Posted in Tim Hortons on Feb 28th, 2008
I was having problems conveying whether or not my current performance is better than the “theoretical” average someone could get on this contest, since it depended heavily on the viewer understanding how the curve worked. However, it needed to convey how the probabilities were derived, because they are so cool. I changed the graph to [...]
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Feb 28th, 2008
The blotch inside the bowl is supposed to be Korean Seafood pancake, that somehow disintegrated into a few chucks of… fried patty. Also went glasses shopping today – I have been vetoed from choosing glasses that will make me look like an Chinese-drama-show CEO, who is always evil, has slanty eyes and a thin unibrow, [...]
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Feb 27th, 2008
Whoo, win number one, and lose number five! Latest Statistics: Record: 1 – 5 Spent: $9.54 Won: $2.49 Probability: 37.00% [RUTR 2008 Progress]
Globe and Mail- Consumers aren’t as interested in technical specs when it comes to buying new laptop computers, instead they want “the pink one,” Dell Inc. chief executive Michael Dell told a group of Toronto business students Wednesday morning. Rrrrright… Remember Dell used to be a $50/share behemoth, and is now barely trading $20 today. [...]
Posted in Normal, Tim Hortons on Feb 27th, 2008
Google Spreadsheets & Charts is absolutely wicked. More details to come…
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Feb 26th, 2008
Rumor mill has it that someone in Newfoundland won a car. Talk about early winnings! Latest Statistics: Record: 0 – 4 Spent: $5.36 Won: $0.00 [RUTR 2008 Current Stats]
Michelle is was so ridiculously excited about these… Grapples. Essentially, they’re touted as “apples that taste like grapes”, and cost $1 each and come in fancy boxes. She basically forced me to believe that they were the best thing ever invented, and she was convinced that the plastic box they came in was the holy [...]
Posted in Normal, Tim Hortons on Feb 25th, 2008
The Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim contest started today – I’ve been anxiously waiting for this contest to start (even going as far as to drag Michelle into a Timmies to see if the contest started yesterday). They axed the $1000 prizes but replaced it with a lot of $50 gift cards, and decided [...]
The Calgary airport, with a gifted present showing in my bag I don’t think I’ll ever spend a whole week in Toronto – Its ridiculous how frequently I spend little busts of time here. Technical blurriness caused by error between Nick and the D300. Director Nick picked me up from the airport – its super [...]
Nothing like spending the weekend buying some new gear, to break them in on the hills next week. Damn sexy GTS12 boots – they even match the Dynastar Contact Carbon skis I got. So excited…