You just knew that no good would come of Apple’s virtual personal assistant known as Siri which comes with iOS 5. All sorts of interesting questions have been asked and requests made of the voice-recognition activated virtual helper. Fortunately, there’s a Tumblr called Shit That Siri Says that posts the hilarious screenshots of conversations held with Siri. Today, we’ve got the best conversations people have had with Siri. Continue reading
Author: Steve Murray
2012 Hottest Canadian: Elite Eight
We’re down to the eight hottest Canadian women as voted by our readers. This round is our regional finals as each of the four “regions” that we broke the bracket into crown their champions. Upsets were in abundance in the Sweet Sixteen as three of our eight matchups had the lower seed pulling off the win. We even saw our first #1 seed bite the dust. Who will make it to Hottest Canadian Final Four? Continue reading
Join The Lowdown Blog 2012 Fantasy Baseball Pool
If you thought that we were only hockey, football and Formula One fans around here at The Lowdown Blog, you would’ve been wrong. We’re also baseball fans. This year, we’ve got a couple of different rotisserie baseball pools for you to join.
The first is a classic rotisserie league. You compete against the rest of the league on ten different traditional roto stats including runs, home runs, RBIs, stolen bases, batting average, strikeouts, pitcher wins, saves, ERA and WHIP. Click here to join the classic LowdownBlog.com Roto Pool.
Our other rotisserie baseball league is based on Moneyball. Bill James would be proud of this fantasy pool because we’ve picked ten stats that follow the classic Moneyball principles. These stats are runs, extra base hits, RBIs, pitches per plate appearance, OPS, pitcher wins, ERA, WHIP, strikeouts per nine innings and saves plus holds. Click here to join the LowdownBlog.com Moneyball Roto Pool.
F1 Power Rankings: Malaysia Grand Prix
We’re only four days removed from the start of the 2012 Formula One World Championship. Despite how the pecking order looked after testing and qualifying, the top two teams were still McLaren and Red Bull. After that is anyone’s guess. The Mercedes are fast but lack reliability. The two Ferraris are difficult to muscle around a single lap but much quicker over the course of the race. And, most importantly, does last weekend’s race on a street circuit indicate the course this season will take? Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: Newsbeat
We’ve actually got some news links to cover in today’s linkdump. Since I don’t actually have anyone in the news to kick off the post with, let’s just go with Jennifer Lawrence who’s in a new movie opening this weekend.
I didn’t think the old saying “love conquers all” included the NHL’s Battle of Ontario. But there was a wedding proposal in Saturday’s edition as a woman proposed to her girlfriend. And the fact that they were cheered and the NHL put a video on their website shows that hockey just might be one of the most progressive major sports in the world. (Puck Daddy)
Why has Tiger Woods’ golf game gone downhill since 2008? Well, it might have less to do with his action on the side as it does with his obsession with the Navy SEALs. (New York Times)
The Obama Administration calls it a war against al-Qaeda. The Republicans call it a war on terror and radical Islam. Guess whose name for the conflict hurt Osama bin Laden’s cause more. (Slate)
After the jump, the celebrity philanthropy lie, the real cost of your cable bill and will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Continue reading
Fails of the Week
Every so often, we take a look at the most epic fails from the week that was in the Fails of the Week. This week, we have five pictures and videos that we think are the most epic fails of the week. Continue reading
2012 Hottest Canadian: Prairies & Maritime Regions – Sweet Sixteen
We’re on to the second day of the Sweet Sixteen round of our Hottest Canadian competition. Of the eight women left in this half of the bracket, two of them were upset winners and each were #6 seeds. The rest of this half of the Sweet 16 are the top seeds from the Round of 32. Can our underdogs make their way to the Elite Eight? Continue reading
F1 Australian GP: New Season, New Running Order
For the first time since 2010, we’re back with our trademark Formula One race recap and analysis posts. And what a time to bring these back because the running order has been mixed up once again. One thing that hadn’t changed when the checkered flag fell was that the two teams at the front are McLaren and Red Bull. The British squad won the day today with Jenson Button leading the way home. Continue reading
2012 Hottest Canadian: Shield & Arctic Regions – Sweet Sixteen
It’s the first day of the second round of the 2012 Hottest Canadian showdown. The original field of 32 has been cut in half to 16. Our first half of the Sweet Sixteen features a pair of upset winners from the Shield Region looking to advance to the Elite Eight. The Arctic Region was all chalk as the favourites made their way to the Sweet Sixteen. Continue reading
Wallpapers of the Week: March 18, 2012
I like changing up my desktop wallpaper on a regular basis. My wallpaper at work is even a slideshow so I have a new wallpaper every thirty minutes to change things up ever so slightly. So to help you change things up for your work week, I’ve scoured Flickr for five wallpapers that are worth adding to your collection for this week. Continue reading
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