http://ratsofrass.com Ralph's Words on the internet, about the internet, and whatever else I feel like talking about Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:22:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello Mr Jobs. I see you've been busy in your new role as heaven's technology innovator. I really thought you'd take it easy for a bit, but no, you're right back in it, stirring things up as you always did in the mortal world. But I have to ask: what ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/my-iprayer-to-steve-jobs/ Man, I never should have eaten that package of Kraft Dinner, about a month ago. It's like getting back on drugs man, I've eaten two more boxes of the stuff since then! (Okay, not like drugs, but why would I want KD three times in one month after not having ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/kd-like-its-1999/ When I was 17 I drank some very good beer I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake ID My name was Brian McGee I stayed up listening to Queen When I was 17 Okay - It wasn't quite that long ago, but I did drink some very good beer from Big Rock sometime ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/magpie-coming-back/ So there I am at the mall at dinner time looking at the usual mall eateries. I'm not really feeling hungry, so I head over to Walmart, thinking I'll grab some pasta and sauce and just whip up a quick meal at home. I wander through the frozen section and ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/3-pizza-review/ You'd think I'd be able to get a decent size digital picture frame in 3:2 format so I can display my DSLR pictures without having to crop the sides on all of them. For those of you that are going "huh?" here is a quick explanation: Early in the motion ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/32-where-are-you/ The government wants to make the long form part of the census optional - an important enough issue that I sat down and wrote a letter to my MP, despite being at work late again. I'll let the letter speak for itself: Dear Mr. Obhrai, As a voter in the riding of ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/do-not-support-making-the-long-form-census-optional/ Every 2 years I am faced with the usual summer / winter sports obsession known as the Olympics. It's particular bad this year as since it's in my country, everyone and their dog is covering the event. I can live with that. I'll even put up with the waste of ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/oy-limp-icks/ I got curious about what kind of internet cooking shows might be out there so I fired up You Tube and typed in "cooking shows" in their search. The "Trailer Park Cooking Show" catches my eye so I pull up the vid. Turns out it's a video response to an ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/cooking-show-comic-genious/ I went over to T&T Supermarket last night for some fruit and stopped by the noodle isle. That's right, you go to an oriental grocery, the noodle selection takes up a whole isle. The store was about to close, so I had to quickly select some cup noodles out of ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/do-you-want-fries-with-that/ Google Streetview for Calgary got released today. I ended up blowing away more time at work looking at this that I should have, but oh well, it's not every day that Streetview gets released for your city, and being a big Streetview junky, I was going to have to look ... http://ratsofrass.com/index.php/archive/google-streetview-in-calgary-peculuarities/