And now it’s the end of E3. What have we learned? Continue reading
E3 Again
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Wiiiiii
It’s just before E3 and Nintendo just unveiled the new name for their next console, codenamed Revolution. And just like everything else about the console, no one could have expected what they would unleash upon us. Continue reading
I like being cool
Well, family psychology aside, if dads are still saying this, they aren’t necessarily right. While the A/C compressor does pull power from the engine wasting some gas, the effect appears to be fairly minimal in modern cars. And putting the windows down tends to increase drag on most cars, canceling out any measurable gain from turning the A/C off. But this one depends on the model you’re driving. When we opened the sunroof in our SUV, the mileage did decrease even with the A/C off. Still, in our experience, it’s not worth the argument because you won’t save a lot of gas either way. So just do what’s comfortable.
Thank God, now I won’t have to worry about gas and I can just blast the A/C. From We Test the Tips – What Really Saves Gas? And How Much?
SIN
So we wrote the Sir Issac Newton contest on the fourth of May. It wasn’t that fun and quite impossible, but I didn’t care, I’m not even going into Physics, so even if I did win, there’s no money or anything for me. But the questions were really something.
The second question had McGuinty lowering himself into a pit to save an evil reptilian kitten. Although I thought that was quite hilarious, it seems whoever wrote the question misinterpreted the Conservative release. I think that when they called McGuinty an evil reptilian kitten eater, they didn’t mean he ate evil reptilian kittens, but he was an evil reptilian who ate kittens.
Another question had Paul Martin and Stephen Harper racing bandwagons. This was probably written before January when the Liberals just fired at will at their foot, since the question had the Liberal bandwagon accelerating half as fast but having a topspeed twice that of the Conservatives.
One last question was the Olympics question, where Cindy Klassen was going to compete in levitating at Beijing. So they have the track which fits around an international sized hockey rink, which is some metres by some metres. They have Dubbya trying to stop the “international metric conspiracy” (exact words) by pushing for a slightly smaller rink that fits around an NHL sized rink which is some feet by some feet.
I wonder how many people actually found these funny.
Damned Prepaid
Today marks the anniversary of the day I forgot to refill my Fido account for the first time. As a result, I lost over $70 in prepaid minutes. That day I made an ingenious plan that involved my cell phone and e-mail bombarding me the day I had to refill my account. And of course, exactly one year later, I forgot again, this time losing about $40. Good thing I signed up for InstantRefill so that this tragedy will never happen again.