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link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1579920046
A commercial known as two girls - one sub. Maybe NSFW for some. Watch it before lunchtime.
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 I hope you have seen Star Trek. Yes, every single one of you. Please note this isn't coming from my inner hardcore childhood Trekkie-self that once proudly put on a Starfleet uniform and went door to door looking for candy (and it wasn't Hallowe'en), but this is the adult, significantly re-educated quasi-geek whom hasn't looked through his technical manual or muttered a word of Klingon in over ten years.
This movie is a rollercoaster ride. But it's not the kind of attraction that you're afraid to get on, hang on for deal life and then hurl your cookies the moment you get off (see J.J. Abrams previous film, Cloverfield, for that experience). It's excitement, action and drama amortized by nuggets of passion, emotion, story and decent acting. Dare I say excellent acting relative to other Trek experiences.
Which brings me to the only reason I don't give this movie 10 out of 10 - its militantly stomps over everything my childhood held dear. Over 40 years of Star Trek canon, reset. It was really hard to envision these new young actors play the characters I relished through 79 episodes, 6 movies and several cameos. Most of them did a bang up job, but Karl Urban, who played Dr. McCoy, seemed to have channeled Deforest Kelley from the grave. That's the great thing about science fiction though - you throw in the term "time travel" and "alternate universe" and you can get away with anything.
This flick appeals to nerds, girls, jocks, rednecks and everyone in between. Move over Patrick Stewart & friends, cause your Star Trek is now only "the next generation" in title alone.
9.75 out of 10 Orion Slave Girls.
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They are coming to Brantford for a street hockey tournament at the beginning of June! Snoochy Boochies!
Imagine facing off against Jay & Silent Bob!
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2009/03/29/kevin-smith-gretzky/
May. 7th, 2009 @ 10:27 am
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So a few months ago ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) frogjimmy recommended I check out a little prime-time sitcom called The Big Bang Theory, which may air on your local cable television network somewhere sometime but airs off my hard drive courtesy of Mininova.org whenever the hell I want.
The basic synopsis is about two post-docs who live across the hall from a hot blonde. One dude, named Sheldon, is your atypical (yet fairly typical, trust me, I've been to Cornell) theoretical physicist with a large case of Aspergers and ego the size of a planet. The other fellow, Leonard, it's just socially awkward, yet lovable (according to a few female friends of mine) geek who has a crush on the girl next door. Penny is the typical blonde who loves to party and gets jerked around by douchebags, day in and day out. Joined by Leonard and Sheldon's two buddies, an Indian who can't talk to chicks plus a uber-nerdy-Quagmire-like character who's Jewish, you've got yoursellf a sitcom.
It's a brilliant sitcom. Fantastic even. Not only is the writing good and the girl hot, but the amount of nerd references and accurate naunces of nerd lifestyle is astounding. Take it from me, I'm an expert on the subject.
From World of Warcraft to Wii, comic books to theorical physics and everything in between - everything is right on the money. Anyone who considered him or herself even slightly nerdy will appreciate this show. Ladies, if you love your man with a pocket protector - you'll love this show too.
Here's a quick clip:
May. 3rd, 2009 @ 09:53 pm
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This is a total ripoff from Digg, but worth the repost:
Seeing Toronto FC vs Dallas tomorrow! Football time is back in Canada! It better not snow!
Apr. 10th, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
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Embedding videos are mostly fun and entertaining. But sometimes they are serious.
Sri Lanka had a suicide bombing a couple of days ago. The explosion was caught on camera. There are some gruesome still-shot pictures out on the net.
For those who can stomach a real life suicide bomb, watch this video. Slow motion footage begins at 1:35, and then they break it down for you.
It's important to realize and be aware that this type of violence exists around the world.
Mar. 12th, 2009 @ 11:47 pm
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Cause this guy might be on the expressway.
Mar. 8th, 2009 @ 03:52 pm
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Maybe I would've showed up to class.
If you go to the the University of California at Berkeley you can take a course named UCB198, Game Theory and the Strategy of Starcraft.
Your homework tonight kids is to implement a rush and destroy your opponent within 10 minuets. Video capture required!
I wonder what the exam is like?
Ladies! If you like Koreans guys, THIS is the class to go to.
Mar. 1st, 2009 @ 01:51 pm
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6 years ago, Iron Fusion won the McMaster Campus Incubator Business Plan Competition (shockingly the website is still up!) and it was a bit of a surprise. It turned the company into a serious business. It also got us on the business front page of the weekend edition of the Hamilton Spectator, a nice snazzy office at Mac for a year - and we did our best to do great things.
It almost feels like deja-vu, cause today I'm happy to write that my new company, Antic Entertainment, won the VenturePrize London Business Competition. We still have a long way to go - but it's a reassuring feeling to be voted the best new business to succeed in London (based on 60+ business plan submissions) by the white-collar elite of the city.
I think this is going to be a great year.
Feb. 10th, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
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Rick Mercer Visits McMaster University
Great clip - makes me wish I went there. "The McMaster University" that is.
Jan. 27th, 2009 @ 11:45 pm
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I'm so excited for this product - Apple has done it again! This will change the way we use computers forever.
Jan. 10th, 2009 @ 10:15 am
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As a non-American and male I fully support the porn industry bail out.
It's not news, it's CNN
Rise up people, we can't let it go flacid!
Jan. 9th, 2009 @ 12:54 am
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I am of course reffering to the time R2-D2 was on Jabba's sail barge serving refreshments on the Dune Sea on Tatooine while Luke Skywalker was about to be thrown into Sarlacc. Click on the pic for more info:
Dec. 21st, 2008 @ 08:28 pm
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Why have Metallica been such no-shows to the land of the rhythm game?
Cause they've been planning on making one all their own...
Guitar Hero: Metallica (View Trailer)
I guess I'm getting back into Guitar Hero....
Dec. 21st, 2008 @ 08:26 pm
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For someone who talks so much of cars on his blog you'd think he'd write something about this potential, now real bailout that was just passed this morning.
I don't like seeing people suffer. But the American automotive industry needs a reboot. A complete restart. These 100 year old companies have been set in their ways - processes and ways of management that need some drastic changes:
Dissolve the unions. Unions were created at the turn of the century when workers rights were non-existent. People were treated like dogs. That isn't the case anymore. We have laws to protect against workers. All workers working in the country should be treated equal. If you don't like it, push for changing employment law. I don't know of other industries, but in the case of the auto industry, the result is crystal clear: car plants with no unions create better quality, more efficient and more cost effective cars. For all you unioners who don't agree with me, you are the bane of the Big Three's existence, and one of the major reasons they are in this financial trouble. Why was the Oshawa plant one the first to go when GM got in trouble? Answer: Buzz Hargrove, now ex-leader of the Canadian Auto Workers union, negotiated the highest wages for Oshawa workers out of all of GM plants. That's simple business management: cut what's costing the most to save the bottom line.
Fire the board of directors... Sorry management, you're not off the hook. Bob Lutz and Rick Wagoner of GM have had their heads up their asses so long The Truth About Cars started a "GM Death Watch" article series 4 years ago! Bad business decisions are definitely the other part of the equation, pushing SUVs that no one wanted and losing thousands of $$$ on every sale just to get them off the lot. One journalist said it best: "GM is like tweaking and pushing the typewriter on people to buy while the birth of the Internet is about to happen." Case in point: Honda's Clarity, already on version 2.0 and being sold only in California - is doing really well with both consumers and critics. Top Gear had a special on it last Sunday, and I agree with James May and Jay Leno; that car is going to change the world.
...and make them pay. One great idea thrown around in Congress was to cut wages down to non-union, non-American car plant levels (which is about half) to ease the financial burden of these companies. Sounds good. But oh, what about all these thousands of people who are used to a particular standard of living! How dare you punish the average worker for this bullshit!
That's a good point. Here's the solution: Make management pay the difference. There is a huge lack of accountability in the business world. You see it everyday. On the news. On wall street. Even close to home, either at your own work or your friend's work. It's all around us. People in power screw up, and nothing is done about it. If I was a chairman of the board of a car maker I would have quite a large nest-egg saved up in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands. I'd also probably have at least a 100x, if not greater, more wealth than your average factory worker. (I think the average ratio is somewhere in the thousands actually). So why don't they bail themselves out? They dug their own massive hole, it's time for them climb out of it, with their own bare hands. And if I don't, they should be punished to the highest extent of the law.
The way things were going this sort of thing was inevitable. The only reason they got their money because Bush didn't want to upstage Herbert Hoover (Mr. Depression) as the worst president of the United States. Self interest once again, reigns supreme.
Dec. 19th, 2008 @ 10:03 am
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Cause you are going to get caught.
The less pretentious but equally awesome folks at the Raging Bull announced that they’ll be donating a brand new Gallardo LP560-4 to the Italian State Police. 60 Officers will be trained in handling the high-speed hyper-car on the highways and buyways of central and southern Italy. The custom coloured Lambo is retrofitted with the latest in Policing technology including a little bit of old school thrown in the mix – a paletta, the traditional hand-held stop sign used to advise motorists and traffic offenders to pull over.
Nov. 1st, 2008 @ 01:14 pm
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First off,
"For those of you who were able to watch Hockey Night in Canada last week, you know how impressive the Montreal Canadiens looked in dismantling the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1. The Canadiens toyed with the Leafs, picked them apart with quick puck movement and an up-tempo game, showing the NHL that they are in fact looking as good as the early season predictions were expecting. Many around the league have picked the Habs to once again be Eastern Conference champions and Stanley Cup favourites."
I hope everyone voted yesterday. If you didn't vote for Green, you should start a tire fire in your front lawn. Or put up a shrine dedicated to the Smoggies.
Oct. 15th, 2008 @ 07:34 am
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