Nokia E61 - My new phone

So I'm writting this from my phone from some boring printer seminar. I was going to buy the E62 from Rogers, but it doesn't have WIFI. I will write a full review later.

Signing off.

Life is full of irony

Irony is all around us. Take Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter", who gets killed by a sting-ray, yet countless times played around with dangerous animals.

Why is it that kids will not pay $0.99 for a full song on iTunes, but will gladly buy a 30 second low bitrate ring-tone for $2.50?

Why do we all complain when gas goes above the $1.00 mark, yet we gladly pay $1.50 for a liter of water!

Why do hot-dogs come in packages of 12, and hot-dog buns in packages of 10? Do you buy 2 bags of buns, and have 8 left over? Then you buy another package of hot-dogs, but need 4 extra buns. Oh the math gives me a headache.

How about when a pop-up comes up and tries to sell you a solution to help rid you of pop-ups?

Diamonds last forever, but so few marriages do!

Why do people who hate Math play Sudoku?

Why do they call them hemorrhoids and not Asteroids?

Why are they called Apartments if they are stuck together?

Smoke on the Logger

Congradulations to Johnny Helbo who won the Gillan's Inn Smoke on the Water contest! Johnny builds beautiful log homes and did some work with beams at my house in Morin Heights. He recorded this song a while ago to help his song learn how to play. What does the band think?

Judges Comments:
Ian: Interesting. F#(king Great! I love it. Total disrespect, it’s great. Brilliant.

Michael: What a radical and fun interpretation. It’s fresh, brave, different and I loved it.

John: Another original interpretationI really like the heavy feelThe lo-fi of the lead vocals felt a little odd at first but once I got used to to it I quite liked the approach – you can sing – on balance I think I’d rather hear you without the effect.Same goes for the lead guitar – you should have been in the guitar section – lose the reverb and get up frontGreat band and a good mix – hats off to the engineer.

Thanks to all who helped in the voting. A very special thanks goes to the mystery fan "Enema Bootcamp" who stayed up late voting and putting Johnny over the top in this close race.

Wow...Johnny wins some cool gear from the band! Sweet.

George Bush singing Sunday Bloody Sunday

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LonelyGirl15 - Real or Fake?

YouTube superstar lonelygirl15, the mystery chick who posts confessional videos and has long been suspected of being part of some big media company's stealth campaign, might actually be an independent filmmakers' project, according to the post from the LonelyGirl15 website's "creators."

I personally heard about her from Geek Brief and found the episodes really well done. Check out Geek Brief at http://geekbrief.podshow.com

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Storm Large has left the building!

Ok...I admit it...I'm hooked on Rockstar Supernova. I watch it more because of Dave Navarro of the Panic Channel and the contestants than Supernova (composed of Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted & Gilby Clarke). Supernova have played a few songs off their new album and frankly, I have yet to be impressed. I found the originals by Lukas, Storm & especially Toby were much better and had a hook to them. Although Dilana has been suffering in the last few episodes and her song was not impressive for me, she is still a good pick for the band. At this point, I give it either to Dilana or Toby.

I enjoyed Storm Large and her style (today, the day after she gets the boot, her site is down because of too many visitor!). I have no doubt that she will do fine. You can catch her on YouTube and see her with her other band in skimpy costumes. I think she should go solo and use her name for marketing - it's good!

Others who have left us are Ryan Star which really showed some talent there in the end. I think he should go solo, release his song "Back of your car" on a CD entitled Dark Horse (a nickname given by Dave on the show).

As odd as Zayra was, and as bad a mismatch she was for the band, her original song "Lluvia De Mar" was really good. If you like Bjork, you will probably enjoy her solo stuff.

Since all these contestants have 15 minutes of fame, I would suggest put out music NOW. Sell from your personal web site your songs for $0.25 to $0.50 (What I think a song should sell for) and they will get volume of purchases (at that low price point). They can then go for a contract with a record company and say "Hey, I sold 10,000 songs on my website - imagine what I could do with a budget!".

So farewell Storm, I know we will see you again. Looking forward to seeing if Supernova will improve with the right performer! In the meantime, listen to "Why Cry" from The Panic Channel (they have it on their MySpace page).

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank

Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.

Banksy has replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?

He has also doctored pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite topless and with a dog's head.

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Play A Dozen Retro Video Games Online

Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Frogger, Moon Patrol, Pac Man, Pong, Simon, Space Invaders, Star Castle, Tetris, and Tic Tac Toe. *Quarters not required.

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New Trojan Disguised As Cutting Edge Video Codec

Users looking for the latest and greatest video software may not just be in danger from media lawyers. Security firm Panda Software last week warned that zCodec, which claims to offer "up to 40 percent better (video) quality", is in fact an adware program that can install Trojans, rootkits and other malicious software.

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