It'll Never Fly » ads http://wqoq.com Clever... not good, but clever. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:50:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta1-18972 Linklog for Aug 11 to Aug 18 http://wqoq.com/2008/08/22/linklog-for-aug-11-to-aug-18/ http://wqoq.com/2008/08/22/linklog-for-aug-11-to-aug-18/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:57:47 +0000 Bob http://wqoq.com/2008/08/22/linklog-for-aug-11-to-aug-18/

Stuff I found funny, interesting, just plain disturbing, or for my own personal benefit.

Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man” | Motionographer

Tom and Mark (Nexus Productions) have outdone themselves with Muffin Man, a new spot for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot is

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Tupperware Sales Blog: Tupperware Baby Product Sale!

How do you get a baby into a Tupperware container?

Use a blender.

How do you get a baby out of a Tupperware container?

Use Doritos.

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Stuff I found funny, interesting, just plain disturbing, or for my own personal benefit.

BustedTees – Funny T-Shirts

Funny t-shirts on American Apparel, quality t-shirt, cool shirts and retro vintage tees

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ThinkGeek :: T-Shirts

The T-Shirt section of ThinkGeek.com.

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Spreadshirt: Customized t shirts and hats

Design custom t shirts, hoodies, pins and more in our easy-to-use shirt designer. Easily add your own graphic, logo or text to any product!

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J!NX : Clothing for Gamers & Geeks

J!NX is a clothing company for gamers and geeks. You are required to visit if you are into gadgets, gaming, computers, robots (really big ones), ninjas, eskimos, stuff with blinking lights, and/or pretty much anything technical. We ingest a healthy dose of all these things on a daily basis.

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Tcritic – The Daily T-Shirt Fashion and Design Blog About T-Shirts

T-Shirts, T-Shirt Companies, and Things That Should Be T-Shirts

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NoiseBot.com

Funny t-shirts, hoodies & tote bags on your choice of color! We ship worldwide! OMG! LOL!

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Eyeglass Cleaner, U.S. Patent No. D475166, Jaon Koo

Anyone have any idea where I can get one of these? Or something similar from which it was derived?

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mtsend.py – A Command Line Tool for Movable Type | SYP

A way to make blog posts from the command line.

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Merrell Canada: Performance Footwear

Note to self: Size 12 Wide.

Now you’ll remember for next time, so you won’t have to rely on a label that’s faded away.

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The NeoCube

My fascination with magnets continues. I want one of these so bad.

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  • Correct me if I’m wrong, but does the Bible not also include lists of names and the word “kill” within its pages? Oops, I just wrote “kill.” Oops, I wrote “kill” again. Oh no, I did it again!
  • I think I like the “Pie Chart” one the best, but only because of the way he says “Tomfoolery,” “Shenanigans,” and “monkey business.”
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  • Finally a reason to use the Services menu in OS X? If it lets me create a system-wide shortcut key to paste the current song in iTunes then I’m all there.
  • Video demonstration of MacFUSE (Google’s version of FUSE for the Mac).
  • Home for Google’s MacFUSE.
  • Basic tips on getting MacFUSE installed and running successfully.
  • A comparison of Skype versus Gizmo.
  • Better alternative to the Script Menu that’s standard in Mac OS X because with FastScripts you can assign system-wide keyboard shortcuts.
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  • Some interesting documentaries. Some not.
  • FormTextResizer is a bookmarklet that allows you to resize any textarea or text input on any webpage.
  • Visualizing sorting algorithms using Java.
  • Video conversion program that works with a multitude of formats.
  • 0xED is a native OS X hex editor based on the Cocoa framework.
  • Companion utility to manage your Parallels virtual machines.
  • Translated and annotated.
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  • Note to self: Make a fan-vid of Doctor Who’s cybermen using Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as the audio.

    “Although the Cybermen often claim that they have done away with human emotion, they have exhibited emotions ranging from anger to s

  • In case something goes wrong with the latest firmware update.
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    ]]>     http://wqoq.com/2006/10/30/home-at-last/feed/ 2     What About Bob? http://wqoq.com/about/ http://wqoq.com/about/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:04:22 +0000 Admin http://wqoq.com/about/

    So who am I? I’m a geek.

    Me EyesOfficially, my given name is Robert, but I prefer to go by Bob. I’m half Irish and half German, but 100% Canadian. I was born in, raised, and am currently living in Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan. Having been born on October 12th, 1976, means I am now in my 30′s, and I can’t wait to see what that brings.

    I’m a software programmer by trade. Having a father in the industry, I’ve been around computers practically all my life. I love problem solving and designing algorithms, and I get off on making computers do my bidding. My favourite platforms of choice are Mac OS and Unix, which means I think Mac OS X is the best operating system in the world. But I know the world needs Windows, too. I’m currently employed by a large federal corporation here in town.

    I love movies and rarely find anything bad to say about them. My favourite kinds of movies are comedies, sci-fi, fantasy, and action. I’m a sucker for romantic comedies, but I also love a good Hong Kong shoot ‘em up. I have more DVDs than I’ll ever be able to watch (and now an ever-increasing collection of Blu-rays), and that’s A-OK with me. Some of my favourites are 12 Monkeys, Bean, Office Space, Dutch, Hudson Hawk, Galaxy Quest, Groundhog Day, Swordsman, and Sneakers. My favourite actors include Bruce Willis, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan, Bill Murray, and Rowan Atkinson.

    I don’t watch anywhere near as much TV now as I did in the 80s as a kid. I still love to watch my early childhood cartoons like Rocket Robin Hood, Spider-Man, The Mighty Hercules, Dungeons and Dragons, Gummi Bears, M.A.S.K., and so on. The best series, past or present, is Doctor Who, and I love every British comedy that has ever been written. Except for The Mighty Boosh; that stuff’s just plain weird.

    Canadian Football is my favourite sport, the Riders are my favourite team, and I don’t watch NFL. I’ll watch hockey as long as it’s the playoffs or the Olympics, but will just as easily turn it off or turn to something else. I refuse to watch golf, baseball, and basketball, but I’ll watch soccer or rugby as it’s something different. Nascar is not a sport.

    I used to carry my entire music collection with me on my iPod, but have since moved to an iPhone, requiring me to be a little more selection. In some respects, that’s OK, as my musical taste seems to have frozen sometime in 2002. My tastes vary wildly, but there are some artists and bands I can always trust to deliver like They Might Be Giants, R.E.M., Chemical Brothers, and FatBoy Slim. I don’t know if I’ll like something until I hear it, so I have a lot of one hit wonders and chart toppers (unless it’s hip hop or from the last 7 or 8 years). I also have a lot of soundtracks and scores from movies, tv shows, and video games that I’ve enjoyed over the years. Generally, I don’t like easy listening or jazz unless, of course, I’ve heard it and liked it. To sum up in as few words as possible, I’d say anything that I can tap my feet to.

    I’d love to travel, but have never done anything about it. I prefer more temperate locales, as I hate being hot and sweaty. The UK and Scandinavia are my dream vacation spots, but I could probably convince myself to go anywhere if I worked at it hard enough. My biggest obstacle is food, as I have zero imagination or courage when it comes to experimenting with food. To me, meat and potatoes is not a stereotype, but a way of life.

    I collect comic books, but rarely ever read them. Much like my movies, it’s more about the collecting, categorizing, sorting, organizing, and recording in a database, that I enjoy than the actual spoils.

    Genealogy is my favourite hobby, but I don’t hang out in graveyards like some kind of devil worshipper.

    I hate small talk, and would prefer silence instead of it. This is because I don’t read the news, I don’t listen to the news, and I don’t watch the news. Politics don’t interest me in the slightest bit, but I still vote when I’m told, usually for whoever I hate the least (I had a fleeting romance with Canadian politics recently, but that was abruptly quashed on election day). I was raised Roman Catholic, and went to Catholic schools, but I don’t go to church, I don’t pray, and to me the Pope is just a nice old man. In short, I’m an agnostic, but I still like to think there is or was a higher power at some point, at that there is something for us to do after we die, whether or not it’s heaven, because life seems short enough as it is. Basically, I know right from wrong, and that’s all I feel I need. That’s my own opinion, I don’t try to force it on others, and I have no problems with people having their own beliefs and opinions. I just wish they wouldn’t try to push it on others, or judge people because they’re different.

    Carl King wrote a pretty good piece on what he calls the 10 Myths About Introverts that I think explains a lot about me.

    Did I miss anything? Questions? Comments? Drop me a line.

    Go Riders!

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  • Another tool to hang from my geek utility belt.
  • How do you spell relief?
  • Not sure what I could use this for, but it should be good for something sometime in my life.
  • Something to check out.
  • I found a video of the Maxell commercial, so I’ve updated the link.
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