Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 4th, 2010
I’ve been procrastinating on packing for an overseas work assignment for the next few months. Being unable to play Roll Up The Rim in Australia, after starting this annual tradition in 2005, is probably the saddest part of going overseas to work while the contest is on. Did you know that Australian money looks like [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 3rd, 2010
Sweet! Two steeped teas in the morning and I’m far above the curve (for now)! In other unrelated news, Valve released a whole slew of images today that make me think that Steam, and a few Valve games including Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 will be released and compatible natively with a Mac. [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 3rd, 2010
Perhaps a better title: “The best way to win a Roll Up The Rim 2010 prize”! After skimming the rules on the 2010 Roll Up The Rim rules and also briefly comparing them to 2009, there are a few notable changes – some are good-to-know rebalancing numbers, and some may make you rethink your purchasing [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons, food on Mar 2nd, 2010
Sweet! Got my first win on the second day! Taken with the S90 in front of my massive (mini) filing cabinet. Current Statistics: Record: 1 – 2 Spent: $4.77 Won: $2.57 Probability: 26.34% [RUTR 2010 Progress]
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Mar 1st, 2010
The Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim contest starts today! In keeping with the 5-year-old tradition, I am beginning my assignment of taking pictures and recording statistics of all my cups! Last year was a subpar record of 4-60, so hopefully this year I am lucky enough to beat it. Having a fever and a [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons, food on Aug 25th, 2009
If you haven’t heard, Tim Hortons has a few locations in Calgary that also serve Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. The combining of the stores was an experiment in the USA first, then they started moving into Ontario and finally, Calgary. Cold Stone Creamery is similar to a Marble Slab – you pick your ice [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Apr 26th, 2009
With no more Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim cups anywhere in Calgary anymore, now is probably a great time to put a pretty bow on this year’s contest results. This year’s 4 – 60 record was a particularly bad year, and rivals my historically worst year – in 2005 I had only won 3 [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 29th, 2009
Dad’s Birthday was a few days ago, and so I decided to give him something for his coffee addiction – a shiny Rancilio Rocky. Grinds wonderfully consistent. We’re not connoisseurs in coffee, but we will be soon. Ack, I’m missing two cups somewhere! Current Statistics: Record: 3 – 39 Spent: $66.80 Won: $7.47 Probability: 15.93% [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 19th, 2009
We got refreshed laptops at work, and I was lucky enough to choose this snazzy Lenovo X200s. Its a wonderful combination of being super tiny and light-weight, perfect for those 1.5 hour long bus rides to work. And I’ve only won once since the brier last week. Sad indeed. Current Statistics: Record: 2 – 30 [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 10th, 2009
I finally won my first coffee, which dragged me out of the dirt to only slightly below average. Also went to the Brier on Monday night, which was super exciting/confusing/puzzling/awesome. Current Statistics: Record: 1 – 18 Spent: $30.35 Won: $2.49 Probability: 25.34% [RUTR 2009 Progress]