Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Daily Linky Posty Thingy 02/02/2011

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Friday, January 14, 2011

Daily Linky Posty Thingy 01/15/2011

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum!


Merry Christmas everyone!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Carts of Darkness

The scene:  The affluent, hilly and eco-conscious streets of North Vancouver.  In the shadow of one of the world's finest ski/snowboard hills, on the same streets that gave rise to the world champion downhill longboard teams of Rayne and Landyachtz, there's another breed of insane thrill-seekers on the loose.  Every city in North America has hordes of homeless people filling shopping carts with discarded empties, scraping up enough for a slice of pizza and a day's worth of booze or drugs five cents at a time--but it becomes a little bit different when they can reach speeds of 70+ km/h bombing hills on those carts.  The NFB's Murray Siple tells the story:



(Incedentally, this is the first I've seen of the NFB's new post-YouTube site... well done, lads!)

edit: If the embed isn't working for you, the full length film is here.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

There She Goes Again


It's redonkulous Internet meme time!

How this works:
1. Put your iTunes/Napster/Zune Player/WinAmp/etc on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 5 or more friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got it from.


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY", YOU SAY?
No One Has (Remastered)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Mudride (Demo)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
40 0z. To Freedom

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Casino Boogie

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Good Day

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Blue Lines

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Trumpet Clip

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
In The Morning of the Magicians

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Horn Blower

WHAT IS 2+2?
Run Thru

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Finish Your Collapse and Stay For Breakfast

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Never Let Me Down

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Steam Engine

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
House of Cards

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Lowlife

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Hangin Downtown

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
She Thinks She's Fat

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Syeeda's Song Flute

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Inevitability of Death

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Hag

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Jesus Christ

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Da Art of Storytelling pt. 2 (acapella)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Elevate Me Later

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Hey Joe

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
The Seer's Tower

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
In n' Out of Grace

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Ya Leil

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Naima

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
There She Goes Again