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April 30th, 2009
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Earthquake in Newfoundland
April 29th, 2009
VOCM and CBC reported stories of a small earthquake off the Avalon Penninsula late last night. From Holyrood to the Burin Penninsula residents felt a quick tremor. It was powerful enough to shake houses, but luckly it was a very quick.
Last time there was a large earthquake off the coast of Newfoundland was in November of 1929 when the earthquake was so great that a massive tsunami rocked the south coast of the province.
Hopefully this earthquake is nothing more than an isolated event, but with all of the strange natural disasters that have been occuring around the world it’s hard to write it off as coincidental.
Earthquake in Newfoundland
Congratulations, you’ve graduated
April 22nd, 2009
John sent this arround the office today and I thought it was amazing. These photos were taken at Memorial University today.
The windshield reads: "Congratulations someone maybe now you can move out! Love Mom and Dad."
ShamWOW! Party Experiment 2
April 22nd, 2009
AbitibiBowater gets Bankruptcy Protection
April 20th, 2009
It was just announced today that AbitibiBowater, the forestry company whose assests were confiscated by the provincial government when they pulled their operations out of the province, has been granted bankruptcy protection.
I was reading an article in Canadian Business recently when they were rated as one of the biggest losers in the country and it was unlikely that they would be eligible for bankruptcy protection. At the time I laughed joyfully to myself, but sure enough, here we are.
AbitibiBowater was a terrible company and deserves nothing of the sort.
They were a desctructive forestry company that, when they weren’t clear cutting the beautiful forests in Newfoundland or introducing coyotes to the province who fearlessly poached small game here to the brink of extinction, they were laying off dependant local workings with little to no severance.
This company has taken advantage of Newfoundland for almost 100 years. They hardly deserve to be protected against any debt collectors.
ShamWOW! Party Experiement 1
April 19th, 2009
This is what happens when:
- Someone gives us ShamWOW! at a housewarming party and
- Someone bumps into me when I am carrying around a giant beer cup overflowing with three beer
Ed Byrne Finally Receives a Sentence
April 17th, 2009
After years of digging through receipts and paperwork and endless hearings and press Ed Byrne has finally been found guilty and given a sentence.
For stealing more than $117,000 from the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and misrepresenting his colleagues and in fact all Newfoundland politicians, Byrne has been handed a jail sentence of two years less one day.
Can you believe that? The maximum sentence the judge would give him was two years. I feel like commiting a crime in Canada is no big deal.
April Fool’s Pranks
April 1st, 2009
On a day like today one can’t help but reflect on some great April Fool’s pranks. Here are a few for you to check out:
NEW!
ThinkGeek’s Tauntuan Sleeping Bag
It’s a sleeping bag shaped like a tauntaun from The Empire Stikes Back and its zipper is a glowing lightsabre that slices open the carcass! It was a prank turned potential real product. I’m excited.
Google’s PigeonRank
Ever wonder why Google’s search engine performs so well? It’s because they have a high volume of pigeon clusters!
Pizza Hut’s Portrait Pizza
See your face in the toppings in the pizza!
WestJet’s Inflight Winglet Position
By extending your arms to reseemble wings during your flight you can help improve the fuel efficiency of the planes.
Google’s Chrome with 3D
See all of your favorite websites come to life when you run Chrome with 3D.
Burger King’s Left-handed Whopper
Let’s not discriminate against those who are left-handed.
WWI April Fool’s Bomb on German camp
The best dud I have ever heard of.
BMW’s Magentic Tow Techology
Save gas by letting the car ahead of your tow you without them even being aware.
And of course,
GregPike.ca’s Repossession
GregPike.ca is no longer owned by me?
GregPike.ca Repossessed
April 1st, 2009
I just received an email from my domain registrar today informing me that GregPike.ca, which was set to expire yesterday, has been repossessed by its previous owner, a Greg Pike from Nestor Falls, Ontario.
He put the domain on back order earlier this year effectively locking me out of renewing it.
I am looking at purchasing a new domain but I would like suggestions if at all possible. GregoryPike.ca is not available. Nor is GregPike.com. I think GregPike.me is open, but .me domains are incredibly expensive. Thoughts?
Note: This is an April Fool’s prank and is not true. Gotcha!
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