The Archies

Half life: Full Life Consequences

2008-01-27T16:00:00.001-05:00

Wow - what happens when a 9 year old writes a story about a video game... and then an animator decides to animate it literally??

Daft Hands - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

2007-11-25T08:47:00.001-05:00

At first it's a little boring. This soon gives way to sheer awesomes.

Unless it's a farm!

2007-08-23T15:04:00.001-04:00

Biggest game I'm looking forward to- Team Fortress 2. I'm a long time TFClassic fan - so when this comes with HalfLife2ep2 and Portal in tow... well i've got 2 months to play it until my baby comes!!

Enter a Loo, Exit from an Office

2007-08-16T15:44:00.001-04:00

You have to watch out for this.

Robots for Justice!

2007-08-15T15:23:00.001-04:00

How cool is this? Some guy has managed to get a set of Chuck E Cheese robots and reprogram them for evil. I support evil Robots.

Side note - the first video game I ever played was Pac Man at a Chuck E Cheeses.

Young@Heart sing 'Fix You' by Coldplay

2007-08-15T15:20:00.001-04:00

How touching is this?

2006-12-22T23:05:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays, 24 style

Nice one!

2006-11-29T11:02:00.000-05:00

Mentos Belagio

We've all seen Mentos and D.Coke do it's thing. But these guys spend about $500 to make a proper Mentos Belagio...

2006-11-15T16:56:00.000-05:00

Fantastic little video about the worst burglar of all time. Gets owned 3 wonderful times. Dude should totally sue them!

2006-11-09T14:16:00.000-05:00

Make sure you click on the LISTEN link. The funniest, wierdest, most interesting thing i've heard in a long tim!

2006-11-01T10:26:00.000-05:00

Swing Blade - Parody Mixing Swingers with Sling Blade

Movie mash ups are becoming tiresome. But this one made me laugh. Hard. Out loud.

2006-10-25T10:13:00.000-04:00

Super Friends Office Space

It's been around for ages, but worth another visit!!

And don't forget to put the new cover sheets on your TPS reports.

2006-10-23T10:20:00.000-04:00

Oh Yeaaaah!

If you watched any commercials in the 80s... in North America... you'll love this one...

2006-10-19T10:58:00.000-04:00

Halloween is coming! Nerdgasm in 5....4...3...2....

Pandora

2006-10-17T10:21:00.000-04:00

"Pandora! I adore ya! I implore ye...don't ignore me"
- Yes there's a blast from the past.

Anyhow once again my bro over at pixel addiction, who is responsible for showing me 50% of all cool things i find on the internet (more like 70%) has shown me PANDORA. Tell it a band or song you like, and it will build you amazingly high quality radio station from that song - mixing your favorite band with lots of bands you may not have heard of.

It's all web based, so nothing to install. And what a sweet sexy interface it is indeed!! Give it a go go.

2006-10-11T16:17:00.000-04:00

Nice

Four words man: Close to the bone !!

Yeah, i once slipped a comic book dude cash for a StarWars Holiday Special. It's like my life in a video.

2006-10-10T11:08:00.000-04:00

Need I say more? Full YouTube video goodness.

2006-10-05T02:42:00.000-04:00

Garden

I first laughed at this advert because i killed all my grass with fertilizer. But then i had shocked laughter at Scruffy!!! Hilarious.

2006-10-03T10:14:00.000-04:00

Is there something you can do to directly affect your plane crash survival? BBC says yes. No mention of how to survive airbourne reptile attacks though.

4 months of Good Evenings

2006-09-26T00:24:00.000-04:00


The internet is great. Simple simple things really amuse. How long did this take to cook up??

2006-09-21T02:13:00.000-04:00

Duffman!

On our canoe trip, there's always a catchphrase or two that emerges. This year - it was DuffMan. Here's one of my favorite Duff Quotes...

And as an added bonus. I was playing around with a bit of software "Comic Book Creator". Here's a slice of canoe tripping.

One Red Paperclip

2006-09-15T09:51:00.000-04:00

Your Friend and mine, Jodster of JPTH works at the Hamilton Spectator Newspaper - when he heard of the OneRedPaperClip.com guy trading from a paperclip to a house, he wanted in - so he traded some addspace at the paper for a rental car, and set off for an epic car journey to the housewarming party. This is the part where you click.

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2006-09-15T01:17:00.000-04:00

Roller Mozart

What does Rollerblades and half filled bottles of water have to do with Mozart's 40th Symphony? Find out on this video.

The Greatest Magician Ever!

2006-09-13T15:55:00.000-04:00


THe magic this guy can do blows me away.

French River Canoe Trip

2006-09-12T10:36:00.000-04:00

Just got back from the annual "GI Joe" canoe trip in the back country. We were 4 days out - it was a LOT of paddling - 8+ hours for 2 of those days-- but we EARNED IT!! and it was beauuutiful.

Click the picture below to see some highlights!!

French River Canoe Trip Highlights

Sep 12, 2006 - 18 Photos

2006-09-05T10:04:00.000-04:00

Human Space Invaders

Thanks to Tom over at PixelAddiction for this Human-Pixel goodness!

More than Meets the Eye!

2006-08-25T09:15:00.000-04:00


Ooo how i loved the transformers - looking forward to the movie next year, despite the Micheal Bay connection. The original Transformers: The Movie from 1986 was so suprisingly excellent I had to snag the DVD so I could re-live all the childhood fun!! Anyhow, sit back and enjoy this fine episode -- with commercials!!!

Undeniable Facts: Undeniable Friday: Magnetic Water- a fact a day

2006-08-22T17:30:00.000-04:00

Is this cool or what?

Undeniable Facts: Undeniable Friday: Magnetic Water- a fact a day

Run Like a Geek

2006-08-18T14:04:00.000-04:00

I'm starting a new blog with my brother in law, so put in in your bookmarks, your RSS feeds, whatever - you'll be glad you did, because we'll help you.... Run Like a Geek !!

From the Blog's first entry:
Finding a beautiful PC utility is like finding treasure.

It can make your whole day. And there's so many free, elegant PC tools out there.

The problem is - where do you find them? You stumble across them and wonder where they've been all your life - but you also wonder what else is out there that you don't know about?

When i show my friends these tricks and tips i've come across, they ask me - where do you FIND this stuff. Well - hopefully this can be a central directory where everyone can find treasure.

I'm talking about free virus, backup, music, photo, file, internet and media management utilities you'll wonder what you did without.

2006-08-15T16:37:00.000-04:00

I can't stop looking at all the pictures of the married couples on this site and wondering what their life is like!! Who got the better deal?? It's an indian "marriage" site. Kind of like a dating website, without the dating.

2006-08-13T19:07:00.000-04:00

Amazing Screw On Head pt. 1

Been waiting for this for a while!!

2006-08-10T09:29:00.000-04:00

We know MS Windows Vista, the new version of windows is coming out shortly. And while we've heard lots of stories, (some of them not "horror" stories!) there's still a lot of mystery as to what it actually will be like. Well - this little video by my former employers IGN gives a quick "look and feel" demo. Interesting!

2006-08-09T09:33:00.000-04:00

Fountain of Time

While the fountain of Youth is still elusive, someone very clever has put together a fountain of time.

It uses very quick strobe lights to make time look slow, stopped and reversing in a way that would make the Prince of Persia jealous.

Source - LED - TechEBlog.com

Oil Field Closing

2006-08-07T15:34:00.000-04:00

Yeah expect to see a lot more stories like this one. Oil fields drying up. Prices spiking. Oil guys saying don't worry. Rinse. Repeat.

2006-08-03T10:48:00.000-04:00

Ever said to yourself, yes, it's a nice Oreo, but it would be better if it was 2 feet across? Then Pimp That Snack is the site for you.

Loose Change - 2nd Edition

2006-08-02T17:26:00.000-04:00


If you have some time for conspiracy theory -- watch loose change. I've seen stuff debunking these theories, but i gotta say, they are pretty convincing.

2006-08-01T20:24:00.000-04:00

Chad Vader Episode II

Ah poor Chad Vader - his adventures continue in episode II !

Sword Vs Bullet

2006-08-01T11:01:00.000-04:00


It's looks like the japanese version of Mythbusters put that old Samurai Sword vs Gun to the test. In light of this, i think we should re-arm all our troops with swords - or perhaps for the Canadian army, UPGRADE them to swords. :)

2006-08-01T09:05:00.000-04:00

Boo for War but YAY for Llamas!

2006-07-31T18:24:00.000-04:00

BattleStar Galactica

Yes, no doubt when you woke up this morning, you said, only a couple months and a bit till the new season of Battlestar Galactica! Well.... here's something that might make you more excited, and therefore, make the time go slower.

2006-07-27T16:50:00.000-04:00

Need to add some solar panels to your house? Feel like charging YOUR energy company for a change. It's not cheap! But it's very interesting. I'm going to get my calculator. I TOTALLY want to be the only guy with TV during the next power failure.

2006-07-27T13:57:00.000-04:00

Hmmm has anyone out there tried SECOND LIFE?

IT's like a massive chat room but with endlessly modify posibilities - how you look, how you dress, what you hold. I used to go to the Habbo Hotel - a web based version of this, but you had to choose from limited items and styles the designers would choose - this is wiiide open.

Like the Habbo Hotel, it's free to join, but you gotta pay if you want to own land. There's not a whole lot to DO.... i guess if piracy is the killer app for ipods, flirting is the killer app for Second Life. So not so useful to a married guy like me.

Still - you might like it.

2006-07-27T11:50:00.000-04:00

It's now become a regular feature here at THE ARCHIES - It's the FUN WITH MOVIES QUIZ - Part 3! Put your questions, hints, scores in the comments section!

2006-07-25T12:14:00.000-04:00

Star Wars Next Gen

Not sure what this game is... this is a "technology demo" from what looks like an upcoming "Jedi Knight" game - which i've been wondering where the heck they've been since Jedi Academy.

One blogger wrote - wouldn't the be great with the Wii??

UPDATE :::: Looks like lucasarts pulled the plug on this on a net-wide basis!! Set your bittorrent client to track them down - i want that clip, not excuses.

2006-07-25T00:25:00.000-04:00

It's the internet. You shouldn't ask "Why". Just enjoy....

StuffonmyCat.com

2006-07-21T11:55:00.000-04:00

Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager (episode 1)

Thanks Jodster for bringing this one to my attention!

2006-07-13T08:43:00.000-04:00

In wired news today.... RSS feeds are great, but not the most pretty things in the world. I'd like to see them integrated more with the PC, with Television, with Screensavers.... whatever! Anyhow. Here's some artistic, but not all that useful suggestions. And don't forget to try the TheArchies Rss feeds with these!

2006-07-12T15:02:00.000-04:00

Wow this SNAKES ON A PLANE phenomenon is huge. The movie is bound to be .... well who cares what the movies like, the name is amazing!

Day of Defeat

2006-07-10T14:01:00.000-04:00


ooooo my favorite online game - Day of Defeat - has released a few new maps and this excellent trailer!! Makes me want to stop blogging and start playing.

2006-07-10T11:34:00.000-04:00

If you know me, you know i treasure my relationship with God. I'm also fascinated by how others try to seek Him - so yoiu might find this as interesting as i did.

2006-07-07T14:25:00.000-04:00

Syncronised Pop Lock

Taking the robot to a whole new level - be patient, it gets awesome fast.
This should totally be an olympc sport!

Android 207

2006-07-07T14:14:00.000-04:00


Uh.... a robot. In a maze. And there's..... suprises.

2006-07-04T15:22:00.000-04:00

Congradulations to Pitchfork for choosing 100 great music videos, and leaving the word "most" out of the title!

Where the heck have i been

2006-07-04T14:46:00.000-04:00


OK I Know i've been away for ...> AGES i've been out on the east coast and a few other places, stories and adventures to follow. but here's something that's incredible. It's said that the Japanese and South Koreans are not inventors but take existing ideas and improve them to their superlative. That is certainly true of this breakdancing video.... unbelievable!!!

2006-05-16T10:55:00.000-04:00

Beautiful and strange arial photography!

Luggage Allowance

2006-05-16T10:51:00.000-04:00

Here's a fine collection of "oops" moments....

2006-05-04T13:42:00.000-04:00

Miss Tessbaker!!!!!!!!!! Even without General Zod, this looks pretty amazing.

2006-05-03T13:02:00.000-04:00

Continuing the "prank day" theme, i give you.... Klaatu, Bardata - ni*cough*cough*

2006-05-03T11:48:00.000-04:00

"Singin'... PANTS...hoah!!! What are they good for?"

2006-05-03T11:36:00.000-04:00

Employee: "You can't talk to my customers".
Simmons: "I'm just having a friendly conversation with these people�
Employee: "But you don't work here."
Simmons: "It's a free country I feel I can speak with anybody I choose."
Employee: "You're playing some games."
Simmons: "I'm just here to shop with my wife."
Employee: "Yeah, you and your 50 friends?"
Simmons: "I don't know anybody else here."
Employee: "Yeah, you're instigating (sic) our shirts."

Yes, he said INSTIGATING.

I told him, "I'm only wearing what I wore this morning,� and walked away.

2006-05-01T17:33:00.000-04:00

Don't tell me you aren't excited, I know you are.

... A good one to show the kids...

2006-05-01T12:05:00.000-04:00

Well - here's a good one to show the kids -
"The body just wants to sleep but the spirit isn't done partying! Drugs are bad, mmmkay?"

2006-05-01T12:00:00.000-04:00

Stephen Colbert seems to have even surpassed his sensae Jon Stewart in making hilarious biting jokes about the president - RIGHT in front of his face at his own black tie dinner.... yikes!!!

2006-05-01T11:53:00.000-04:00

If MC Escher were in grade school today...

2006-05-01T11:51:00.000-04:00

Want something to do while waiting for your favorite episode of Robot Chicken to download??

2006-05-01T11:49:00.000-04:00

The Archies does not necessarily encourage you to Hack A Soda Machine.

2006-05-01T11:47:00.000-04:00

Um... In case you were wondering... yes- you can AWESOME!

2006-04-28T14:22:00.000-04:00

Due to slight technical dificulty the blog has been a bit slow lately. Keep checking the MY STARRED ITEMS on the right there for lots of fun and interesting things i have found on the web!! >>>>>>

Ball Toucher

2006-04-27T16:40:00.000-04:00

Ball Toucher

The Uh... name might be a bit ropey, but the game is fun, and tough once you get up to the 6000 range...

2006-04-19T11:16:00.000-04:00

I kind of feel like the last person on earth who has seen this - but it's great. A trailer for Titanic II....

Evacuate

2006-04-17T23:45:00.000-04:00

2006-04-13T15:26:00.000-04:00

Today's Google invention that completely blows you away brought to you by...... Google Calendar!!

2006-04-11T17:58:00.000-04:00

How can you pass up a headline like Wired's "Wierdest USB Gadgets"? Simple answer: YOu can't.

2006-04-11T11:39:00.000-04:00

Kind of like Hangman, but with 1 bullet, 6 chambers, a celeb, and a deer hunter moment at the end....

2006-04-11T11:15:00.000-04:00

Is it me or is THE WEST WING the most exciting show on TV right now. As it winds down 7 years of great programming into its last few shows, it has gotten fantastic. Here's an excellent article on the subject....

2006-04-05T12:23:00.000-04:00

Not to be confused with those chaps on "Band of Brothers"... the STREAMING Eagle Cam has a fullmotion and sound video right inside an eagle's nest in the forests of British Columbia. Watch this big fella as he/she tends to his/her eggs!!

2006-04-05T10:06:00.000-04:00

Monkey And Kitty! Just because....

2006-04-04T00:22:00.000-04:00

Abandon all hope ye who click: Hapland 3 has been released.

2006-04-03T14:30:00.000-04:00

Sorry Gotta Go.... dot com!! a list of premade sounds to help you escape phone conversations!

2006-04-03T14:24:00.000-04:00

Just because trees don't talk.... doesn't mean they aren't listening.

2006-03-30T11:06:00.000-05:00

A while back the American Society of Magazine Editors picked their top 40 magazine covers of the past 40 years. Sadly, you can't magnify them in any way, but they are still interesting.

2006-03-29T17:25:00.000-05:00

With some problems, you need to think outside the box.

10 Years to save the world - and a Government Cover up??

2006-03-28T09:46:00.000-05:00

My wife and i have this little routine when it comes to auto maintenance and a few other things.

I tend to adopt the attitude of "it's not as bad as it seems" until whatever problem is currently happening grows to becoming very expensive.

So the way my wife tells me these things has evolved to "it's much worse than it seems" to try to get my attention - and rightly so.

Only problem is, i know this. so - i might take such a claim even less seriously. Of course, she counters this by turning up the problem, till the wheels are flying off the car!

I say this parable because i tend to think it's something like the environmental scientists and the rest of the world.

We have the attitude of "it's not as bad as it seems". But going on our current course will cost us bg time down the road.

This forces the environmental scientists into a bit of overstatement - so we get articles like today's. "We have 10 years to save the world." Not only that, but "The government knows this, but is covering it up".

And to be honest, i hope it works. I just wonder if it will only make us more deaf 10 years down the road when the world is still out there.

2006-03-23T11:16:00.000-05:00

Chimpanzee that!!! IT's monkey mail. This is really excellent with severly hilarious potential!!!

Does Your iTunes have Static, Fuzz, or Hiss Sound for You?

2006-03-22T12:36:00.000-05:00

Does Your iTunes have Static, Fuzz, or Hiss Sound for You?

Mine did. I got new speakers for my Birthday yesterday - imagine my disapointment when there was still a terrible hissing sound from all the music and podcasts. I thought I'd need to replace my soundcard or something. But then i noticed that sounds on websites weren't making the same sound.

The proof came when i played the same MP3's in WinAmp and iTunes, and the former sounded crystal clear.

Well, bless the web. I had to dig quite deep, so i'm posting this blog in hopes that others Googling this issue will find this and get a straightforward answer!

Go to START / CONTROL PANEL. In there you will find a Quicktime Icon. Click it, and go to the AUDIO tab, as pictured above. Check that SOUND OUT frame - pump your rate up, max that out (Mine was set at 32 kHz). You might want to change to 24 bit too, if your soundcard supports it.

And that's it! I must have searched every setting in iTunes, only to find it was way over in control panel....

2006-03-18T12:58:00.000-05:00

Anybody fresh out of hampsters? Fear not- i got your back!

2006-03-16T16:03:00.000-05:00

My Buddy Jodster from JPTH and his wife Z are great chefs. They can bake cakes in crazy configurations, and i thought that the Pac-Man Chasing the Blue Ghost cake was the best "geek cake" i'd ever see. But these ones from Engadget....well....they take the cake! A WORKING Sony Trio.... a replica ATARI 2600.... phones, ipods, and all kinds of crazy confections!!

2006-03-16T15:20:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite films of 2005 was "Murderball" - the story of a wheelchair rugby team competing in the summer paralympic games. Well, the winter Paralympic games are on right now - and i find this more interesting, more fascinating than the Olympic games. Not to be confused with the "Special Olympics", these are tough athletes that with each event demonstrate ability over disability. Amazing stuff. See how your athletes are doing, and if you can, watch an event....

2006-03-09T12:22:00.000-05:00

Aparently the solution to dropping ratings in the Winter Olympics is.... to hold them on HOTH! Hmm, those crazy Americans think that just because THEY would rather watch American Idol the rest of the world wasn't interested in the games. Well, whatever. I have a bad feeling about this....

2006-03-08T15:59:00.000-05:00

Another fine movie quiz, this one a whole lot easier. There's still a few that, if you get, you should really go outside.

2006-03-08T15:55:00.000-05:00

One of the greatest games for the atari 2600 was Combat. Now, improving on that concept and free to all.... TurboTanks

2006-03-07T12:29:00.000-05:00

Best news i've heard all day! I'll need to get a WiFi phone and build myself an Asterisk box!!

2006-03-01T12:37:00.000-05:00

Wow, this story is pretty incredible. Blows me away.

Chuck Norris Facts!

2006-03-01T09:13:00.000-05:00

I was reading a fairly serious article in a local paper about the dying downtown core of my local city. Ok, i was skimming.

But the article ended with this hilarious footnote - For more (completely unrelated) information, visit www.chucknorrisfacts.com .

Well, of course, i had to, and what an education it gave me! Like....

"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live."
and
"The leading causes of death in the United States are: 1. Heart Disease 2. Chuck Norris 3. Cancer"

2006-02-28T14:16:00.000-05:00

I've been slowly collecting machines to try and build some of the interesting and unique linux projects out there - like a MythTV PVR or a Asterisk phone server. Not sure why at this point. In that vein, check out some of these projects, people who have taken music, television, and computers to new heights, and sometimes disguising them as the simplest objects like books or ...um....waffle irons.

2006-02-28T10:30:00.000-05:00

157 Miles per gallon, 160km/h.... now that's what i'm talking about - not expensive to buy either. Let's hope this one actually makes it to the market place.

Torino 2006 Medals Per Capita / Olympic Medals by Population

2006-02-26T14:34:00.000-05:00

Well, that's it for the olympics! I've updated my Torino 2006 Medals Per Capita / Olympic Medals by Population spreadsheet accordingly.... Well done Canada for scoring 3rd overall in the medal count.... so proud!!!

2006-02-26T00:07:00.000-05:00

A Japanese amusement park.... with abandonment issues.

Medals by Population

2006-02-24T16:17:00.000-05:00

Ok, so you've no doubt been to those websites with medal counts and thought to yourself.... ok well USA and Russia dominate, but they have 10 times the people that say, Canada do, so they should divide their medals by 10 or something.

Well, as it turns out, i thought i'd actually work it out with today's medal tally and see how everyone did. Canada placed well down the rankings, with Norway, Austria and Estonia picking up the top titles!

In fact, the little heard of Estonia not only made it into 3rd place, but 1st place for GOLD medals per capita, having an astounding 2.25 per million residents.

Check out the spreadsheet here....

Top Gear Winter Olympics

2006-02-23T12:30:00.000-05:00

Well, my previous top gear post, Jeremy Clarkson Vs The Toyota Pickup doesn't seem to be anywhere anymore....

...but fret not, to make up for it, here is the Top Gear Winter Olympics.... and Mr Clarkson does some Biathalon, but it features cars and automatic weaponry instead!