World of Warcraft at center of election race

A New England state senate candidate has been “outed” as a World of Warcraft player. Opponents say her backstabbing tactics in the game “raise questions about [her] fitness for office. A press release by the Maine Republican party begins ” Colleen Lachowicz, the Democratic candidate for State Senate District 25 (Waterville), has been living a […]



Beating iPhone Heart Halloween Costume + 20 more high-tech costumes [Video]

Remember that guy last year who used 2 iPads to create what seemed like a gaping hole in his torso for his Halloween costume? Well Mark is back once again this year with more awesome ideas to create the perfect funny/freaky holloween costume, and this time, no need for 2 tablets, any Apple or Android […]



Google finishes volume one of Book Search legal saga

Google has finally settled its legal dispute with publisher groups over its plans to digitize books and make them searchable. But the company is still engaged in legal dispute with authors. The settlement should end a lawsuit filed by five publishing houses in 2005. Previous courtroom deals between the two sides have fallen to legal […]

They Might Be Giants Presents The Alphabet of Nations [Video]

I love these guys. Directed by Emily Oberman | Pentagram NY. The band teamed up with Emily and international children’s charity organization The Global Fund For Children and it includes crowd sourced photos sent in from ALL AROUND THE WORLD! All proceeds from the Limited Edition ‘Alphabet of Nations’ t-shirts and posters will go to […]

Featured Sci-Fi Short: Tears of Steel [Video]

This 12-minute short film (which includes the credits) is quite a creative masterpiece. Created using Blender, an open source 3D content creation suite and crowdfunded from the Blender Institute in Amsterdam, it’s quite a feast for the eyes. Without giving too much away, the story is centred on a man who is trying to make […]

The Mysterious Reality of Artist Kathy Tardif (Kardif)

While celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary last week, my wife and I visited multiple art galleries in Baie-Saint-Paul and Quebec City to purchase our first “real” piece of art. So while admiring the work of various painters at the Beauchamp Art Galleries, we fell in love with a painting titled Reinventing my Life (pictured above […]