A short post - because it’s just over a day before I leave for TBay, and I may not get to post over the break much, if at all. I’ll be back in Waterloo January 2 to continue my studies in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo! [Which I recently found out was part of a group of universities called the G10, sort of the Ivy League of Canada] :)

An update to an earlier post first. I’ve officially stopped visiting Slashdot in favour of a combination of Digg/Reddit. Digg has the larger following and seems to have mainstream articles alot faster, while Reddit [in my observation] tends to have more technical links. They compliment each other, and are serving me quiet well. [My user name is Kratoz on both] I’m getting caught up in the Karma of Reddit. At one point my Karma rose 3 points, but then as a negative reaction to a submission I gave, dropped 5. It’s hard not to take it personally (well…it’s meant to be taken personally).

I am considering making a new sidebar for interesting/random Wikipedia articles I come across. I am finding I am accumulating more of them then then entries I make. [I've been posting them as 'Random Wikipedia Articles'] Until I do so, I came across some neat ones I thought might pique someone’s interest. Apparently there is a tense debate over if Ketchup should be put on Hotdogs. I also learned this week that Alan Smithee is a pseudonym for directors who disown their work. Since the passing of Sol the hobo clown this week (who I remember watching videos of) I was having a reminiscing moment over my past elementary school French education (which most of the time I say was conjugating Etre and Avoir and playing French Bingo). This led me to Téléfrançais, and Ananas, the talking Pineapple. Oh!, the fond memories! [Téléfrançais, Téléfrançais...Téléfrançais!]

This week I shopped for a new watch. My current one is a Roots’ Sphere , is a little warn and I was getting bored with it. I settled on a Fossil Gunmetal Dial, which is a beautiful watch. I’m very pleased with it. :) I was displeased how Fossil wouldn’t let me order to Canada from BOTH their website AND their 1-800 phone number. I turned to Amazon, and they wanted to charge me a $25 US shipping fee. This was unacceptable, so I eventually treked to the Fossil store at Devonshire Mall in Windsor. So much for Internet shopping. I did find out a really weird fact…Watch ads are set to 10:08 and 36 seconds. I guess figuring things like this out is why companies have advertising firms.

Three Google related things: First, an article about how Google is just cool to work for. Second is how to use Google as a free proxy. Last is Google’s ‘Zeitgeist’ for 2005. Fascinating data provided!

I’ll leave you with these amazing photos of a VW assembly plant. Wow. Have a happy holiday season everyone!

Currently Listening to: Mr. Roboto - Styx
Random Wikipedia Article: Liger