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Vintage Manitoba Film Footage

RyanN — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:04:28 +0000

I came across a 2 part “Mantioba Travelogue” video from the 1940s on youtube. An era when Manitoba seemed to have been much more prosperous.

Part 1: mainly features Winnipeg. Interesting facts at the time Winnipeg was Canada’s 4th largest city – a position currently occupied by Ottawa-Gatineau (Winnipeg #8 now) – and meatpacking was the #1 industry in town.

Part 2: Featuring Brandon, Riding Mountain and north.

It seems to cut off before the end, but I was unable to find a part 3.

Today I Learned

RyanN — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:04:14 +0000

Things I learned today:

The coldest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89.2C, 21 July 1983 in Antartica.
You can merge sub-reddits by using + symbols between them. Click for here example.
It’s easy to find out what’s new on Netflix Canada.
Chuck Norris had a chartoon in the 80s (but who didn’t)

Skiis + Acrobatic Parachutes = Amazing Video

RyanN — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:52:42 +0000

3 Videos I Discovered Today

RyanN — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:58:42 +0000

Here are 3 videos I discovered today.

Un. Yo Gabba Gabba’s Muno skating through some LA landmarks. This is one ad campaign that actually worked, I need to buy those shoes for my sons ASAP.

Duex. Henry Rollins vs Hipsters. He’s a little defensive about his age these
days.

Trois. The Warrior’s Way Trailer. Three words: steampunk, western, ninjas.

“Ohmygosh…I lead an overview of some of my favorite windows 7 features! It was totally informal.”

RyanN — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:45:21 +0000

Yesterday I watched a 10 minute video of an HD camera tethered to a weather balloon as it climbed to 100,000ft then plummeted back to Earth. The video was a lot of spinning and whooshing.

I got through all 10 minutes of that video. I could not even get through the first minute of this video without feeling nauseated.

4 Interesting Things

RyanN — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:31:38 +0000

Caught up on my RSS feeds today, found some interesting bits & bobs I thought I’d share.

Pepsi embarks on $1.2B rebranding effort
Looks a little weird, I’ll reserve my final judgement once I see some packaging.

via brand new

Banksy opens a faux pets store in NYC – thnx Ron
…complete with mechanical chicken mcnuggests pecking away at BBQ sauce, genius.

Demo of Fennec Alpha 1, the new mobile browser from Mozilla - via ajaxian

Fennec Alpha Walkthrough from Madhava Enros on Vimeo.

AppLoop iPhone application generator! – via Techcrunch
This looks incredibly promising! I’ll be trying it out shortly.

iPhone Application Generator Demo from AppLoop on Vimeo.

Everybody Who Eats Needs To Watch This

RyanN — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:59:35 +0000