A once-in-a-lifetime event for three young men:
Evidently, whales are smart enough to avoid food that wears rubber wrappers 🙂
THE Original Flight Simulator
Boys and girls, this game was once the cutting edge of video game technology:
Played on the humble Commodore 64, this game amazingly featured:
- multi-dimensional flying controls (turning, up/down, speed)
- mid-air refueling
- limited weaponry
- an overhead map
- functional graphics
- smooth gameplay
- no doubt about what’s going on
The game was called A.C.E. – Air Combat Emulator.
Get a load of those sounds!
More info on this all-time great is available at Lemon64.
Should I Get a Cat?
To see what owning a cat is like, press play:
(If you’re asking the question, the answer is yes: get a cat. 🙂 )
Music Video from Outer Space
Astronaut Chris Hadfield goes down in history as the first guy to make a great music video from outer space. Recorded aboard the International Space Station, the imagery is simply stunning.
A Look Behind the Scenes
How exactly does a guitar end up in space? What model does a Canadian astronaut end up playing in the video?
This quick video gives the story behind humanity’s first space guitar:
See more: Larrivée Guitars
Edmonton’s Weirdest Place
The new art gallery in downtown Edmonton is definitely the oddest looking building north of Red Deer. With swooping swoops and shoodley-whoops, this building will either make you swoon with delight or pause in fright.
One piece of the impressively improving Winston Churchill square district, the downtown Edmonton of old (cold, dull, empty, utilitarian) is a thing of the past. Well, not the cold part.
Photo Credit: Stella Blu via Compfight
Aside from the abnormal exterior, there’s curious stuff happening inside too.
One thing’s for sure: with oil prices only going up, this won’t be the last bizarre structure to grace the Alberta Capital.
Happy 30th, Commodore 64
The breakthrough device in fun home computing is about to turn 30.
Photo Credit: Audrey & Max via Compfight
Brought into full production in 1982, the Commodore 64 was by far the most entertaining & usable early computer. A hybrid in terms of intended use, it was distinct from pure video game consoles like ColecoVision (also released in 1982) and from pure early “serious” computers like IBM’s XT PC (released in 1983). You could program with it, use a modem (though very slowly), do office tasks (again, slowly), and play games that featured excellent graphics and almost no latency. At the time, it was miles ahead of the competition.
Something went desperately wrong with marketing or corporate strategy along the way, but for a time it was really the cutting edge. For many, Commodore is the beginning of home or personal computing. Maybe it was commercials like this that did Commodore in:
What is it? A learning tool? A programming platform? A party magnet?
Regardless of what it was or wasn’t, the games on the Commodore were really amazing. Remember that this device comes from 1982:
Happy 30th, Commodore!
Studio Cat
Photo Credit: John Maffei via Compfight
Groaner
Q: What did the lawyer name her daughter?
A: Sue.
Top 10 Bald Head Jokes
Poor Bald Bill – he is losing his hair and everyone laughs. Good thing he doesn’t give a rip.
Here are the top 100 10 jokes about his awesome hair loss:
10. At The Barbershop
Bald Bill: I want a haircut please.
Barber: Certainly. Which one?
9. Dancing
After accepting an invitation to dance with Bald Bill, a young woman wanted to lighten the mood and said, “Honey, God was good to you! He gave you a handsome face and room for another one.”
8. Sunday School
The Sunday School teacher asked if any of the children had heard a quote from the Bible in the past week. Little Billy spoke up, “Bald Bill doesn’t have any hair on his head. He says that God put hair on everything that he was ashamed of.”
7. Volleyball
Bald Bill had to stop playing volleyball because people kept swinging at his head.
6. Did God Make Bald Bill?
A little girl climbed into Bald Bill’s lap and studied his white, balding head.
“Did God make you?”, she asked.
“Yes”, he answered.
“Did God make me too?” she wondered.
“Yes”, he replied.
“Well,” she shrugged, “don’t you think he’s doing a lot better job now than he used to?”
5. Comedy Club
Bald Bill walks into a comedy club and the comedian spots his bald head.
He turns to the crowd and says, “Look, that guy spent all night doing his hair and then forgot to bring it with him.”
4. Pigheaded
Bald Bill: Doctor, can you give me something for my baldness?
Doctor: How about a few pounds of pig manure?
Bald Bill: Will that cure my baldness?
Doctor: No, but with that on your head no one will come near enough to notice.
3. Broken Bones
Bald Bill wonders if he can still get a hairline fracture.
2. Haircut From His Wife
Bald Bill’s wife was cutting his thinning hair, when little Billy arrived home looking for a snack. She offered a kiwifruit and tried to tempt him with its nutritious qualities. “It has more vitamin C than an orange,” she remarked.
“And more hair than Bald Bill,” added Little Billy.
1. Little Billy Asks About Baldness
Little Billy is eating breakfast one morning and gets to thinking about things.
“Mommy, mommy, why does Bald Bill have so few hairs on his head?” he asks his mother.
“He thinks a lot,” replies his mother, pleased with herself for coming up with such a quick answer to Little Billy’s question.
Or she is until Billy thinks for a second and asks, “So why do you have so much hair?”
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From the full collection of 100 Bald Head Jokes.
Montreal Court Custody Decision
A seven year old boy was the center of attention when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge awarded custody to his aunt. The boy confirmed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and refused to live there. When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents the boy cried out that they beat him more than anyone.
In an unprecedented court ruling, the judge dramatically allowed the boy to choose who should have custody of him. Custody was granted to the Montreal Canadiens hockey team this morning, as the boy firmly believes that they are not capable of beating anyone…
🙂