A once-in-a-lifetime event for three young men:
Evidently, whales are smart enough to avoid food that wears rubber wrappers 🙂
Category Archives: Fun
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.