Play TV Canada is going off the air March 26th, thanks in part to our efforts. Nice!
Archive for the ‘misc’ Category
Play TV Canada Pwned: Going Off the Air March 26th
Posted in media, misc, technology, tagged call tv, fraud, global television, play tv canada, playtv, scam on March 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Play TV Canada Complaint: Global’s Response
Posted in media, misc, real life on December 19, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Response from Canwest/Global about the scam of PlayTV Canada.
Play TV Canada Has No Legs
Posted in media, misc, philosophy, real life, tagged calltv, logic, math, play tv canada, playtv, scam, train wreck on December 5, 2009 | 147 Comments »
Further discussion of the scam that is Play TV Canada.
PlayTV Canada (aka Game Time) is a Scam
Posted in media, misc, psychology, real life on November 2, 2009 | 385 Comments »
Just a few reasons why the late-night television “quiz show” by PlayTV Canada (now known as Game Time) is a blatant scam.
Secondhand Transmission from a Distant World
Posted in general science, misc, philosophy, writing, tagged 80s, aging, aliens, art, fun dip, time travel on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone is an alien to someone. I’m in my late 20s. To anyone under the age of 18 today, I’m from a world they have never been to, and never will. A world we call the 1980s. It was inhabited by creatures with big curly hair that listened to cheesy pop music and grazed on [...]
London Ontario Zombie Walk 2008
Posted in media, misc, real life, tagged london, ontario, victoria park, walk, zombie on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am of the firm opinion that the zombie walk phenomenon is the best thing to ever happen to the world. I’m so glad that London has one every year now. I managed to make it out yesterday, albeit as a puny human and not a zombie. Here are some pictures. I love how every [...]
Mikey Likes It?
Posted in misc, real life, tagged cereal, coke, life, mikey, pop rocks on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Growing up with the name Mike, and not being very picky about food, I often hear the phrases “give it to Mikey! He’ll eat anything!” and “Mikey likes it!” The thing is, has anybody actually seen the Life Cereal commercial these phrases come from? Look: Neither phrase is actually spoken in the commercial. Ok, people [...]
Vodka Illusions
Posted in misc, technology, tagged alcohol, beer, illusions, taste, vodka on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Bill Deys recently wrote about a Business Week article stating that, in a blind taste test, all vodkas taste pretty much the same. It was an informal test with a writer and a few friends. Without statistical analysis, it’s impossible to tell if the friends were guessing at an above-chance level or not (there was [...]
Good People
Posted in misc, real life, tagged baby animals, dogs, ducks, old men, rabbits on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let me share a story that raised my spirits today. The last two weeks or so, when I’m out for a walk with Willow, there’s a certain bush she’s obsessed with. When we’re near it, she’ll sniff at it like crazy and refuse to move on. She’ll ask to go outside, then when we go [...]
Donate Your Useless HBC Rewards Points to The Humane Society
Posted in misc, real life on April 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Willow is over today, which got me thinking about how to do nice stuff for dogs, so I went over to The London Humane Society‘s web site and discovered something awesome. You can donate to The London Human Society with HBC Rewards points. To any individual person, these things are useless anyway. I’ve had my [...]
