The Consumerist just posted about the new PS3 controller, This Is Either A Sex Toy Or The New PS3 Motion Controller. I laughed at the comment “I’d be wary buying a used one, that’s for sure….”
All the same, unless the game that comes bundled doesn’t suck (pun intended 
) I’ll probably pick one up.
Don’t worry, I’ll buy it new.
Chris Chelios is a 48 year old veteran in the NHL. He has been called up to Atlanta Thrashers.
For anyone who can’t remember who he is, this is probably his lifelong crowning achievement.
Do you hate this question in job interviews? Joseph Lewis sure does.
In fact, he thinks it’s a pointless question considering any future presented in science fiction is pretty much a possibility and in many of those timelines, where you are relative to the world is irrelevant.
Consider a Star Wars world. Have can be part of either an “evil corporate empire with a rigid bureacracy and a strict dress code or rag tag fleet of rebel freelancers who are pretty informal and accepting of diversity.”
That is only one of many possible outcomes for this world. We could see ourselves in Back to the Future, Terminator, Planet of the Apes, The Matrix or even Starship Troopers. I will do any Neil Patrick Harris says. Haha.
Check it out. It’s witty.
From WorkAwesome: Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
Today I noticed a friend had posted a link to “Vote No” on The Muse’s levi referendum. It had sparked quite a bit of discussion on the issue. This was my two cents:
Unfortunately The Muse has no control over their rates to their consumers when they need to cope with inflation.
In order to remain a free publication for the student body The Muse needs to collect fees from the students and from advertisers (and semi-new by-laws prevent their biggest advertisers, like Molson, from advertising).
The Muse has been collecting a small $2 levi fee from students dating well back beyond the time when I started working there (2002). A lot has changed since then.
I remember the revenue from levi fees during my time was barely enough to scrape by. I can only imagine the financial struggle they have now.
If you do not like The Muse, don’t read it. But don’t actively seek to financially dissolve the only student paper over $2 per semester.
If you want to kick a fuss over fees for a service you do not use (I am speaking generally here) then kick a fuss over the mandatory $40 Field House Rec Fee. Most students don’t use it.
But most students do read The Muse, at least occasionally.
I think it would do you good to see the conditions many of these volunteer writers are working in. Drop into The Muse office on the second floor of the UC and check out their outdated computer systems and decrepit furniture. I know I wouldn’t find it very motivating. A few dollars could go a long way.
I also find “an increased budget will improve the quality of the writing” troubling. The students that do actually get paid at The Muse have to live and breath that paper day in and day out to keep it flowing on the stands. They have no time for other jobs and I know first hand how the workload can affect academics.
Their small honorariums have to go to pay for a meager cost of living. This is especially hard since in the past couple of years the cost of living in St. John’s has essentially matched the cost of living in a big city like Toronto.
On the flip side, these have become troubling times for print newspapers because of the internet’s overwhelming efficiency and speed in spreading news.
Many other publications are changing their business models to cope with the changing information world. I would like to see what initiatives The Muse has taken on in an effort to adapt.
If they do get the additional levi, I hope they have plans to do something creative and new as well.
Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future has nothing on OK Go. The clever alternative rock band has joined forces with State Farm to put together an intense Rube Goldberg Machine. You will know what I mean when you watch the video.
I came across this video earlier today and it led me to this Instructables page, Fast way to fold a T-shirt.
To me this lady might as well be Superwoman. I usually just throw my clothes in my dresser as a crumbled ball.
From Instructables: Fast way to fold a T-shirt
The logo for the London 2012 Olympics has been circulating for months, but it was only today I read an article that displayed the logos for each of Olympics, including some logos for cities bidding on the Olympics.
The official logo for the London Olympics in 2012 is a disgrace.
It is not uncommon for Olympic logos to not contain the five Olympic colours, blue, yellow, black, green, and red, but the colour choice usually has some significance.
I can’t imagine what significance the bright pink and yellow has other than maybe that the 1980’s happened in London.
The design is totally retro, but completely lacks the cool appeal of retro.
They were looking for something “dynamic, vibrant, contemporary, flexible and inspiring” and they may have hit all those elements but they also could have designed something classy.
And it doesn’t come as a surprise that the logo came with a price tag of approximately $650,000 CAD. I can respect that the marketing company Wolff Olins invested considerable time researching, collaborating, and designing, but the committee selecting the brand for these Olympics surely could have challenged Wolff Olins to make the best possible logo.
My expectations are that Jem and the Holograms perform at the 2012 Olympics in London based on the logo.
Not many people knows his name but Walter Frederick Morrison was the creator of the popular Frisbee disc.
Walter Fred Morrison - inventor of the Frisbee
60 years ago this man threw around a pie plate that has since become an important part of our lives.
Today he has passed away.
Without Fred Ultimate (Frisbee) would not exist, a sport that has been a huge part of my life for the past eight years.
Thank you Fred.
From Argue With Everyone: Frisbee Inventor Walter Frederick Morrison Dies Aged 90
