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Would have, Could have, Should have.  •  For various reasons, I have never spent any real money in the stock market but I still follow a couple specific stocks on a daily basis. For a moment today, Apple Stock past the $200 mark and has no signs of stopping. Is $600/share in 2009 realistic … read more »

Although not as detailed as I would have liked as it looks like it went direct from Memphis to Charlottetown, it is interesting to see how quickly an order can be shipped half way around the globe.  •  Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 10:23 AM: Package data transmitted to FedEx  •  Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 12:59 PM …

Asa Dotzler posted a cool photo of Orion Nebula which just happens to be 1,500 light years away and also visible to the naked eye. One light year is about 9,460,000,000,000 km making that photo 9 trillion * 1500 kilometers away. (14,190,000,000,000,000 km or 14 Quadrillion km).  •  If light year … read more »

With the largest jackpot in Canadian history coming to a close and one lucky ticket taking home 54 million, the math behind this can be confusing.  •  With an estimated 50 million tickets sold (our population is only 32 million), there was only one ticket with the right number. If this page is …

A classic video that has been floating around for years. It's funny every time. Watch badday.mpg (416kb).

I find it amusing to see movie or TV credits where the actor/actress goes by a previous gimmick or stage name from a band, pro wrestling etc. A few that comes to mind: The Rock, Ice T, Ice Cube. You may not associate Dwayne Johnson as "The Rock", but it is his real name.

During a time when efforts are high to battle piracy, it's a shame that when we do spend $30 on a movie, we are now forced to watch previews of other movies first with no option to skip other then fast forward.  •  This being even more annoying then many terrible menu screens, having no previews …

Very recently on the channel formerly known as TechTV, there was a discussion talking about the first time you remember using an Instant Message client and how cool it was. Everyone rhymed off their first ICQ numbers without hesitation. As I watched and thought how bad that was, I was already …

I was browsing the population statistics of the world this week. With 6 billion people in the world, which countries have the most?, which city?  •  which is physically the biggest?.