- Yet another bad bad joke
Tuesday 11 October 2005
Q: What is ET short for?
A: Because he’s got small legs.
- Wallace and Gromit destroyed by fire
Tuesday 11 October 2005
Some film history has disappeared. The warehouse containing all the sets for the Wallace and Gromit films, plus *Creature Comforts* and *Chicken Run* has [burnt to the ground.
- Small change
Monday 10 October 2005
The more observant amongst you will have noticed that I changed the silly line at the top of the main jurgen dot ca page from “preparing for the new world ordinary” (I made that one up) to one that I’ve stolen from Tom Waits: “the piano has been drinking, not me”.
- IgNobel Prizes awarded
Saturday 8 October 2005
I love the Ig Nobel awards, they’re always good for a laugh.
- One million Aeroplan points for $7000
Saturday 8 October 2005
<![CDATA[ This man is brilliant! For about $7000 he’s amassing one million Aeroplan points, roughly equivalent to ten business class flights between Vancouver and Sydney.
- The revolution will not be webcast
Friday 7 October 2005
I’m surprised this isn’t getting more coverage. A little while ago, the US announced that it wasn’t going to give up control of the Internet’s root DNS servers anytime soon.
- Video iPod?
Thursday 6 October 2005
Patrick wrote some stuff about the rumoured Video iPod on his site.
- Gloat gloat gloat
Wednesday 5 October 2005
Bound to be ignored by stuck-up Melbn’ers, [Vancouver was again rated the number one](http://www.
- What is VOIP?
Thursday 29 September 2005
In my role as guru of all things with buttons and wires, I’m frequently called upon to demystify certain technologies and buzzwords.
- The best excuse yet
Wednesday 28 September 2005
For all those times you’re caught with your pants down, enjoying yourself a little **too** much while riding a ferris wheel with two guys and a video camera, just remember this [handy little excuse:](http://www.