Monday Mashup

January 30, 2012 in Interesting, Monday Mashup with 0 Comments

 Here are some notable links from my journeys around the interwebs over the past week or so that I have enjoyed.

  1. TSN SportsCentre Dan and Jay clip from last week, I’m not sure how they get away with the things they do on air.  For more funny highlights check out YouTube user MrLogue1021 

  2. Painful video:
     
  3. Animated video, I love the contrast between the slugs point of view and the old woman’s.
    Slug Invasion from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.   

     

  4. Commercial: Matthew’s day off from, Honda:  A tribute to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” from Honda starring Matthew Broderick. 
     
  5. Funny site: Animals being dicks - semi offensive name but pure hilariousness.  Is that even a word?
  6. Cool article from Wired: The New French Hacker-Artist Underground

 

How to turn off your iPhone Cell Radio

January 27, 2012 in Apple, iPhone with 0 Comments

Right now I’m sitting in a rink for the morning as my boys are taking part in a hockey tournament this weekend. While that’s good, what isn’t good is the lack of Rogers cell coverage here at the rink as it sits in a bit of a hollow. If I walk outside I can get one, possibly two bars of Edge network coverage but nothing more. I think Rogers should install a microcell inside the arena so customers like me have some coverage.

Luckily, there is open wifi so we’re not completely without communication to the outside world. But that more than likely means the radio on my iPhone is going to be continually searching for a cell network and therefore draining my battery. Going through the settings of my phone I find there is no option to simply turn off the cell radio but still have wifi.

The solution? Turn on Airplane Mode and then re-turn on your wifi. Doing this might seem obvious and/or be well known to everyone else but I didn’t know it today as I never had need to do this before today. I had always assumed, incorrectly, that it wasn’t possible to turn on any radios while in Airplane Mode, hence it being called Airplane mode.

Tron Inspired Duct Tape Ad

August 22, 2011 in Interesting, Tech Related with 0 Comments

This ad is made even better with the appearance of “Tron Guy” Jay Maynard.


Duck Tron from Ryactive on Vimeo.

(Photo) – Doing a fresh install of Windows XP sucks…

June 7, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

 

Doing a fresh install of Windows XP sucks so much because of all of the security updates.

Wordlock – If you have kids and a shed then you need one of these

June 6, 2011 in Around the house, Home with 0 Comments

wordlock

When we built our storage shed below our deck a couple of weeks ago we initially threw my gym lock on the door as we did not have a padlock on hand at the time. Since my combination lock wasn’t really a weather proof solution and with the wet May we had I knew the combination lock wouldn’t hold up to the elements. So I, like any other self respecting Canadian, ran to Canadian Tire after a few days for a replacement lock.

There I found the Wordlock, it is a genius of a product. Instead of using a key like a normal padlock or having to remember a series of random numbers like a normal combination lock, you get to choose a four or five letter word to remember. There are no keys for you, your kids, or your spouse to lose, and you don’t have to worry about bringing the key back into the house when you are finished. We have used it without issue for the last couple of weeks and it’s easy to reset the combination as the boys, aged nine and ten, were able to do it themselves. Just make sure they tell you the combination and hide the reset tool when you get it back from them.

Photo – Here’s a pic of the women of the church after @carriesingh spoke…

June 6, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

Here’s a pic of the women of the church after @carriesingh spoke yesterday morning praying together.


My view this morning, @carriesingh is speaking. Great job!

June 5, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

We got a new walkway…

May 31, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

Sort of. Not exactly what we were thinking of when they told us they would be building a walkway for us.

Trapped in an iPhone

May 27, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

I love the amount of creativity it took to make this video. It truly is amazing. Also Be sure to check out his “How To Cook Beef Stroganoff and Fight Off A Ninja” too, it’s a little lame but funny.


We spent Monday creating and planting flower beds. Now if only we had a lawn… two more weeks.

May 27, 2011 in Twitter Pics with 0 Comments

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