http://grelmar.com With all the subtlety of a Viking in an Irish Monastary Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:40:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Subtitle: Durn Proud to be Canuck Ok, I actually mounted the flag Saturday.  It'll stay up until Labour Day.   Same drill every year: Flag goes up the weekend before Canada Day, and comes down on Labour Day. http://grelmar.com/2008/07/01/happy-canada-day/ Ok, I'm a Canuck, so I don't really have a horse in the race as far as the upcoming American election is concerned. But this is a damn funny video. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU[/video] http://grelmar.com/2008/06/14/viral-video/ Subtitle: Yes, I have way too much time and spare parts... Now, you might think that, given the order of posts, the following project was inspired by the Conan Night I held last weekend, but the two are fairly unrelated. Actually, the inspiration for the following project came during the ... http://grelmar.com/2008/05/25/weaponize-your-pentium-ii/ Subtitle: A Little Backyard Guerrilla Theatre A few weeks back a friend and I got to talking about old movies we loved when we were kids. Eventually, the conversation turned to Conan the Barbarian, which I have in my video collection. One thing led to another, and I decided ... http://grelmar.com/2008/05/19/conan-night/ Subtitle: Taking out the Christmas Blahs on some Defenseless Monitors. This video actually was taken on three different occasions over the past couple of weeks since I posted the last video. This time, we take out some monitors. As a result of viewer feedback from the last video, we shot ... http://grelmar.com/2007/12/22/more-senseless-destruction/ Subtitle: Linux Will Conquer All The first time I used a computer was back in the late 70's. My dad used to take me with him to his office if he had to work a few hours on a Saturday (I think to get me out of my mom's hair). ... http://grelmar.com/2007/12/13/ubuntu-makes-me-happy/ Subtitle: Breaking Stuff for Fun and Video So, I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but I changed jobs yet again a couple of months ago. I'm working at a "Technology Re-Marketing Company" now. Basically, we collect old, surplus tech from large companies, refurbish and sell what we can, ... http://grelmar.com/2007/12/03/a-good-friday-at-work/ Just caught this on Wired. Apparently, Futurama went back into production in 2005 and 16 new episodes have been created and are slated to be released on DVD today. Then, the episodes are set to air on Comedy central sometime next year. By the time it airs on Comedy Central, it will ... http://grelmar.com/2007/11/27/the-return-of-futurama-woohoo/ Subtitle: Now THESE Guys Have Way Too Much Time On Their Hands. Hmmm... Looks like I completely skipped September, as far as posting here. Oh Well. Anyway, some Ubergeeks in California have built a 21 Foot scale model of an X-Wing. Which wouldn't be that big of a deal, really, ... http://grelmar.com/2007/10/03/nerdgasm-moment-rocket-powered-21-foot-model-x-wing/ Subtitle: The Ultimate Urban Assualt Vehicle. I dunno, maybe it's just because after over 2 years of working nights and now I suddenly find myself dealing with rush hour traffic again, but I really, really, want one of these. God bless the US military industrial complex for coming up with ... http://grelmar.com/2007/08/28/an-suv-for-the-rest-of-us/