Here’s a photo of the current selection of movies at the cinema near “Hah-vahd Square”. I think I’d enjoy all three films as a movie marathon:
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Month: May 2009
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Truly, I am in the Land of Plenty…
…for what other land has six different flavours of microwaveable cake?
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This article also appears in Global Nerdy.
I think we’ve got an early contender for the title of “Weirdest Videogame of 2009”: Muscle March for the Nintendo Wii. As if the game weren’t weird enough, the trailer below ramps up the weirdness by presenting it in that oh-so-Japanese style with epilepsy-inducing jump-cuts and a hyper-enthusiastic Japanese TV announcer:
[Found via Waxy.org.]
This article also appears in the Coffee and Code blog.
I’m a bit swamped with work and other things, so the Toronto Coffee and Code events are taking a hiatus for a couple of weeks. Worry not, it’s a temporary thing, and in a couple of Fridays – May 29th, to be precise, Coffee and Code will make a triumphant return, all phoenix-like, to the Dark Horse Cafe at 215 Spadina on Friday, May 29th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m..
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The Story Behind “Keyboard Cat”
This article also appears in Global Nerdy.
Another internet meme made the big time today – today’s edition of CNN’s “American Morning” ended with anchor Kiran Chetry announcing that they would be “played out” by “Keyboard Cat”. In case you haven’t yet seen them, Keyboard Cat videos all follow the same formula:
- They all have the name “Play Him/Her Out, Keyboard Cat”
- They begin with a segment in which someone humiliates or hurts himself or herself
- They cut to a strange video featuring a cat playing a tune on a cheesy home keyboard
This is my favourite Keyboard Cat video, in which a guy learns an important lesson in nunchuk safety:
This one, featuring a guy whose parents are trying to convince him that it’s bad idea to broadcast his meltdown online, is a close second:
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Russian Army Psych Test
English Russia reports that the test below has been making the rounds in Russian blogs. It is purported to be a test issued by the Russian army “to identify any hidden psychological diseases” in new recruits. They look like standard colour-blindness tests; if you can’t see the number inscribed in any of one them, you might have a problem:
Here’s the key to the tests:
| If you can’t see the number in this circle: | Here’s what might be wrong with you, according to Russian Army psychologists: |
| 1 | “High aggression, proneness to conflict, the recommendation is to add more physical exercise and cold showers.” |
| 2 | “Possible low than average intellectual abilities, can’t serve with sophisticated equipment.” |
| 3 | “Possible debauchery, soldier should get increased daily ration, should get more physical activity tasks, should not be connected to food supplies, etc.” |
| 4 | “Possible inclination to violence, can be assigend as a leader to his unit, as he can preserve discipline.” |
| 5 | “Possible latent homosexuality. Can be light uncontrolled accesses of attraction to the same sex.” |
| 6 | “Possible schizophrenic tendency. Required additional inspection.” |
I can see the numbers in all the circles, save circle 5. I swear, I wore those assless chaps only once!