A Google Easter Egg (or, what it would be like if you crossed a Google with a Microsoft):

http://docs.google.com/images/cliply.gif

[via waxy.org: links] . . . [more]

Just a quick note to highlight the fact that Slaw’s own Dominic Jaar is featured on today’s lexblog Q&A.

This week’s interviews were all geared toward the upcoming ABA Techshow, but they were also very kind to Canadians. LSBC practice management advisor, and legal management blogger Dave Bilinsky was featured earlier in the week.

Congrats gentlemen! . . . [more]

There’s a story I recall about some famous and brilliant mathematician — perhaps Norbert Wiener — who rarely took his nose out of a book and who didn’t like to waste time: he would read while walking to and from the classroom (or perhaps his office) but have his arm out such that with a small part of his (very big) brain he could count the doorframes as they were ticked off against his hand; at the right count, his wrist would stiffen, and with his arm as a lever, rotate himself into the room still reading.

Now, that’s multitasking. . . . [more]

While Scrabulous is still dealing with various legal and copyright issues and two game companies are rumoured to be creating legitimate online versions of the game, one can easily forget about the joys of playing this board game for real. Yes, with real live people, pen and scorepad (and calculator for us mathematically-challenged), an agreed upon dictionary, and a few hours to kill, you too can spell your way to fun! But why not take it one step further and participate in Frontier College’s Scrabble Night in Canada:

The SCRABBLE® Friends and Family Challenge is a SCRABBLE® event that . . . [more]

Have you ever had the experience of working at something fairly important only to have your attention hijacked by a jot, a mustard seed, a thing so insignificant as to be an absence, even? The memo is due by the end of the day and along about 3 p.m. it strikes you that there’s this blemish on the “k” key; you can feel it with the tip of your ring finger, you swear you can; and it’s… irritating. What you really need is a Q-tip and maybe some nail polish remover. You go looking…

As I’ve mentioned a couple of . . . [more]

This week’s fillip is about malware — and the tip comes from Mr. Bonware himself, Michael Lines.

Malwarez is a project of Alex Dragulescu and takes what is wretched and makes it fascinating, if not beautiful. The idea is — Wait, it’s Friday for heaven’s sake: I’ll let Alex tell you about it and save my breath for the snow-shovelling that is the new normal here in Snowronto:

Malwarez is a series of visualization of worms, viruses, trojans and spyware code. For each piece of disassembled code, API calls, memory addresses and subroutines are tracked and analyzed. Their frequency, density

The following article from the NY Times takes an interesting look at the respective websites of Candidate Clinton and Candidate Obama: Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?

There are subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the two sites; but what message do the sites send? Are those messages intentional? Read the Article and then judge for yourself.

Clinton Website

Obama Website

Once that little comparative exercise has been completed, have a bit more fun by comparing them to the website of the Republican nominee and then try to figure out what McCain might be:

McCain Website . . . [more]

The Canadian Journalism Foundation is presenting Michael Geist in both Toronto on March 6th and Vancouver on April 3rd. The session description:

The Internet and new technologies have ushered in a seemingly unlimited array of possibilities for access to knowledge, creativity, and public participation. University of Ottawa Law School professor and internationally renowned expert on law and the internet Michael Geist will highlight the role that the Internet is playing for new creativity and knowledge sharing, while identifying the business and policy challenges that this creates for journalists and journalism. The talk will be followed by a Q&A moderated by

Be sure to check out the University of Calgary Law School’s newest effort – ABlawg.ca.

From the About page:

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce “ABlawg: The University of Calgary Faculty of Law Blog on Developments in Alberta Law”. ABlawg includes commentary by faculty members, sessional instructors, and research associates at our affiliated institutes on Alberta court and tribunal decisions as well as legislative and policy developments in the province. We are grateful to the funding provided by the Alberta Law Foundation in support of this project.

I’m also noting this project was funded by the Alberta . . . [more]

Must be the day. 

 Massive B.C. cockfighting raid sparks 13-hour cull 

And

Cockfighting raid shocks mayor of Surrey, B.C

“I know that it’s happened in other parts of the world where this sort of activity takes place, but this is certainly the first for me,” Watts said.

Was there some reason to assume it wasn’t? Were there rumours she was associating with a certain (currently suspended) NFL player? Dating a member of the BC legislature or Parliament?

The US goes to the dogs. Canada? We go to the …. chickens.

Figures. . . . [more]

The facts:

The opinion:

Movie: click to download (5.6MB)

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