Never Put Salt in Your Eyes

New blog

I starting a blog for math, education and technology called Finnegan's Fidangle.

Chain of Command

In May I became an editor at a university math website. My main job is send visitor math questions out to the appropriate group of volunteers and then post the solutions on the website. There is this one volunteer who insists on sending her responses to the other editor. Since it has been assigned to me, he has to go out of his way to forward the responses onto me. It isn't a matter of her not knowing what to do, she is willfully doing it. The reason I was hired was to decrease the other editors work load and get the responses on the website quicker -- she is not helping the situation.

Ode to Photoshop 10

I love your new smart guides -- you make being a graphic design ninja that much easier.

NPH is the show fairy

Sesame Street: Neil Patrick Harris has Telly's new shoes

Grocery Shrink Ray

The Consumerist: Grocery Shrink Ray reports on the companies who decrease the size of their product but charge the same price.

Commie "Winnie the Pooh"

Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Joss Whedon has written a Sci-Fi musical web series. It stars Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillon.
Doctor Horrible Teaser Video

Here is the official website: Dr Horrible (I'm not sure when the episodes while premier.)

Powerwise Commercial: Treehouse

My favouritest commercial of the moment. Parents, what are you going to do with them?

Honest Reactions

I grabbed the movie off the self and asked Lyn: "Is that the same girl playing three roles?"

New Firefox

Firefox 3 came out today and it runs wicked fast (doesn't use as much memory as the previous versions. One warning though, your add-ons may not be up to date to work with the new version.

Mike Missing Mary*

*Actually he was pretending to be sad by something his future mother-in-law said.

Aerosmith has aged well

Wow, its been 40 years since Aerosmith released "Walk this Way".

Actress Kristen Bell pulling for Detroit
NHL .com, May 27, 2008, 5:12 PM EDT

Bank error in your favor, collect $200

My recent credit card statement has a credit from Amazon.com for $42.96. The strange thing is I haven't bought anything from Amazon since January. Fraudulent credit card credits? Mastercard told me to contact Amazon but they would investigate the matter.* Amazon was thoroughly confused as well. I was on hold for more than 20 minutes before they discovered that I had been overcharged for my purchase in January. They sent me an email but when I saw the title of the email referring to a purchase, I figured it was junk mail.





* The lady was very confused why I'd report an unknown credit to my account. As much as I enjoy an undeserved credit to my account, I don't want that amount charged to my account if an error was found.

Some Thoughts on Spam

I think a restaurant that only serves Spam is less absurd than Viking patrons or customers who drop down from the ceiling.

Japan's Version of The Office

The only funny thing about SNL's season finale was the digital short were Ricky Gervais explains the Japanese origins of The Office.

My point exactly...

I guess I'm not the only one who noticed the plethora of sports writers who know nothing about hockey.

Stackley Cup Playoffs Underway

NEW YORK—The 2008 Stackley Cup Playoffs, a set of odd-number-of-games series that will determine the champion of the National Huckie League, are well underway, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Monday. At press time,...

Am I being too picky?

As I read a news story about Mark Messier being made into an action figure, these sentences confused me:

For Frank, Wednesday morning was extra special. Frank is a New Jersey native and grew up a fan of the red, white and blue. Messier was the captain of the franchise’s lone championship in the past 68 years, when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994.

Thoughts going though Janice's head: "New Jersey so he is a Devils' fan. Wait, nope. Why would it be extra special for a Montreal Canadiens' fan from New Jersey to meet Mark Messier? Oh, nope. He's a Rangers fan. Stupid sport writer." It isn't just me having them on the brain, "Blue, White and Red" is a commonly used for the Habs. "The Broadway Blueshirts" is the Rangers' nickname. Is it wrong for me to expect a professional sports writer to be a better writer and to know more about hockey than myself? Does this man not have editors?

To the point:
"Being a Rangers' fan, Frank was excited to meet the former captain."*

Colourful sports writing:
"For Frank, Wednesday morning was extra special. Frank is a New Jersey native and grew up a fan of The Broadway Blueshirts. Messier was the captain of the franchise’s lone championship in the past 68 years, when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994."

This warrants a new tag.





*Are you happy now Ky? Or are you going to complain now about the use of the passive voice?

Victoria Pictures!

I've uploaded my trip pictures onto Flickr but not all have been captioned yet.