Micro Beauty

The 2005 "Visions of Science" photographic awards . All of the winners can be seen here (via Gadling) but here's my personal favorite "Pepper and Salt":

Fall Freshness

This is one of the best times of the year, just before Fall arrives, when the leaves start changing colours, fresh air, bright shining sun and just a hint of the coming chill. Absolutely beautiful:



It's great to be in Canada right now. I'll be posting more pics like this over the coming week for sure so if you've got some you're particularly proud of just shoot me an e-mail! :-) :-)

Wednesday Funnies

Scammed this one from Vowe.net, it actually made me smile after reading it:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks,

"How many is a brazillion?"

I would have had this headline as my #1 funny for the day if I could decide if it was absolutly hilarious or just plain crazy! "Danes provide prostitutes for the disabled"?!?!

Odense or Obscene??

Rocking around Odense one might think something fishy's going on, either that or we've got a dirty, dirty mind. Take a look at some of the sights of Odense and tell me what YOU would think!



Um... is this titled insertion?



There's a bird in the sky perhaps? ;-)



I'm not sure I see what's so abnormal ;-)



Trick camerawork extraordinaire:



Ouch!



Now that's comfy!



Some store clerk playing a funny joke had the manican pants drop, nothing to see here eveyone, move along, move along!



I love the Danish language:



This button "Boys are Toys" was on some guy's backpack and I though it was hilarious, he didn't though and almost killed me for taking this picture. I guess he had a bit of a masculinity complex, maybe rightly so ;-)



Ouch, the most riské post EuroRoss has ever had I guess, except for maybe those self shots of me in the morning straight out of bed... now those were scary!! ;-)

Petrol Price Explosion

I love this t-shirt mocking the current gas price situation here in North America:



I'm not sure what we're all complaining about, sure the gas companies are totally ripping us off, but prices for gas per litre has been over 60% more expensive in Europe than in NA (due to taxes) the past couple years. Granted we drive a heck of a lot more here in NA, but maybe it's time to put that SUV to rest... but I love my SUV!! sniff sniff

File It Down

Remember the Jet Blue plane at LAX airport Los Angelos that had trouble last week? Take a look at the nosegear:



Amazingly (and thankfully) nobody was hurt.

Stewie Slave

Having a bad day? Just go and command Stewie to do something. Definatly in the image of the Burger King ads that are all over the place, and thank you to ad exec's that finally entertain us with your marketing crap!

Mother Of...

If anyone is wondering if there is such thing as blinding pain let me just confirm it for you now... yes there is. Tequila and a uni-bash are the culprits this time. This pic is the only thing I can console myself with that might feel worse than my head does right now:

Principal Approval

It's great to see the creativity of these high school students who modified this sign to hilarity:


(via Boing Boing)

If only they could use their power for good and not for evil ;-)

In Da Club

It's Saturday and time to kick it up a knotch! Party in Da Club!

I can already tell that I'm going to have a massive hangover tomorrow! Have fun everyone!

What's Up?

What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill
of hope
For a destination

And I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood
of man
For whatever that means

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

ooh, ooh ooh and I try,
oh my god do I try
I try all the time,
in this institution

And I pray,
oh my god do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs What's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

3 Legged Equipe

Congrats to the most spirited tri-sport (running, biking, canoeing) team in all of France! Looking good!

Can't wait for Roller 24 in LeMans next year!

:-) :-(

Funny and sad at the same time.

King of the Zulu's

I get alot of weird traffic. People find my blog by searching for things like "weinnachtmarkt", "first to pass out" and "crazy crowd" (the last 3 recorded search results that clicked through to my blog) but when I happened to check language setting breakdowns of my visitors I came across something I found funny:



I'm getting about 30-50 hits a month from people with "Zulu" as their operating system primary language! Now I have no idea how many "Zulu blogs" their might be out there, or why they find my blog (written in english... written badly in english) is so interesting to them, but what the hay:

Welcome Zulu nation to EuroRoss!

I hope you enjoy your stay :-)

Visions of Beauty

Now this is the kind of art that I can get into. Over at Liquid Sculputre, Martin takes high speed photos of coloured water slashes. Some of the pics are breathtaking, but it's too bad he doesn't show video's of the splashes :-( None the less, go on over and take a gander at some of these beauties:



And my personal famorite:



(via Boing Boing)

You Asked For It

Against my better judgement I'm going to post the pics from this weekend :-) To everyone who e-mailed wanting the photos, buyer beware :-)

After Greg and Dan came down to Ottawa to see Pearl Jam on Friday night we woke up early to drive to T-dot/waterloo for the rest of the weekend. After 6 hours we finally had arrived in Waterloo and didn't waste any time cracking the beers and enjoying the sushine:



We hit the bars (what happened to "no way we're going to McMullins??"), got down to business and finally got a hold of the new house owners extraodinaire Julie and Drew and stopped by for a visit and some late night poker:



By 4:30 am some of us were pretty tuckered out... some of us also hit it just a little too hard:



No matter that's your brothers $50,000 Maxima you just puked on, save the CK jeans!



If passing out on the hood of your car in your underwear wasn't dumb enough, try doing it near a drunk Ross! Notice the smile on Grizy's face, yep another satisfied customer ;-)



If you think that's bad, click here (you need Quicktime to view it) or the photo below for a video which boggles the mind. Yep it's official, we're idiots when we hang together! :-) Great times though!!



After a VERY long day of partying we headed to Toronto to enjoy football sunday (Bucs destroyed the Bills just for the record!). The film festival is going on in Toronto right now and there's even some filming happening downtown. I caught them in action here although I didn't see any superstars :-(



Couldn't complain about the weather, absolutely beautiful outside:



I was finally able to hook up with my brother before heading back. Good looks run in the family ;-)



Thanks to everyone I saw for another great weekend. I've got some non-internet friendly pics and video's to share that I'll get to ya when I see ya. So what's up for next weekend? ;-)

Weekender Sunset

The sun sets on another great weekend...

Old Friends, Great Friends

I'm home.

I'm home.

It's worth repeating a thousand times. my Canadian comrads doing the overseas thing like me... they all know... everyone knows... this... is... home.

To the gang tonight... to everyone over e-mail, phone, postcard, telegraph, bat signal, piegon carrier, whatever... this... is home. You can take the Canadian out of Canada, but you can't take the Canada out of the Canadian...

My buddy puzzled to me tonight: "your blog is cool, but why do you put the lyrics in there?". Well the feeling I have right now... at 6am in the morning after a full day including Ottawa, Toronto, Brampton, Waterloo, Kitchener and everyone/where inbetween... that's why.

One song... Snow Patrol - Run. Buy it, download it, borrow it, whatever... then you'll know why. Thanks to my friends, you are priceless and with all our flaws, crap and bullshit we get into with each other (even you Grizzy puking on the door tonight!), I wouldn't trade you for anything... ab-so fucking lute-ly nothing!

Enjoy:

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder, louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we said our long goodbyes
I nearly did

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Makin' up for all that's less

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

---------

We take it for granted... until we go overseas and miss it. Got my Timmy Horton's today... not rubbing it in at all, but you're coffee's hot and waiting for ya... see you soon...

Lazy Cats

I want to be a cat. Over the past 2 days I've been home for a collective 20 minutes (Ottawa tour, camping and hockey) and this is what I've caught the cats doing:

Sleeping...



Sleeping...



and sleeping...



Ah the life of a cat! Man those are some scary looking eyes! ;-)

Update: Saw Vanilla Sky again last night and these pics reminded me of one of the lines in the movie when Sofie (Penelope Cruz) says: "I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats." Some other great lines from the movie here, including my personal favorite:

"Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around"

Words to live by...

Soon meeting up with Greg and Dan to hit Ottawa and Pearl Jam tonight, sweet!

Where Are You?

Our Lady Peace does it again. I love catching up with all the new music/movies/TV that's been goin' on here in Canada while I've been away... awesome!

Where Are You? - Our Lady Peace

Hey you
Have you felt like this before?
You got style but ain't got soul
Are you happy now?
Are you happy, tonight?
Or did Punk Rock get it right?
Is there no future in sight?
Oh is it different now?
Is it different?
Come on
Come on, come on, come on

Where are you?
Where are you?
I'm kicking and screaming
You're not listening...

Where are you?
Where are you?
Everything I've believed in,
has lied to me
But this could be the best day,
of my life
The best day of my life

Hey you
Have you got everything you want?
Or do you want more than you got?
Is it different now?
Is it different, tonight?
Or did Jesus get it right?
Or is the devil behind the light?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy?
Come on
Come on, come on, come on

Where are you?
Where are you?
I'm kicking and screaming,
You're not listening ...

Where are you?
And where are you?
Everything I've believed in,
has lied to me
But this could be the best day of my life
Oh this could be the best day of my life
Ohhh sons and daughters,
Mothers and fathers,
Everyone's waiting for our luck to change
Sons and daughters,
Mothers and fathers,
Everyone's waiting, waiting
Cause this could be the best day
And this could be the best day
And this could be the best day, best day, best day
Come on
Come on, come on, come on
Where are you?
Where are you?
I'm kicking and screaming
You're not listening...

Where are you?
And where are you?
Everything I've believed in,
has lied to me

Choices Choices

Instead of working in the country maybe you should try Work in Ze City ;-) Or, if you're not up for a rockin' night out on the town in Paris then you can always stay at home at make an X-wing Fighter out of the metro ticket that got you home. Of course you can never account for taste... nor which Paris activity in which someone chooses to partake ;-)

Always Forever

The Ultimate

With the start of OHL and NHL hockey just around the corner, I figured it was time to start my training... fan training that is! Today I got my ultimate gear going, the Sens jersey, my Molson Ex beer slash Tim Horton's coffee combo hard hat, and of course that winning cheering craziness attitude! Go Sens Go!!



I've also got the deets on this years hockey pool! To spare me from collecting $5 from everyone (which is a real pain in the ass), this year's pool is just for bragging rights and a beer from each to the winner at the bar whenever we meet up at the end of the season. To get in go to Yahoo.com fantasy sports (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey), create a Yahoo account if you don't already have one, and log in:

League: #46221 "Game Misconduct"
Password: "leafssuck" (with no capitals or spaces)

Then if you want you can change the order of your automatic draft list (the computer automatically puts the list in order from highest to lowest from last year, so if there's specific players you want you can put them to the top). The automatic draft will begin the last weekend of September so log-in soon and get your list ready for the season so you don't have to worry about it. Each player gets 1 point for each goal and assist, goalies (you must have at least one) get 2 points per shutout. That's it! May the best fan win! (and by the way, I like Molson Ex lads, so get ready to ante up at the end of the season ;-)

PS> Leafs suck!

The Moose

Today a legend has retired. After 25 years in the NHL, Mark Messier has finally hung his skates up. Known as the greatest leader in professional sports, Messier's ability to lift teams up and carry them to victory is legendary (he has 6 Stanley Cups, the only player to captain 2 different teams in winning a Cup, as well as 3 Canada Cup Championships). The stats speak for themselves: Second all time career points, third in assists, second in games played, second in playoff appearances, seventh in goals, second all time playoff goals, assists and points, 2 Hart trophies (most valuable player of the league), 2 Comm Smythe trophies, 4 first team all star selections... the list goes on. I can still remember staying up late, watching the good old Oilers raking up the points against helpless opponents; or those great playoff series against the Islanders and Flames. Wow, that was hockey!

He's known as "The Moose" because of his all round ability in every facet of the game, and he played it with an edge. His style of play and single minded determination to win endeared him to fans. There's an old joke that exemplefies this:

The three greatest hockey players of all time; Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretsky and Mark Messier one day stand before God at his throne. God asks Lemieux "Mario, what do the people think of you?". Mario answers "The people of Pittsburg love me, I brought the passion of hockey to a city who previously only knew football."

God then turns to Gretsky and asks the same "Wayne, what do the people think of you?". Wayne replies "The people of Edmonton love me, hockey fans throughout North America called me 'the Great One'".

Finally God turns to Messier, "Mark what did the people think of you?". Mark replies: "The people of Edmonton and New York adore me, I brought championships to their city, and quite frankly they think you're sitting in MY seat". :-)

So long Mess, thanks for the memories... we'll miss you.

Dig All The Way To China

When you're a kid playing at the beach you're parents sometimes aliveate your nagging by suggesting that you dig straight down through the sand all the way to China. Well I never actually got there, but if I did I wouldn't have actually ended up in China rather somewhere off the southwest coast of Australia as this geekycool utility (via the hottie over at Blogaholics) shows me:



Try it and see where you'd end up! :-)

Paris Bike Guy

It's another beautiful day here in CP, so great in fact that I busted out the old mountain bike and started tuning it up for a ride. Man it's been a while, I don't think any amount of oil will fix this rusty chain and I'll probably have to replace it. It was so much better in Paris when I could just grab the bike and goooooo:



As picturesc as these are, they do nothing to show how dangerous it actually was to be biking around the arc really was. There were cars everywhere!



But you can't beat that view!



Enjoy the rest of the day everyone! :-)

Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day - U2

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town
You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now

Was a beautiful day

What Time Is It?

This Stonehenge pocket watch is definatly geeky-cool (via Boing Boing):

New York NY

Just got back from NY yesturday and then I catch this pic in my feeds from Scrivener.net:



Great city, great people.

NFL Sunday

Today is the first weekend of NFL Sunday football... let it begin! I certainly hope the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have got a better season in them this year than they did last (5-11), otherwise it's going to be a long year. It's also going to be tough to stomach any more of Jessica Simpson's and Nick Laflame's singing! They just did the opening America the Beautiful song before the game and not only was it painful to listen to, but they both looked like they were havng a seisure while singing... seriously. Well it's not so bad once you turn the volumn off ;-)

The Indecision Of Feeling

You know how certain songs remind you of certain people or specific places or an instant in time or whatever... well Al's shot in some great pics from Oz that have just got to go on the site, so I'm pairing them with the songs that combine to remind me of things. Regular readers know I post song lyrics from time to time, either because I've recently heard the song and it's rocking or because I'm feeling a mood at that point in time or whatever... Anyways I don't say what those things I'm thinking about are as I like to leave the images and sounds to inspire you in whatever way it does without influence.... ok enough preamble, the first pic reminded me of the video on the coast which reminds me of... well anyways I rambling now, forgive me it's 4am... download the video if you can.

Got You Were I Want You - The Flys

Hey, what's the point of this?
Oh hey, what's your favorite song?
Maybe we could hum along.
Well, I think you're smart,
you sweet thing,
Tell me your name,
I'm dying here.

Got you where I want you

Hey, maybe just a smile.
Oh hey, did you know that I can dance?
Could we talk for awhile?
Well, I think you're smart,
you sweet thing,
tell me your sign,
I'm dying here

Got you where I want you

Suffer, Suffer,
You know you get no rubber,
Gone with a pretty girl
changing me like no other.

Suffer, Suffer,
You know there is no rubber,
Would you like a minute to
put that thing on your lover?

Got you where I want you.

Amazing World War

A site overhaul is long over due. I'm looking to revise the colour scheme, update my blog roll and book lists, incorporate Google ads (possibly) and add a cool graphic for the banner. I might also move over to my new server... whenever that'll be done, so I'm not holding my breath. In the meantime the posts just keep on rolling:

This is amazing, these photo's were found taken from bombers in World War II. This one of Koeln (Cologne) Cathedral is eerie considering the fact I've been there hundreds of times as little as 3 weeks ago:

Home

Back from a wicked trip down to the states, thanks to Davey for letting me crash and showing me around the NY scene! It's hilarious cus the upscale places we hit didn't even want to let me in until it was pointed out that my deceptively grunge looking jeans and german jersey were actually some high priced fashion costing thousands of dollars (5 euros at the military surplus store)... hilarious!

Anyways I've been back to NA a week but it really hasn't felt like it since the first weekend was all family catchup (father's b-day to boot) and then off to NY for 3 days. It's gone fast and looks to go even faster. This weekend I'm off to grand old Montreal for a day or two, camping sometime early next week (Jeanie gimme a call I don't have your number or e-mail for carpooling pickup times), back to Ottawa in time for Pearl Jam next Friday, Saturday back to T-dot (looks like the Saturday afternoon football games a go baring the weather, deets on where/when to meet for those hooking up later that night to be posted sometime soon), Sunday the Sens-Leafs preseason game (if you want in you've gotta e-mail ASAP as we're trying to get tickets pronto), poker's been moved to either Sunday or Monday night, Monday golf at the Fox near Guelph (Dave can you get Monday afternoon off? Chris do we need to pick you up at home or East Sides?) then back to NY for a second interview... whoew!

Anyways the point is, if anyone wants to hook up with us for any of the above just drop a line. I'm still only halfway through my e-mails and calls so hang tight gang, I can't wait to see you guys! Get your livers READY!! :-)

This is what was on the kitchen table to greet me this morning when I returned home:



If that's not the most suggestive duck decoy ever then I don't know what is!

Catty

There's nothing funnier than a good old fashioned cat fight, especially when it's two secretaries in an e-mail flame war that eventually gets them both fired. Usually these crazy cats are fighting over some total loser not worth a minute of their time, but this time they were fighting over the nobel cause of a missing ham sandwhich. Can't you see how that conversation went after returning home early from work:

Husband: "Hi honey, why are you home from work so early?"
Wife: "I got fired today."
Husband: "That's terrible, what happened?"
Wife: "Some bitch stole my sandwhich."
Husband: "Uh huh... and?"
Wife: "And what? Then we got fired over it."
Husband: "No I mean: and where's my diner?"

Ok well I'm sure it'd be something like that. Either way, getting fired for arguing over a missing ham sandwhich definatly qualitfies as both one of the dumbest things ever as well as one of the shittiest days at the office.

America = USA

I'm off to the US for a quick interview and then a stopover in New York to visit a buddy of mine (get your liver ready Davey!). This will be my first time back to New York city since Sept. 11, 2001 so that feels weird.



Anyways see ya in a couple days!

The Land Of OZ

One of my best buddies from my old job in Waterloo (who is coincidentally half the reason I stayed mentally sane working there in fact, thanks Allie!) has packed up and headed down under to start anew. Very cool... and with pics like this that she keeps sending me I know it won't be long before I join her for some fun and sun, particularly:

1 - Trekking across the plains, eating Kangaroo meat and shackin' up with the natives along the way.

2 - Surfing baby! All day, all night... well I'll be loaded at night so mostly all day ;-)

3 - All Blacks rugby game, ok well they're from New Zealand but maybe they'll play in Oz for a match ;-)

4 - Utilizing my Canadian accent which Aussie's apparently find sexy to my full advantage... only to bum smokes, beers and info on all the local hot spot's of course ;-)

5 - Did I mention my buddy Brent lives on the beach on the north west coast basically surfing all day and working in his surf rental shop during his "off hours"... that's what I'll be doing, without the work part that is ;-)

Keep em' coming Al baby, I never get sick of seeing new ones!

A New Sheet Of Ice

Today was the start of a new season of hockey, junior hockey that is! The 67's played their first pre-season game today against Belleville and who-de-lolly it was great to see! I've been pretty phyched up about getting in some games while I'm back home, especially after not having any NHL last year due to the strike. Today's warm up game was excellent and really exemplified the 67's motto:

"HARD WORK BEATS TALENT, WHEN TALENT DOESN'T WORK"

My thoughts on how some of the 67's did in today's game are on the 67's message boards here. Or you can see a short clip of it yourself that I've uploaded here (you need to have a player that can handle ".mov" files like Quicktime to view it). I can't wait for the start of the regular season!

Growing Up

It's a long weekend holiday here in Canada so my little cousins came over for the day, they're getting bigger every time I see them. For some reason these little critters are always quite excited to come and see me and are usually bouncing off walls with crazyness. We played board games, watched a Disney movie, went swimming (I took the role of human jungle jim) and stole desert before dinner. Good times!



Wow, this pic is proof that I'm officially a geek. I'm also getting old cus everytime I see them they refresh me on the new "lingo" from school. This time I learned about "see r' dun" the new short form for "seen that done that" and also how I'm no longer a "dirt" (a word popular last time I saw them meaning weird guy that gets by) and now I've graduated to being a "scoob" which is someone who's cool to hang with but by no means on the radar of the cool kids in school. Sounds like I'm moving up the social ladder from the geek, nerd and hoser I was when I was in high school... well ok I'm still a geek ;-)

Time For A Change

Old hair:



New hair following fight with lawnmower:



I think the new do has messed with my head ;-

Taking The Plunge

Everyone who's been a lifeguard at the city pool during their high school days knows how much they hate the water, well not really the water but the chlorine. Lifeguards spend so much time in the chlorinated water that you really get sick of taking showers to get rid of that chlorine that never seems to go away. Such as it is, despite having a pool in the backyard of my parents place I'm rarely in the mood to take advantage (despite it being heated!). Well after returning after almost 2 years without a summer at home I figured it was about time... yes that's me with Mr. Turtle :-)

For You...

Fix You - Coldplay

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
when you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you



I hope this makes you smile today, I'm thinking of you...

I Feel Your Pain

For all my fellow gas guzzling North Americans... I feel your pain:

This Is What I Looked At Today

This is Big Brother Netherlands edition live online streaming.

This guy makes all of his furniture out of FedEx boxes.

This car starts with a USB key.

This is an interesting look at th iTunes playlist rating algorithm.

This made me laugh so hard I almost spit milk all over my laptop.

This is a good look at the science of detecting fake images.

This is the quote of the day: "I'm getting shat tonight" (if you don't know what that means then go to Denmark!)

And finally...

This is a big jar of peanut butter!



Have a great weekend everybody! :-)

McDonalds Vanishing Trick

When I was on my way to Frankfurt airport I noticed that there was no longer a McDonalds in the Darmstadt train station where there had been just one week earlier! I've heard of how the big franchises keep quiet on the ones that do in fact go under but this was the first time I'd witnessed it myself. I tried to take a pic of just how amazing the ripping out of any noticable trace of a McDonalds was but I got this instead:



That's some serious refleco-rama!

I noticed they were also really fast in updating the website:



So who's up for some Subway? :-)

MBA Class 05

Has it really gotten this bad for us 05' MBA'ers?

Swamped

It seems as though things in my personal, professional and extra-curricular life are all starting to pile up to my...

...neck. The guy in the pic is world famous Lonely Planet traveler Ian Wright. If you haven't seen one of his shows I highly recommend checking it out. He's one of those "naturally" hilarious cats and was one of the first people to really get me hooked on travel. Speaking of travel, after a crazy last couple months trekking all over continental Europe I'm finally back in Canada for a short break... that is until I leave for the states next week (interview, visit friend and some hiking), hitting the game in Waterloo and T-dot the week after that and finally on to Cali for a conference and another interview. Whew, let's start it up again!! :-)

Mystery Weekend Teaser

Ok, in the spirit of utter hilarity (not to mention my own burning curiosity) EuroRoss is starting a weekend long contest. The prizes will be absolutely breathtaking... I'm sure (digital rolling of the eyes ensues), and will be delivered to the person who can e-mail me the name of true owner of these shoes:



Background gossip deets are also most welcome!

Let the contest begin!

Big Beer Ad

I know I've posted this link before, but truely this beer commercial makes me laugh every time, even after busting ass on the computer for the last 5 hours editing... time for a Molson Ex!

Lea-Oh En Paris

Thanks for the pics Leo! Can't wait to do it up in Munich for Oktoberfest bro!

Sciencewow

This is crazy cool, scientists in Australia have developed a "super mouse" that can regenerate all cells other than in the brain. Even better, once cells from these mice are implanted in normal mice, the normal mice become regeneration mice!

Science is amazing.