Volunteering at VBS

Man. Chasing after lots of little kids, and screaming at the top of your lungs is tiring.

More after the week.

Ultrasonic Frequencies- Can you hear 'em?

Check this link. Press the play button on each one.
How high of a frequency can you hear?

It's pretty weird. Even on the highest one, I couldn't hear it, but my ears sensed there was a sound. It feels as if there's pressure on your ears, but without the sound.

Something Store

The something store is awesome.

Pay ten bucks, and 4.75 shipping to Canada, and you'll get a box in the mail with something. It could be anything. Yes, it could be useless, but it also might be something cool. It's a risk that I would take (if only I had a credit card :P).


A cool gadget, rare book, table game, handmade necklace, reverse clock, box of gourmet chocolates, set of shiny shower curtains, popular video game, big-box retailer gift card, the latest version of a software, a set of kitchen knives, a pair of designer jeans, garden tool, kitchen appliance, unique home decor item, electronic equipment, magazine subscription, office supply item, or ...

Oh the cool stuff you find online...

Derren Brown

Derren Brown is absolutely amazing. He's an illusionist, and a mentalist. Don't understand? Watch these videos. Now, I know you may say, "I don't have time, I'll just skip this post"- but you've got to see these. It is amazing, crazy, unbelievable stuff. For some reason, the videos can't be embedded.

Do a search for "Derren Brown" on YouTube. It's worth your time.

Trying to Watch the Jackson Memorial

CNN Live, like usual has a great feed, with facebook integration. The same one was used for Obama's inauguration.


But my flash player isn't new enough, and I'm having update trouble.
Oh well. Maybe I'll go down to my TV.

My attempt to get a free PSP

Okay, so EB Games is having a deal. Trade in 8 games, with a minimum trade-in value of $8 each, and get a free PSP. Free. As in $0.00. Of course, the amount of money I originally paid for these games is well over the price of a PSP, but I figured that I'd rather have a new PSP, than a whole bunch of games I don't want.

So I excitedly spent an hour (probably more), digging up all my games. I found 11 that were either DS, or Wii. Only 6 of them are worth more than eight bucks. And the thing is, since I'm trading in Mario Kart, it only really counts as $8, even though I could get $25 for it on its own. That sucks.

So I'm off to find two more games that are cheap, and have high trade-in values. Not an easy task. If any of you R4 owning readers have some extra games to spare (actually, games from any system would be great), please drop me a line.

But if all else fails, I'll go out and buy Brain age 2, and Tetris, both of which are $20 retail, but have trade in values over $8. How that makes sense? I don't know.

But I want my free PSP.

Pretty cool stuff.

(Stolen from Toronto Mike)This is a pretty awesome optical illusion. What colours do you see? Green and blue? I thought so too. THe lines are the same colour. Don't believe me?

There's some add ons for Firefox that identify colours. Check if you want. Both are RGB (0, 255, 150)

"The reason they look different colors is because our brain judges the color of an object by comparing it to surrounding colors. In this case, the stripes are not continuous as they appear at first glance. The orange stripes don’t go through the "blue" spiral, and the magenta ones don’t go through the "green" one."

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day everyone!

I'm heading down to Queen's Park to check out the festivities today. I've got my Canadian flag pin on my collar, so we're all set to go.

Hungry for Change: The 30 hour famine

I finished the 30 hour famine yesterday at 6. Here's what I said about it last year. That's some pretty good stuff :), so go read it.

I'm not going to spam my readers for more money, so I'll raise it the typical way: bugging family and friends in person.

"Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past."
-Norman Borlaug

Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Can you say over-hyped?

Now, despite having a nice Special Edition version lying on the television stand downstairs, I didn't watch the first installment of the series. Having never convinced my parents to buy me one of the overpriced Hasbro action figures, I didn't really have a desire to watch a movie starring them.

Still, this being the end of the school year and all- we had to do something (we went downtown yesterday, but the CUPE strikers seemed to be everywhere we wanted to go.)

Anyways, expecting a crowd, we showed an hour early to buy tickets. There's a small cinema near my house- but everything considered, going early wasn't really necessary. It's the first day, yes- but elementary school students are still in school, and besides, this theatre isn't typically full (even in spite of $6 tickets).

We were about thirtieth in line, so by the time we got in, there were still plenty of good seats.

The movie was confusing at times, with the plot heading in so many directions, that it was difficult to keep track. By no means was this a sophisticated movie or anything- it was just poorly written. The entire thing seemed like a two and a half hour long cliche. SPOILER: Aliens destroying cities, attempting to block out the Sun, and a secret location set in Egypt/Jordan. END OF SPOILERS Doesn't this sound familiar? It reminded me of every other extraterrestrial warfare movie I've ever seen.

Now, for testosterone-fuelled  males, concerned more about big explosions, Megan Fox, and condo-sized robots than actual plot; well then, this is the movie for you.

The acting was weak, the special effects over-dramatic, and the soundtrack eerily reminiscent of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Don't go see this.