 draft lottery. Others favor his supposed secret suspension of a ... [ Continue Reading Quote of the Year... ]

Calgary Flames

Although I haven't written anything about the Flames playoff streak this year (too busy with studying and exams), I had been following the Calgary/Detroit series religiously, watching every single minute of all six games, for better or for worse. It was a tough finish for all Flames fan, but we ... [ Continue Reading Calgary Flames... ]

First Year Engineering

After two stressful weeks of exams I'm done first year engineering at the University of Calgary. Other than completely failing Physics, I'm pretty sure I did fine on all my other subjects (Calculus, Fluid Dynamics, Design, and Computer Programming). [ Continue Reading First Year Engineering... ]

Gunman Kills 31 Students

Man this is seriously some fucked up shit, this was all over the news when I woke up this morning, can't even imagine something like this happening at the UofC. My condolences to the families. A gunman has gone on the rampage at the campus of Virginia Tech university in Virginia, ... [ Continue Reading Gunman Kills 31 Students... ]

Thursday Around the Web

Be nice to America, or else... The Firefox credit card, I want one of these. :) Paypal wants this guy to pay 61 billion dollars on his 28 dollar purchase. The modern day Robin Hood interpretation, a comic by John Deering and John Newcombe. Germany drafts four year old baby into the army, be ... [ Continue Reading Thursday Around the Web... ]

Canucks Win in 4OT

Wow! What a game, started at 8pm, finished at about 1:30am the next day. Four overtimes, over 138 minutes of great hockey action, and in a game where it just seemed unjust for a team to lose, Henrik Sedin put the game away with a pass from his brother with ... [ Continue Reading Canucks Win in 4OT... ]

Prison vs Work

A great list over at Single Grain detailing the differences between prison and work, check out the link to see the whole list. :D IN PRISON: You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell. AT WORK: You spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle. IN PRISON: You ... [ Continue Reading Prison vs Work... ]

Monday Around the Web

Dunno if this is for real or not, but this has been creating some serious buzz, especially around the World of Warcraft community. Apparently this chick (heads up YTMND warning, so don't have your volume at max) trades protitution for epic flying mount gold. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet poses with ... [ Continue Reading Monday Around the Web... ]

Slow Playing a Monster

So I was playing on Pokerstars last night (on my laptop, which has been doing great since the accident) and being in the small blind I land a pair of twos. A round of getting goes around and the pot starts to get pretty big, so I triple the big ... [ Continue Reading Slow Playing a Monster... ]

Planned

Planned is a simple, yet challenging game over at Awful Games. Basically you try to create a network of linked squares by expanding the smaller squares. You can't click a square twice in a row, and you can only expand each square 3 times. Anyways it took me a while ... [ Continue Reading Planned... ]