Make Your Own Ice Cream Bars
I ran across an article on how to Make Your Own Ice Cream Bars Everyone loves ice cream bars in the summer. Those you get from the grocery store leave a lot to be desired. This looks very tasty.
Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries
Interesting statistics. Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries. The USA buys almost 1/4 of its crude oil from Canada and 1/8 each from Mexico & Saudi Arabia.
Seasons Do Not Start on the Solstices or Equinoxes
By many ancient traditions, the solstices are the Middle of their respective seasons (as in Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”). This is especially true in an agricultural society. It is our modern society that has renamed the solstices as the start of the seasons instead. In the Celtic tradition, the seasons were marked with...
Another iPad Giveaway
I ran across an iPad giveaway today on Where Does All My Money Go. I really hope I win this time… seeing as I didn’t win last time
iPad Giveaway
I ran across an iPad giveaway today on Where Does All My Money Go. I really hope I win! Now to start reading more of the blog to see if it’s worth adding to Google Reader or not…
Sunflowers and Morning Glories
Twenty one of the Sunflowers and 3 of the Morning Glories are so tall that I had to remove them from the plastic dome of my seedling greenhouse. I also have at least two tomatoes peeking out, and a bunch of marigolds.
Micro-hypermiling
Over on TreeHugger, Sami Grover has suggested a new term: micro-hypermiling. Micro-hypermiling is hypermiling on a pre-defined route with which the drive is intimately familiar.
iPhone – Ruined?
If you believe that Rogers pricing plan for the iPhone has ruined the iPhone experience for you, and you live in Canada, please check out www.ruinediphone.com and sign the petition. The lowest cost voice and data plan for the iPhone is $60 and it is feature poor. I’m not going to go into details right...
Download DVD movies from Apple’s iTunes?
Apple announced today the ability to purchase movies from iTunes in the US (I’m sure it will spread worldwide in time). Now, the news release doesn’t mention what file size the movie downloads are, but I think it’s ridiculous that anyone would consider this for standard viewing. Here’s why.
Purolator Sucks – AGAIN!
My XBox 360 died a while back – unplayable disc errors – basically the DVD drive stopped working. The unit is still under warranty, so microsoft offered a free repair. Microsoft sent me a box (coffin) to ship the box along with a return shipping label. The first red flag! It was from Purolator. “Uh...
Blog Post from Google Docs
This is a sample blog post created and edited using Google Docs. Once I’m done typing this message I will attempt to post it to my blog at http://www.brianlang.ca. I’m including a photo of my son Joseph picking what he wants to eat for supper. Just to see how Google Docs handles it. Update: Well,...
New Glasses update
Well, my glasses finally arrived, one month to the day I ordered them. Seemed more than a little slow to me. The package was postmarked Pakistan!! Of the two pair I ordered, one is not going to last long as it is very flimsy. The other pair, the one with the chromatic lenses, seems fine,...
