Safe For Work (and Kids) Bell Canada thinks we should be protected from medical illustrations and builts an ad campaign around it. Some people are not amused.

That ball was out!

"Hey there. I'm Todd. I'm from Corporate McDonald's. We're trying out a new promotion today."
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Creepy head shots. Wait 15 seconds after the page has loaded... Via Blork

Size matters. Really.

Don't step on the rails without authorisation! Fabulous ad for the French railway company. Packed with special effects and dry humor. [QuickTime] (In French but subtitled in English for the language impaired)

The Graphing Calculator Story [It's about a piece of math software but not boring at all]

The O'Canada Factor Since today Canadians can watch Fox News too. Bill O'Reilly of The O'Reilly Factor, as a special treat to his newly found Canadian audience, devotes his entire show to Canada and even interviews himself. "Here at The Factor, we've talked about boycotting Canada in the past. Think this is an empty threat? Ask France. Face it; Canada is utterly dependent on America for its economic well being. Last time I checked, Americans make 40 million visits to Canada a year. We spend upwards of $10 billion and this doesn't even include all the hidden taxes those communists levy on us as we're leaving their land of igloos and left-wing defeatism." Read the transcript. [registration required. use regfree@fastchevy.com/regfree]

Apologies accepted

Why am I not happy? Artificial Intelligence really made a progress, the last couple of years.

Animations by Pes These reminded me of the work of Jan Švankmajer, but that is a good thing. Using everyday objects and materials, Pes creates a very funny films. Examples: KaBoom!, Drowning Nut and Prank Call. Many more available, some are NSFW. [Quicktime required]

At least his heart is in the right place.

Dear diary, you make me sic. Keeping a diary is bad for your health, say UK psychologists. “In fact, you’re probably much better off if you don’t write anything at all."
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The Likudization of the world
Naomi Klein writes a comment piece in Canada's Globe and Mail about the adoption by Russia of Israel's ruling party's way of looking at terrorism. more inside

Contact?

It's just colored text But it looks nice.

I. Am. So. Lazy. Are you a lazy monkey too? There is hope. "The monkeys under the influence of the treatment don't procrastinate."

Forget the Citation Index. You can now simply cast your vote for the best scientist. The list of nominees includes Doctor Strangelove, Mr Spock and Doctor Frankenstein.

Great Hackers
(second post today, I know, but it's a great essay)

Kopi Luwak A food scientist has cracked the secrets of the world's most expensive coffee, Kopi Luwak (described by some as "earthy, musty, syrupy, smooth and rich, with both jungle and chocolate undertones"), whose beans pass through the intestinal tract of an Indonesian civet before being roasted and savoured. Maybe they could ask this Belgian artist to build a machine to make this coffee without the help of cats?