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Slashdot | Canon’s new 16.7MP Digital SLR, with WiFi Boing! Now that’s a camera.

Now that’s a camera. It dwarfs my pathetic little 5 megapixel jobby and the wireless capabilities are freakin cool. A 16.7 MP wireless webcam. Holy moly!

Thanks to Chuff for the link.

Here’s a huge ass quicktime movie of how real life differs from life on the Internet. Caution all you people on dial up, this is a 21+ megabyte file and will take you until next Valentine’s Day to download. You’re out of luck unless you can sneak over to a friend’s house who happens to have a high speed connection. Sorry. Thanks again to Matt F.

From the Craig Kilborn Late Late Show we have bear vs trampoline:
trampoline-bear.wmv (1.85 mb)

Kilborn says the bear’s okay and considering the way he was limp when he fell he/she was probably fine. I remember when I was a kid dad (again, he was a veterinarian) had to give wildlife officers in NS the tranquilizer for their darts when a bear wandered into downtown Bridgewater and climbed a tree. He told them shoot the bear once and let the tranquilizer work for a few minutes before attempting to approach. I guess they were in a hurry because the idiots, seeing their first shot didn’t immediately bring the bear down, shot him three times. This overdose ended up killing him. Apparently he was stuck on a branch in the tree and was asleep after the first shot. Stupid.

Anyway, as Carol and I have had a running gag about bears jumping on trampolines. Boing! Boing! Thanks to Matt F for the timely video.

But I have to get The Lord of the Rings DVD Special Extended Version. The collection is only 2/3 complete. It’s likecereal without milk for God’s sake.

grandmaster bush gets down with his ultra bad self.

Check out Kids for Free! It appears they may be quite useful.

Angel sent me a link to this article called Nap time returns, for a price. A company in NY is offering sleep pods at $14 US per nap like those seen in Japanese capsule hotels. Interesting and a good idea at first glance. However, napping at your desk is much easier (I’ve seen it done) and cheaper. Also, I’m not too sure how well ventilated these pods are. What happens if the napper right before you was garlic afficianado, or much worse, suffering from uncontrollable, vile smelling flatulence? What could be worse than being dutch ovened by a stranger’s hideous farts? Not much… Shades of an empty elevator with a surprise odour. UGH! I have a big desk so I can crawl underneath it to catch some Z’s if I really want to. It’s the fact that my desk is in a high traffic area that might be a problem.

My friends Ken and Theresa Richardson in NS had to put their dog Kato to sleep. His kidneys were failing and he had cancer. Although a big scary Rottweiler he was really just a pussy cat. He even peed on Carol’s foot when we were there once. Condolences to the Richardsons. It’s never an easy decision to make. I watched my dad, as a vet, struggle with euthanasia a number of times. I feel sad. Bye Kato.

But funny anyway. Here’s Santa’s eleves farting The 12 Days of Christmas …yay Treacherous!