The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs kicked off with a bang last night with four games on the schedule. For the duration of the playoffs, we’ll have our nightly recap of what went down on the ice. Continue reading
Formula 1: FIA Rules Diffusers Legal
The FIA International Court of Appeal has ruled that the diffusers run by Brawn GP, Williams, and Toyota are legal. The reasons for the decision haven’t been handed down as of writing but this means that the three teams will be able to race this weekend in China. Continue reading
NHL First Round Playoff Preview
It’s that time of year once again. The real chase for the Cup gets underway tonight as sixteen teams set off in pursuit of Lord Stanley’s Cup. Today, I break down the eight opening round match-ups and attempt to match wits with media pundits and psychic animals alike as I pick winners. Continue reading
The New York Islanders Get #1 Draft Pick
In a day that is destined to lead to the downfall of the NHL, the New York Islanders have won the NHL Draft Lottery for the #1 draft pick. There are two questions that need to be answered between now and draft day in June: 1) Tavares or Hedman? and 2) Will they still have the pick by the time all 30 teams roll into Montreal for the draft? Continue reading
Mercedes S-Class: The Future Today
The Mercedes S-Class is the top of the line car in the whole world. The gadgets that you find on the S-Class are here long before they make it any other car on the market. It’s a showcase of what can be done and what everyone else will be doing soon. If you want to know what options you can have on your car in five or ten years time, you check out what Mercedes-Benz is offering on the S-Class. This was the first car to have anti-lock brakes, passenger-side airbags, seatbelt pretensioners, traction control, radar-assisted braking, and infrared night vision. Of course, this year’s new technologies are pretty cool too. Continue reading
Formula 1: How Does a Diffuser Work?
Tomorrow, the whole Formula One season will be turned on its head. Either six cars from Brawn GP, Williams, and Toyota will have their controversial diffusers found illegal which will cause them to be disqualified from the first two rounds of the world championship or they will be deemed legal forcing the other seven teams to play catch-up.
So before we get to Tuesday’s game changing meeting of the international court of appeal, I thought I would be a good idea to look at how a diffuser works on an F1 car and why the solutions the three teams under protest have developed are so far ahead of the competition. Continue reading
Weekend Link-Off: Rewind Edition
Maybe I’m messing with a decent formula but I’m trying this weekend’s link-off as the best articles from the week that was. For example, I finally watched Slumdog Millionaire this week. That’s why Freida Pinto headlines the post. After the jump, Billy Bob Thornton has his Joaquin moment. I wonder how much CBC paid him to act like that to get that show some publicity. Did I mention that I’m a conspiracy theorist?
Some guy steals a plane from Canada and flies to Wisconsin. What on earth would possess someone to steal a low-end Cessna and carry on flying when flanked by two F-16s? (CBC)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a history doing stupid things so the Telegraph put together a list of his Top 10 gaffes. (Daily Telegraph)
Fox sympathises with your recession-related job woes. That’s why their new reality show about picking a collegue at your workplace to fire is not exploitative at all. (Yahoo/AP)
The Associated Press are planning on taking legal action against websites that steal their stories. Does that mean that websites that report on this story will get sued? (LA Times)
The Conficker worm turns out to be just a spambot or maybe a keylogger. So much for a pseudo-apocolyptic internet ending worm. (CNET)
The Fifth Third Burger (that 5000 calorie behemoth with beef, chili, cheese, chips, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and more) was a hit at the West Michigan Whitecaps home opener. (CNBC) And if you’re adventurous enough to want to see someone demolish a Fifth Third Burger, then I’ve dug up some video for you. (Busted Coverage) I think Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut should head up Grand Rapids way and do a special challenge eat-off with this thing.
Indian woman eats 51 of the world’s hottest chilis in two minutes. I would expect her to boil to death from the inside. (BBC)
Apple drops Digital Rights Management on iTunes songs and introduces variable pricing. Meanwhile, Amazon is catching up. (Washington Post)
Common sense returns to baseball. Okay, they’re just starting the World Series earlier but for Bud that’s a monumental improvement. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Lance Armstrong is in trouble with the French again over (surprise, surprise) drug testing. Lance, we know you weren’t on the level when you won seven in a row. Just admit it so the French can get on with their lives. Actually, I’m not sure if the French have a life outside of persecuting Lance Armstrong. (New York Times)
How to tell if an ATM is setup to steal your card and pin numbers. (Network World)
A recent survey says that about two-thirds of media insiders believe that journalism has been hurt rather than helped by the internet. (The Atlantic)
Playstation 3 outsells the Wii… in Japan. I guess it’s one small step for man, one giant leap for superior technology. (Reuters)
Q&A with the supervising director of the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated TV series. (IGN) Continue reading
Car Wall: Summer Convertibles
Welcome to an old favourite from The Lowdown radio show. When we wheeled the Car Wall out of storage what we did was rate cars based on how cool they were with cool being how much that a given car would help or hinder you in trying to pick up women. The rankings are (from least to most cool): Seriously Uncool, Uncool, Cool, and Sub-Zero. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Well, it shouldn’t be so let’s move along.
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Is Alexander Keith’s Copying Rickard’s?
I saw an ad on the internet today about a new “Premium White” beer from Alexander Keith’s. They’re the same folks that bring you one of the most widely available India Pale Ales on the market and their relatively new Red Amber Ale. If you look at other Canadian breweries, there is only one other that pushes Red and White ales and that is the Molson-owned Rickard’s. Continue reading
Logos After The Recession
As you know, the economy sucks. I’m not going to try and explain why the economy is on a continuous tailspin because hedge funds lost all their value because banks defaulted on loans they owe because people they loaned money to defaulted on their loans.
Instead, the global economic crisis has caused some major international corporations to update their logos to reflect the times.
Apple
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The Lowdown 