Writings and Musings

Online Gaming Walkthrough and How-To

German website www.casino.de and its English version counterpart/sister site Online-Casinos.com teaches new users to online gaming the basics of each game and for seasoned pros, it also offers strategies and tips to increase chances of winning. It covers all the popular casino games but caters to the online gamer aspect, for ...

Sex and the City the Movie (2008) - Free DVD Offer

Four years ago, our New York City foursome in Manolo Blahniks, Jimmy Choos and, well quite frankly, all the designer shoe labels that I can barely afford without leaving me in the poor house, left our television screens. Or at least left our screens in the new episodes sense, ...

Quirky and Fun: Harajuku Lovers Fragrance

Gwen Stefani has released a new perfume line under her Harajuku Lovers brand and unlike the perfume released under her other popular line, L.A.M.B., this one has a cute and quirky flare that you'd expect a Harajuku Lovers product to have. How is it different than other fragrances? Well, first ...

Does The Secret Really Work? Well, let’s see.

photo credit: Reenie-Just Reenie So, first, what is The Secret? I shall quote for you the summary from the book version of The Secret: It's the Law of Attraction. Like attracts like -- so when you think a thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you. Thoughts have a frequency. When you ...

Coopers’ Camera (2008)

Coopers' Camera, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, is a film brimming with Canadian talent. It's written by The Daily Show's Jason Jones and Billable Hours' Mike Beaver and directed by Warren P. Sonoda. It was also filmed in Canada. But don't let all the "Canadianness" ...

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: A Web Musical Made of Awesome

If you haven't already, get yourself on drhorrible.com and check out Act I and Act II of the 3 part web musical. It's described by creator Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and Firefly and all-around genius, as a musical about a "low-rent super villain" that happens to also blog. The ...

Meeting David Sedaris

Well, what's better to do on a Friday night than line up for hours outside a bookstore to meet your favourite author? And that is exactly what I, the big ol' nerd that I am, did to meet David Sedaris. I thought there would be a reading as well, and a David ...

Initial Thoughts on the Microsoft Zune 8 GB

I've been an iPod user for years. After chucking my old 64MB (yes, that's 64 megabytes) Rio 600, which was, at the time, quite the spiffy gadget and considered cutting-edge technology in a time when most people used discmans for their portable music, I moved onto my beloved 4th generation ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Followers of my blog (all two of you!) may remember my previously voiced criticism and discontent over news of the live-action adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. I understand the dilemma of trying to remold something that was popular many years ago to something that bears relevance to the ...

ComedyCentral.com and TheDailyShow.com now blocking Canadian visitors

I found a solution! See bottom of this post. Comedy Central's Motherload is like the "interweb mecca" for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report fans. It offers a fairly large archive of clips for both shows, streamed for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Whenever you wanted ...