Category: general

If it wasn’t for Minority Report, the top line of this site would have terrified me. Here’s hoping Spielberg doesn’t fuck it up.

Sorry about that, it’s been a long week. Welcome to the new and improved server. Nothing’s changed in terms of what the collection of deadsquid sites look like, but we’re with a new hosting provider. After five and a half years living it up in New York City, our new home is somewhere in Virginia. […]

I’m a huge fan of mashups, where someone remixes two or more tracks from different artists together and comes up with something cool. Soundhog is probably my favourite mashup DJ/arteest, and he’s done a lot of great stuff. I was goofing around with Launch last night and came across the Linkin Park/Jay-Z video of Encore/Numb. […]

See their home page (I cannot get at it from some networks who shall remain nameless) IStop.com service disruption We regret that Bell Canada, in direct contravention of its contractual obligations to us, has suspended service to IStop over disputed billings. IStop has repeatedly brought Bell’s errors to its attention, without receiving a response. IStop […]

And I quote: IStop.com service disruption Bell Canada cut off IStop.com for refusing to pay over a million dollars in disputed charges. Written notice was given to Bell several times over the past 3 years demanding that the dispute be escalated; the contract with Bell stipulates disputes should be escalated to the office of the […]

The zoomquilt (Flash required) is pretty cool. Have a gander. Additional formats, and a screensaver, can be found on the project’s home page.

Today fell into the “good” category. I actually managed to get some things accomplished at work and, it being U.S. Thanksgiving, I took the afternoon off to watch football. I met up with a bunch of the folks I worked with at Public Works Canada (now PWGSC) back when I had my own little consulting […]

MSN is carrying a little ditty on Holiday disasters. Most of them are annoying as hell, but one made me think of Lee. I won’t link to the page, because the stories really are lame, but this person seems to have the right idea on how to make any dinner a success: Recipe for Success […]

ok, continuing along the “let’s play videogames” mantra of this past weekend, I just finished a 90-minute Amplitude (still the best $20 you’ll spend on a PS2 game – trust me) session. My eyeballs feel something like glass rubbed with sandpaper and then blow-dried. The game forces you to pay attention, which means you don’t […]

…made me laugh: Q: What is the difference between Texas and yogurt? A: Yogurt has culture. Just ask z, he’ll tell you.