The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for my blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 52 trips to carry that many people.
It’s been 3 years watching my favorite tree in my back yard slowly die and decided to cut it down in case it fell toward my house. It happened a while ago but thought I would share. A friend and I cut it down with a double bladed axe… We felt like lumberjacks, but didn’t dress in women’s clothing, “Just like my dear mamma”!
Hey there retro games,
Recently I decided to play a game from my past that had always put a smile on my face when I was young. Doom II… I purchased this game during a family trip to Saskatoon and may I say, I was totally pumped to play it. When I got home I rushed upstairs to play this thing. After 4 hours of being enthralled with the graphics, sound, and game play, my mom came upstairs and knocked on the door.
“Are you coming out for supper?”
I reluctantly paused the game, ate supper and came back to a game I will never forget.
Wolfenstein (on a 3.5″) had nothing on this, though that was a great game too. But that is another story.
Hope it sparks some memories.
Take care,
CC.
P.S. Finding this game in with a “Made in Canada” sticker on the back made me smile…
Saskatoon band wins Rolling Stone cover contest – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News.
I was very nervous if this wonderful band would win this contest… But I was confident that they would make a mark on the music community regardless of the contest. Being a humble homegrown farm kid from Saskatchewan, it truly made me smile that they won this! I was on Lake Diefenbaker for the long weekend having a blast and finding out that The Sheepdogs won the contest made it even better!
Take care and listen to The Sheepdogs, they’re a hard working band.
CC.
So i finally decided to buy another mountain bike after my old one got stolen in university… So a really long time ago. This summer is going to be a lot funner and with luck, I’ll lose a couple of pounds in the process.
ridin a bike in red deer from Wes Kennedy on Vimeo.
A nice evening, that is all…
UPDATE FOR 2012
Hi everyone,
This post seems to get a lot of traffic and I’ve been slacking a bit to update it with 2012 pricing. Here it is! If you find anything better out there for plans, let me know or post it in the comments! Take it easy.
CC.
| PROVIDER | MONTHLY $ | 3 GBS | 5GBS | 10GBS | 15GBS | OVERLIMIT $/GB |
| ROGERS | $47.00 | INCLUDED | $57.00 | $72.00 | $92.00 | $10.00 |
| BELL | $45.00 | INCLUDED | $55.00 | $70.00 | $90.00 | $15.36 |
| TELUS | $45.00 | INCLUDED | $55.00 | $70.00 | NOT AVAILABLE | $20.48 |
| NOTE: | THESE ARE ALL BASED ON 7.2MB/S SPEED PLANS | |||||
These are the current hubs available as of July 30th, 2012.
Bell Mobility Turbo Hub
Rogers Wireless Rocket Hub
Telus Mobility Smart Hub
Hey Internet users,
I go online, I’m rural in Alberta and it is not cheap or fast in my current situation so I’d thought I would share some research. I surf the internet and currently live at Antler Lake, Alberta and we have (as I know currently) wireless, satellite, or dial-up. I currently use an Internet Stick from Bell and decided to look at options other than Satellite or the Internet Stick. My internet stick isn’t exactly cheap considering Netflix and Youtube cost me $255 last month. Or fast because trying to upload my own pictures to this blog has been frustrating. The reliability of my “internet stick” has been questionable, last month I’ve been online and it seems that I have to unplug/reset my card within the first 5 minutes. I decided to check out what the best available mobile internet plan for people in rural areas in Alberta is. Here’s what I’ve found. I hope this helps anyone in Canada/World, regardless of where live.
Smart Hub plans are currently offered by Bell, Telus, and Rogers as of April 12, 2011. Data caps for Smart Hubs are a bit better than Internet Sticks, don’t ask me why. These companies offer the following for Smart Hub Plans:
Note: From what I’ve seen on the web, all of companies noted above use $/mb for over usage, which means 1024 MB per GB, and I will convert them for you to GB… I think it seems only fair to offer that in the internet age of Vimeo, Youtube, Netflix, etc.. We’re all thinking in GigaBytes…
The rate plans I’ve found are for Alberta. Rates across the country for comparison/discussion would be appreciated!
Okay, now the nickels and dimes of the whole thing.
One Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes… So 1 cent / MB = $10.24 per GB.
Hopefully this helps you in finding an internet plan that works for you in the rural areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan, or any province in Canada, or the world!
If you find rate plans that are better than I have found, let me know!
Take Care,
Conquestcommando
My sister got me onto these guys during High School. Thought I would share. Super Fishy Allah Tea is my favourite album of these guys, which I lost years ago and have been trying to find ever since. I guess I’ll have to buy it again… Hmmm, I wonder if they released it on Vinyl…
Here’s their song Pablo Jack Horner to give you an idea who they are.
Take Care,
CC.
I was snooping around the Government of Canada’s website the other day and stumbled upon the Atlas of Canada site. They have the full Atlas (Editions 1 through 5) available free for download. It’s very cool to look at what the country looked like in the early 1900’s. Some of the maps have disputed Canadian and American Borders, Explorer Routes, etc.
It’s worth a look if you’re into Canadian history or just like old maps.
Here’s the official Government of Canada’s Website if you want to look at all the Atlas of Canada Editions
Government of Canada Atlas Archives
CC.
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