New Iron Man trailer

Computer: "Sir, the upgrade is complete" (talking about the new armor)
Tony Stark: "Tell you what. Put a little hot rod red in there."

'nough said.

Can't wait for this movie.

Rich Dad financial education

Have you heard of Robery Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad?

It's a great book and Robert has many great ideas on improving the financial education kids receive in school and also changing your own ideas on escaping the rat race.

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• Little-Known Investment Strategies
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So... we're safe from the next asteroid impact...

????

This is the news coverage from the Pentagon on the defunct spy satellite and the U.S. attempt to control it's reentry and ensure burn up.

Looks impressive, but the general doesn't instill much confidence in his speech.

Math mimicking art mimicking math

OK, so my nerd is showing, but this is cool stuff.

You don't normally find math and art mingling together, but the pieces in these exhibits are all generated by math modeling and formulas.

They generate some pretty neat stuff.

The white line above forms a single loop, dividing the page into two regions. Looked at from afar, the image forms a Celtic knot.

-Robert Bosch

A Bunny Valentine

I live downtown, but there are still a few trees in the neighbourhood. Enough that a few of our neighbours include the four-legged variety, including skunks and rabbits amongst the obligatory squirrels.

So, I am used to seeing tracks in the snow around our yard, but yesterday, on Valentine's Day no less, I looked out into the snow and saw this amazing site. (Click image to enlarge.)

Bunny footprints leave heart in the snow.

Don't forget to profreed your work

Someone forwarded me this YouTube video, How NOT to use PowerPoint, and after checking it out I found this one on the importance of proofreading.

It really drives home the point.

Long live beuracracy

I think this speaks for itself and there's no need to comment further on the stupidity of the US patent office.

I mean, really, this company must think they won the jackpot by actually getting a patent on a technology already in frequent use by all mobile phone manufacturers.

If this case goes through and the patent doesn't get rescinded then we might as well just shoot ourselves now.

Gerry McGovern

I've mentioned Gerry McGovern in a couple posts before, but just wanted to reiterate what great ideas he has for web design.

His philosophy is to focus on the client (not the organizational structure) when designing a website. And he's a big proponent of continuous web improvement, not a total site redesign every couple of years.

Sign up for his free weekly e-mail from his website, www.gerrymcgovern.com.

Want to know what movies are playing in London, Ontario

Here's a list of sites that you can go to next time you want to catch a movie:

• Entertainment London
  
• Cinema Clock
• The London Free Press
• London Source
• Tribute
• London Kiosk
  

One giant step up for PC guy

This is a pretty neat new PC/Mac ad where the message is the medium.

Display your model cars

This is really cool. You can display your 1:1 scale model cars. :)

Mary er... Merry Christmas

Just wanted to do a quick post at this festive time of year and wish a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

And if you're name is Brian Christmas, as he says, he has Merry er... Mary Christmas all year long. (Brian married Mary earlier this year.)

The Most Memorable Web Videos of 2007

We are now a world of consumer generated media.

Instead of turning to CNN to see a biased, edited version of the world, we now turn to the Web with the likes of YouTube, Wikipedia and even FaceBook to find out what's going on in our community...

... our community that now encompasses the entire world.

The video on this page is a synopsis of the most memorable Web videos of 2007.

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And who says birds don't make good pets...

This guys parrot has learned how to mimic his cellphone ringtones and tortures the guy by making him think his phone is ringing when actually it's the parrot.

One hand fixes the other

I think M.C. Escher's stuff is really cool and trying to figure out some of his three-dimensional impossibilities are rather mind bending.

This is a neat take on his drawing hands.

More family friendly than any wardrobe malfunction

One time at band camp... oh, wait sorry.

This is probably way cooler than any band camp story, though admittedly just as geeky.

There are no borders in space!

One would think that the space race is over, but no, even with the International Space Station, the space race is still going strong.

You'd think that when the human race moves into space we could ignore all the lines we've drawn in the sand, literally and figuratively.

However the Asian space race is going strong with multiple missions to the moon, even though America and USSR have been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

• China launches first Moon orbiter
• Japanese Probe Returns First HD Video of the Moon

And India is apparently going as well.

With all the disease and poverty in the world, and even in Asia's back yard, you'd think that they could collaborate on this mission to the moon and spend the savings on improving the lives of their people in rural areas.

Guiness is cool

Here's a cool new commercial from Guinness in the same vein as the Honda commercial.

Good things come to those who wait.

Real Life Superheroes

"Real Life Superheroes are a group of people that have risen above normalcy and societal constraints in order to serve the public good while maintaining a unique personality and look."

I think they're brave just for going out in public in their "costumes."

How inspiring though to know that there are people out there taking action: patrolling the streets, picking up litter, cleaning graffiti and aiding residents in however they need.

Here's a definition of a RLSH from the welcome post on the Superheroes Anonymous website:

• A Real Life Superhero challenges the very meaning of “real life” and provides hope, inspiration and uncertainty to a world that has become too complacent with normalcy and mediocrity. A Real Life Superhero is someone who loves the world to such a degree that they are not content observing but feel compelled to act. And so in that way, they differ from just a “good person” and earn themselves the title “hero.”

A recent news story covering their first meeting in Times Square describes a couple of the superheroes:

• Street Hero wears a black mask, a black bustier and black knee-high boots. She was a former prostitute who now attempts to protect women who work the streets. She is trained in martial arts.
  "I do it on my own," she said. "Mostly after dark. Around the city."
• The Super fixes faucets and does electrical work for people in need.
  "I said to myself, if we have to wait around for the city or the mayor to fix everything wrong or dangerous in this city, it'll never get done," said the Super, who wore a red cape, a yellow shirt and a white mask.