Virtual vehicles for the metaverse
Every day, I park at the local community centre. It’s a great deal — only two dollars to park all day. Most other places charge at least six.
This morning, however, it was free. Someone had quite brutally ripped the insides from the ticket machine, leaving only a twisted metal shell. And there was a helpful little note taped to it that read, “OUT OF ORDER”.
It’s a good thing that note was there.
Evan wasn’t kidding when he said that things won’t change at Blogger now that Google bought it. Blogger’s down. Again.
Well it looks like McDonald’s has brought back their Hockey Hero Sandwich:
three ground beef patties
onions, lettuce, tomato
“Cheese Slices” (processed cheese-like product)
“Pepper Jack Cheese” (more processed cheese-like product)
“Mayonnaise-style Sauce”
all on a “Homestyle Bun”
According to their website, this behemoth burger weighs in at 283 grams and contains 40 grams of fat and 68 milligrams of cholesterol… if you trust those figures. That’s almost two-thirds of a pound of… foodlike matter.
Then add to that the Supersize fries: 178 grams containing 27 grams of fat and 12 milligrams of cholesterol.
Hockey hero? What self-respecting athelete would come within ten feet of this grease-saturated monstrosity? A sumo hero, maybe.
On the shelf in the corner of my desk sits a rack of folders that are clearly labelled and colour-coded by project and function. The folders are full of paper and look impressively tidy and organized. Anyone entering my cubicle will be struck by a sense of purpose and order, because I have a system.
I wonder if it would help if I actually used them for something.
On November 18, I wrote about how mainstream media ignored worldwide protests against a war in Iraq (Thousands protest. No one notices.). Well, if news websites are any indication, this time it appears that at least Canadian politicians are getting the message.
In this quote, Gilles Duceppe hits the nail on the head:
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe was among the Montreal marchers who felt the United States cannot act alone against Iraq.
“The United States defence minister told us last week how it was unfortunate they can’t use chemical weapons, and that the use of atomic weapons was a possibility,” Duceppe said. “My God, it makes no sense for people who are supposedly responsible to use such language. I am very happy the (UN weapons) inspectors showed there’s not enough proof to go to war with Iraq.” *
And Vancouver mayor, Larry Campbell:
“If this conflict continues, they will be coming for your children, for the young people here, to go fight in their war,” he said. “If they drop a nuclear bomb [here] you will be breathing it. This is very much a problem for our city.” *
And finally, PM Jean Chretien in this speech in Chicago on Thursday. Well, it’s about as forthright as the guy’s ever going to get:
The price of being the world’s only superpower is that its motives are sometimes questioned by others. Great strength is not always perceived by others as benign. Not everyone around the world is prepared to take the word of the United States on faith. *
Maybe, eventually, someone in the Whitehouse will start to listen. I can just imagine Dubya’s next speech: “Awww. You people never let us have any fun.”