Archive for March 2010
Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans
Update. NBC pulled this excellent video. I was surprised to see that CBC linked to it. That link is no longer working, either.
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This pre-Olympic fluff piece aired in the States Feb. 12th.
It’s gone viral since, one of the many positives about Canada hosting the Winter Games.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (6min).
related – Tom Brokaw video a U.S. ‘love letter’ to Canada
Thanks Rockin’
Iginla Olympic GOLD hero, again
Shout out to Jarome Iginla.
Jarome had a great Olympics, plenty of shots on goal. And assisted on the Olympics winning goal by Syd the Kid.
Do you recall that Jarome was the gold medal game hero 8 years ago in Salt Lake City? Sydney Crosby does:
… Crosby was 14 in 2002 and said Iginla’s performance has stayed with him.
“I can still remember him from that game, how well he played,” Crosby said.
Iginla scored two goals, became the tournament’s breakout star and made history as Canada ended a 50-year gold medal drought.
whistleblowers Cryptome are back online
I’d never heard of Cryptome until Microsoft slapped them down:
Since 1996, the whistleblower site Cryptome has been posting sensitive government and corporate documents. Now Cryptome has been stricken from the Web after releasing the “Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook“, a “spy guide” for law enforcement detailing what data Microsoft has, keeps, and can relinquish. …
Next day, Microsoft relented, withdrawing their complaint against the website. But still complaining that their property had been posted without permission.
I like whistleblower sites, therefore I like Cryptome. Check it out:Cryptome.org
curling the “least cool” Olympic Sport
Last week I roomed with former Navy Seal, Actor, Model and Personal Fitness Trainer Cliff Parks.
He’d rather watch a Lakers NBA game on TV (without Kobe) than the Winter Olympics. When I asked Cliff what goofy Olympic sport was the “least cool” his answer was definitive … CURLING.
What! … Who else thinks chick magnet Olympic Champion Kevin Martin isn’t cool?
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And what about the Norwegian fashion statement. A highlight of the Games. Their pants Facebook page has hundreds of thousands of fans.
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Cliff simply doesn’t understand curling. The Onion explains it:
… DOYLESTOWN, PA—After three hours of watching Canada take on Denmark in women’s curling Friday, regulars at the Cargo Grill in suburban Pennsylvania felt they had the rules and traditions of the sport sufficiently sussed out. “We basically think it’s like horseshoes but with ice,” bar patron Jim Comito said of the 500-year old sport. “The middle part of the bull’s-eye thing is worth two points unless they both get their pot-looking thing in the middle. Tommy said they use the brooms to clear little ice particles out of the way, but I still think it’s a static electricity thing.” By the tenth end, the entire bar felt they had enough information at their disposal to chant “Curl! Curl! Curl!” at the television.
Curling not cool … Gosh golly, Cliff. Get with the 19th century!
Zoe in RonCon t-shirt
Promoting her Dad’s upcoming series of business communicators conventions (PDF).
why won’t you clean the fridge?
Recall when Bill Gates in 2002 announced he was going to reinvent the refrigerator?
Like most of his other announcements for Microsoft, Bill didn’t deliver. Finally here’s some good news:
… appliance makers like Whirlpool, Viking Range Corp. and Sub-Zero Inc. are tackling the messy fridge problem with a host of new features including souped-up shelves, bacteria-killing devices and better lighting. …
Is your fridge better or worse than this one?
Read more on the Wall Street Journal:
Most Americans Tidy Their Refrigerators Only Once or Twice a Year; Manufacturers Try New Ways to Combat the Mess
Clara Hughes ROCKS
Clara Hughes has won the most Olympic medals of any Canadian woman, all time, tied with skating team mate Cindy Klassen.
But Clara won them in both Summer and Winter Olympics. In fact, she’s the only woman from any nation who has won more than one medal in both Summer and Winter. Amazing!
What’s next?
Clara plans future Ocean kayak adventures with her husband Peter Guzman.
why you should pirate movies
are you a slave to your STUFF?
The Steadfast Finances blogger is:
… the graphic below represents how my personal finances looked using what I call the “How your stuff owns you calendar?” method when I was fresh out of grad school, making ~$60,000 a year, and leveraged up to my eyeballs. …
Visualizing How the Things You Own, End Up Owning You
Me? … I’m a slave to my new-to-me car.
related post – Voluntary Simplicity
you RUINED my photo
That guy who always tries to ruin your perfect photo. He’s on Photobomb.
It reminds me of Awkward Family Photos.
