Author Archives: ralph

About ralph

Just another blog to share some thoughts with the world. Want to comment? If you know how to contact me, I can manually set up a commenting account for you. Sorry, commenting is not open to the general public at this time.

Shamwow humour

Posted on Tuesday, 2008-Oct-21st by ralph

I got to wondering about those Shamwow things they advertise on TV. You can watch the ad online in case you never watch TV, or you can take my word that it’s a rag that’s supposed to have some amazing … Continue reading →

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iTease

Posted on Tuesday, 2008-Sep-23rd by ralph

And so it begins: We will let you know by email after each item in your order ships. If you ordered multiple items, you may receive separate shipments with no additional shipping charges. I had just ordered a Mac mini … Continue reading →

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From simple ideas come great things

Posted on Thursday, 2008-May-22nd by ralph

So I was browsing Digg thinking again how lame most of the submissions are when I run across this: He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died This is a brilliant post about a brilliant find on … Continue reading →

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Some Hang Drum Music to mellow out to

Posted on Tuesday, 2008-May-20th by ralph

This is a cool piece of muzac played on a “Hang” (Wiki for more details) Interesting music on an interesting instrument.

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Watch these commercials and BLOW YOUR MIND!

Posted on Monday, 2008-Apr-28th by ralph

I saw this one on Diggnation, and was most impressed by the claim that with Powerthrist you’ll have 400 babies that will run like Kenyans if also fed Powerthirst aaaand then there’s the second video, from which I now know … Continue reading →

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Westjet vs Air Canada small screen smackdown

Posted on Monday, 2008-Feb-25th by ralph

So last week I flew Westjet east to Ottawa and returned west on Air Canada. That sounds like it’s backwards, but hey, it’s the way it worked out. The situation being such that Westjet didn’t have a flight at a … Continue reading →

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Monty Python-esk parody “Adolf Ballmer”

Posted on Sunday, 2008-Feb-24th by ralph

One thing you have to say about Steve Ballmer is that he ain’t boring to watch on stage. But when you combine him with some goofy special effects to give him a Hitler hairstyle (Hair and moustache) and throw in … Continue reading →

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Mikey 19?? – 2008 (He Lived Long and Prospered)

Posted on Tuesday, 2008-Jan-29th by ralph

This was Mikey (or Michael, for formal occasions) He passed away this last weekend, having spent the last few years in a good home where he had all the care and attention he every wanted or needed. Mikey, in his … Continue reading →

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They’ve given up on forecasts in Calgary

Posted on Monday, 2007-Dec-3rd by ralph

Calgary has the distinction of being one of the few places in the world where you can go “WTF?” when reading a weather forecast. I give you tonight’s forecast: It would seem that from the -18 C we are right … Continue reading →

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TakeTV, Something I want for a change

Posted on Sunday, 2007-Nov-11th by ralph

Okay, it is a rare day that a new tech toy comes out and I go “I want one, now”. It is a rare thing because most of these things do not satisfy my criteria of: -It must do something … Continue reading →

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