Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:37PM 
Remember when I mentioned Red Bananas? Well I managed to find some at Organza.
UPDATE: They taste much like regular bananas, perhaps a tad creamier an just a little sweeter.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:57PM 
I have a really soft spot in my heart for stereotypical Canadian accents. I think that might be why I like living in the prairies so much. Every once and a while I'll encounter someone who sounds like Dave Thomas and it warms my heart. I want to befriend them and slowly steal their speech patterns over several rounds of beer.
If the title of this post alludes you, it's probably because you're not Canadian. For clarification a "hoser" is as follows:
"He's often imagined wearing heavy winter clothing, usually a flannel lumberjack shirt, Kodiak boots and a tuque. He is generally a young adult to middle age, and may be somewhat aggressive given the beer and hockey, but may conversely be passive and amiable, given the beer. In musical culture, he is correlated with classic and mainstream rock music, particularly with Rush, April Wine, Trooper and the earlier, rowdier works of The Tragically Hip. If he goes out socially, it's usually to a doughnut shop"
For further reading check out this fantastic wiki article.
Canadiana, bob and doug mckenzie, hoser, humor Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:37PM Adam Savage, of the Mythbusters, recently spoke at Maker Faire about Failure. His talk details the failures in his career that have helped him learn. If you've seen his TED talk about his quest for the perfect Maltese Falcon, you'll know how captivating a storyteller he is.
Adam Savage, Flora, Makers Faire, Mythbusters Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:42PM Check out the awesome viral campaign for the upcoming Star Trek Online MMO.
This game may be the only reason I have for setting up Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro.
MMO, Star Trek, Videogames, sci-fi in Videogames Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11:57PM 
Do you work with your hands? Is there a tool you use on a regular basis that you have an unexplainable affection for? Perhaps it's a particular mouse, or a hammer, a pen, or espresso machine. For me it's the phillips #o.
I own and work with a number of really cool gadgets. I love advanced technology. But there is something to be said about the simplicity of a screw driver. I'm quite partial to a torx 6 as well, but there is something special, a certain "je ne sais quoi" about the phillips #0.
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