thinking and entertaining video sites

I recently found two sites that have a plethora of interesting videos.

1) http://www.wimp.com

2) http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg

Both have stuff to make your brains say hmmm....

Eskimo Cookies

One of my favourite desserts I loved to make as a kid.

Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup of butter
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp cocoa
- 2 cups oats
- icing sugar

mix the soft butter with the sugar. Mix well. Add the vanilla, water, and cocoa. Stir. Mix in the oats and stir again. Keep in the fridge overnight. Shape into about 36 small balls about the size of your thumb. roll on icing sugar. Store in the fridge or freezer.

After rolling into balls, roll them a generous amount of icing sugar. They taste better cold for some reason

Things for the kids

I'm getting more and more friends who are parents. I would love to be a parent someday but first I think I need to find a woman that I can tolerate for more than 2 years.

I've gained a few insights and tips from various sources on what are good things to do with your children to get them a head start.

- never lie to them. Always explain things and be patent to them.
- let them paint their room any way they want.
- tell them that when they lie, you can see a line in their tongue (silver tongue)
- they are never too young to know things, just explain it to them in a way they can understand
- Discipline is necessary
- Never give them an inch. Make them pay their own way through.

Dare to Dream

What are your childhood dreams?

http://www.wimp.com/lastlecture/

What were my dreams?

-be a director
-be a millionaire
-make a video game
-make a patent

You're never too old to start your dreams

Great Low Calorie Drink

Ice + Lots of Diet Cranberry Juice + a little Apple Juice = WIN.

Liar Lair (repost)

A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and asked, "May I see your driver's license?"

The driver answered, "I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI."

The officer asked, "May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?"

The driver answered,"It's not my car. I stole it."

The officer asked, "The car is stolen?"

The driver answered, "That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there."

The officer asked, "There's a gun in the glove box?"

The driver answered, "Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk."

The officer asked, "There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?"

The driver answered, "Yes, sir."

Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by! police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation.

The Captain asked, "Sir, can I see your license?" The driver answered, "Sure. Here it is." It was valid.

The Captain asked, "Who's car is this?"

The driver answered, "It's mine, officer. Here's the owner' card." The driver owned the car.

The Captain asked, "Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?"

The driver answered, "Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it." Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.

The Captain asked, "Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it."

The driver answered, "No problem." Trunk is opened; no body.

The Captain said, "I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk."

The driver answered, "Yeah, I'll bet the lying s.o.b. told you I was speeding, too!"

New Middle Age Thoughts

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. 

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. 

4. There is a great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighbourhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. 

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day. 

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blu-ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection… again. 

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to. 

14. "Do no machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never was this - ever. 

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes do voice mail. What did you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away? 

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call. 

18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well. 

19. I disagree with Kay Jewellers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night, more kisses begin with Miller Like than Kay. 

20. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option. 

21. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it. 

22. I would rather try to carry 10 over-loaded plastic bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in. 

23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text. 

24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger. 

25. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pant? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever. 

28. Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?

29. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far. 

30. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate bicyclists. 

31. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 

32. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys, in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

"No pain, no gain"

When they say, "No pain, no gain", does that include flu season?

What about when you stub your toe?

Same for , "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". How is getting a paper cut going to make you stronger? I really hope no one has died from one of those...

Sure the pot is cracked but we still need it!

Just watched Sam Harris, author of "The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values," and could not believe some of his conclusions.

He brings up some good points about how organized religion of all types can and to some degree pervert the inherent moral values that all people have. Slavery is ok, treating women as lower class is ok, child rape is not as bad as wearing a condom, just about every religion has something backwards and I agree that they should not be part of our society. However, he says we should determine morals by scientific means and everyone should just stop doing what they believe in. This could not be more wrong.

Cultures grow over time, they make laws, change laws, fix issues over generations. Sometimes their laws a messed up but they create a balance that works for that society. When you change the rules, this WILL create issues. Classic modern day example is woman's suffrage. First off, I agree that all people should be treated equally. Culture made women less valuable. Put them in the home to raise kids. Made them learn how to cook. (I'll say this again, I think this should all be a choice.) But when women got all the equal rights, all the responsibilities got forgotten and as a result, children had no one to make them quality home cooked meals, or teach them properly. The doubling of capable employees increased unemployment for all.  All the effects of this change in culture can still be felt today.

My only point is that when changing the laws, use caution. Progress is good, change is good, but be ready for the consequences of changing a culture that has been refined for possibly thousands of years.

If I could fly...

If I could fly, it would be really cool but ultimately suck since I would freeze my ass if I got high in the air or went really fast.

If I could stop time, it would be awesome but ultimately suck since I would be blind and could not move because light and air would not be moving either.

If I could be invisible, it would be neat but ultimately suck since I would have to be naked and then probably get pretty cold and feel like a pervert. Also probably get hit by a truck and no one would notice but wonder what the smell was a few days later.

If I could read minds, it would be fantastic but ultimately suck since most people are thinking boring thoughts most of the day or thinking insecure thought or things I am thinking myself anyway like "who farted?" I would only be able to figure out who farted if that person laughed on the inside.

If I could be invincible, it would be nifty but ultimately suck since everyone would want to try and beat me up and I would not care but just get annoyed but not be able to do much about it

If I was super strong, it would be crazy but ultimately suck since I would beat someone up for hitting me and then get arrested for it.

Reality really takes all the fun out of fantasy...

Step by Step Guide on How to Quit Games on Facebook

So you don't have enough time in the day because you have to feed you crops, harvest your food, complete your missions, serve you cafe, search for treasure and beat your friend's weekly score? It is time to quit those games!

It starts simple enough, just one game someone introduces you to. You play just for fun and enjoy the distraction. 3 weeks later, you are playing every spare minute you have and probably 3 others that you didn't even know existed a month ago. You free time is gone and you find yourself scheduling your meetings around when you next have to harvest crops. You have a choice, either go work on a real farm or a mine and collect real gems or food or quit!

Now that is confirmed here are the step you need to take.

1) TELL YOUR FRIENDS.
Telling everyone other game player out there does a few things, one, it gets it out in the open, from an idea to an event. Two, it keeps your friends for dragging you back in by saying, "I just gave you a great gift and you need to check it out!"

No going back now

2) REMOVE YOUR REMINDERS.
Remove the apps from iPhone, take down the toolbars, pretty much get rid of everything that will beckon do you later to play again.

What will I do while I am on the jon now?

3) SPEND THE FAKE CASH.
You've saved up money in most of the games for a rainy day that never comes. If this sounds like you, spend it. Doesn't matter what. Even buy something for a friend that is still playing. Just spend it all since you won't be coming back. If you have have amassed a huge inventory of items, gift them away, all of them.

Best 25 horseshoes I've ever spent

4) FINISH THE CURRENT TASKS
Most tasks are easy, only take a day or two. For those, or the ones you are almost done, you might as well finish them. This way you will feel more complete when you walk away.

5) BLOCK THE APPS
This is the big one. Facebook gives you a scary, powerful tool called the 'Block' button. Use it and don't look back.

What can I rate a game I hate but can't stop playing?

6) DISTRACT YOURSELF
Go out, see a movie, meet with friends, watch the complete LOST series in one sitting, do whatever it takes to not play for a few weeks. After that you should be free of their death grip on your life.

Chopping down a real tree takes a lot more than 12 energy points

7) REJOICE!
Buy yourself something nice. You earned it.

I am starting this right now. Lets see how it goes...

Short term CEOs

One of the things I have noticed about IPOed companies (companies with stock options) are that they all become short term driven within 3 years. Strong companies that stand the test of time don't think short term, they think things over for the long haul. Unfortunately I have also seen these large companies succum to the short term stratagy when things look bleek or the excutives become either greedy or afraid of their stock holders.


I first noticed this years ago when there was a commercial for a finance company that was investing into a pickle company and they thought it was a good reason to invest because the VP of the pickle company had the great idea of putting in one less pickle per jar which saved the company millions over all. "It is that forward thinking we look for in companies to invest in!" My god, I am no stock trader millionare but come on! You are literally screwing all your customer to save a buck. Sure on paper, it sounds good, make less, sell more but you are pissing off your customers! Who would want to buy from a company that is knowingly screwing you over to make more money. The problem is, everyone is doing it now.

Granola bars used to come in a package of 6, not they mostly have 5. The box is still the same size however. fruits and vegiatbles are larger but they have less nutrients. (studies show that brocolli from 30 years ago had 10x more nutrients than today's brands, even the organic ones!) Even potato chips and icecream bars have more air in the container than actual food! This needs to stop, now.

Sure you will sell more products because people will have to buy more to get the same amount but down the line, but you are sacrificing brand loyalty and they will just by less from you and more from someone else, or just less overall.

The stock holders want more money, but they are also the consumers, if you tell them you are giving less pickles, sure they would buy more stock but they would also buy less pickles...

Floss!

I floss to make my dentist proud.

Toronto Bucket List

Here is a list of places that you need to go to if you live in or near Toronto. (x means I have been there):

1. X CN Tower 
2. X Skydome (aka Rogers Center)
3. Casa Loma
4. Honest Ed's
5. X Toronto Zoo
6. X ROM
7. AGO
8. Ontario Science Center
9. X CBC Building
10. X Air Canada Center
11. X Distillery District
12. X The Beaches (volleyball or fireworks)
13. X bike path along the shore (sunset)
14. X Center Island (summer)
15. X Harbor Front
16. X TIFF building (during the TIFF)
17. X African Lion Safari 
18. X Canada's Wonderland (summer or halloween)
19. X Yorkdale Mall
20. X the EX (races)
21. X Edwards Gardens (spring or fall)
22. X Musik
23. X the Guvernment 
24. X City Hall

Did I miss any?

Things we forgot #2

The pyramids. How did we build them again? Why can't someone build me one right now? Why hasn't someone with money/influence built something like this recently?

Things we forgot #34

http://gizmodo.com/5626765/this-rock+slicing-nanotechnology+packing-super-steel-was-forgotten-250-years-ago

It appears that we (human race) used to make blades that were so sharp they would cut other blades and so well made that they never needed to be sharpened. We have since forgotten how to make these fabled Damascus steel items. Maybe its a cover up from knife stores everywhere?

Posturing and Compromise... Drawing a line in the sand

Why do we still have these issues... maybe I am just too logical and accomodating who knows but here is my suggested solutions to issues plaguing society;

1) Abortion
pro-choice) Women have the right to do whatever they want with their body
pro-life) Once sperm meets egg, then it is life and should be treated as such
compromise) pick a time when both agree it is really alive and not just a bunch of cells like when the heart starts beating or after the second trimester and say that once it has passed a certain level of development, it is considered alive and you can no longer abort. If you wanted to, you had plenty of time before.

2) Muslims in America
republicans) They stone people to death and women have 1/4 rights
democrats) freedom of religion should let them do what they want
compromise) Both Canada and the USA are based on freedom. But you are not allowed to impose your belief on someone else. So anyone can practice whatever they want as long as they don't force it on others.
Cannibals cannot eat people if they don't want them too
Muslims cannot beat their wives if they don't practice that part of the Muslim faith
Doctors cannot cut patients if the patients don't wish it

I can quickly come up with multiple examples but my point is not the specifics but the whole concept of compromise. Why do people make their line in the sand way too early? Are they afraid of looking weak? Is it a ploy to garner support and money from others? Everyone needs to grow up and move on to more important things...

Like why can't they make low calorie chocolate that tastes good?

Clear your sinuses

I just found the best way to really clear out your sinuses quickly. Shake up a 2L bottle of diet coke with the cap still on. Then take off the top and quickly try and take a drink.

If you don't feel like your brain is going to explode, you are doing it wrong.

(I don't really recommend this, but i do it by accident every once in a while... like 2 hours ago)

When you wish on a falling star...

Is science killing the dream?

"Shooting Stars" are nothing more than small chunks of debris floating in space that used to be part of a comet or meteor. The earth crosses paths with this tiny objects less than a the size of a large truck and get literally vaporized in the atmosphere. We get a nice light show as a result.

There is no magic, no angels, no miracle. But I can't help but still make a wish. Am I being foolish? Am I negating science? Or do I accept the truth but let a little bit of me believe we are all more than stardust...

Proof in the existance of god (Proof 1)

What are the top 5 things that people wonder about constantly?
1) What is for dinner?
2) Does god really exist?
3) Why are we here?
4) Does he/she really like me?
5) How do I become a secret agent?

Ok the last one might just mostly be me. (Ok so I made up the list.)

The existence or non-existance of god(s) has be something theologians, atheists, scientists, philosophers and veterinarians have all thought about constantly for as long as humans have had the ability to think past the first question. Most sum it up to a deity that wants you to believe without proof which I think is mostly a copout. I like to think of it from a more logical point of view. I have several proofs and I will share them with you.

The first proof is something I came up with in chemistry class in high school. I was trying to remember at the properties of all molecules on the periodic table of elements. This proved to be difficult as most chemists should know because there are so many exceptions to any rule that we think we can figure out. "All molecules get more dense as they cool.", "All metals will react with air or water.", "The larger the molecule, the shorter the half-life."

But for each of these rules we come up with, there is almost always at least once exception to the rule and this exception is very important. Gold does not react with anything and because of this, became hard to find, a great conductor, and very valuable. Water, when frozen, actually becomes less dense. Like ice cubes floating in your drink.

And that is when it hit me.

I just thought in my head what if I was creating my own experiment by creating my own universe. I want to keep things simple so I make a bunch of things that abide by simple rules. This does not work out so well so I keep toying with the rules until I get something that looks promising. Then I start making exceptions to those rules to get the results I want. Like one problem I would see is when life starts on my planet of choice, it would start in the water, but unfortunately when the seasons change, the water will freeze solid and all life would die... hmmm. What if I make ice LESS dense, hey! it works! And thus things evolve and eventually these things wonder if I exist. Then I reboot my supercomputer and all existence is lost forever.


This idea has kept me happy for years. I also don't reboot my computers very often.

My love/hate with movie commericals

I watched "Predators" on opening night and I have to say I liked it a lot. But one thing really ruined it for me. It was not the actors, the special effects or the plot, it was the trailer for it I watched a few weeks ago.

There is a scene in the commercial when about a dozen red triangle targets are pointed at the main character signifying that he was being targeted by multiple predators. I was waiting for that to happen in the movie and it never did. This annoyed me greatly.

This is one of the many reasons why I believe there should be rules for movie trailers. If they are not followed, people will be hung in the town hall for all to see how evil they are;

• Commercials will not show scenes that are within the last 30 minutes of the movie.
• Commercials will not show plot twists that are within the last half of the movie.
• Commercials will not show scenes that were deleted from the movie.Commercials will not show scenes that were changed from the movie unless it was make specifically and obviously for the commercial.
• Commercials will not show all the good parts of the movie so there is nothing left interesting to see.
• Commercials will not show the entire plot of the movie
• Commercials will not show reviews from people no one has heard of
• Commercials will not use the term "of the year" or "of the decade" in it. (Especially when the year just started!)
• Commercials will not not show scenes so quickly as to not actually be able to see anything.
• Commercials will not be shown more than twice per TV show they are being shown on.
• Commercials will not pretend to be child friendly only to have a lot of adult content in the actual movie.
• Commercials will not pretend to have a lot of T&A in the movie to have little or none.

Did I miss anything?

Bad Breath

The Pros and Cons of being a mobile app developer based on provider

Android (google)

Pros:

• Very easy to use and program for
• Very straight-forward production with google
• Growing user base with lots of different features
• 70% payment on apps
• Friendly company

Cons:

• Need to watch out for interfering apps
• Rampant development piracy which makes it hard to make money
• have to take way too many peripherals into account for your app

RIM

Pros:

• Very easy to use setup
• Insanely large user base

Cons:

• 50% payment
• no freedom to use phone features

Apple (iTunes)

Pros:

• 70% payment
• strong sandbox design
• strong marketplace
• friendly company

Cons:

• Random approval process
• steep learning curve for development

Windows Mobile (Microsoft)

Pros:

• VERY easy to program

Cons:

• small user base
• older versions did not work at all

Pick your poison

Twilight in the garden of Edward and Jacob

I read this off one of those motivational posters and loved it.

"Twilight is about a woman who has to make a choice between necrophilia and bestiality"