The Differents

What can you fight about... on Wikipedia?

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Who ever thought that Wikipedia would be fertile grounds for a good battle? But when you think about it there's a huge potential for squables on a website that anybody can contribute to.
Take the spelling of aluminum for example... or should that be alumin(i)um? Change it if you want. That's what Wikipedia is there for.
So next time you're looking up something on Wikipedia and you see something that you KNOW isn't true... pick a fight and change it to what YOU know is true. Game on.

Potentially...a naked woman doodle

Or is it?

Want to see how you can take this doodle and make it into fifteen inspired creations (some with naked women but most clothed)? Check it out here.

Get tied up

Hey! What did you think I was talking about? You're kinky.

Sneakers are a big thing these days y'know. It's an industry unto itself but personalizing your sneeks doesn't always mean having to blow a couple hundred bucks on a new set. Instead, you can just tie them up differently.

Check out this great collection of show lacing techniques.

For more interesting lacing techniques you can visit http://bit.ly/3bIzrM

Is "shhh" ever acceptable?

I was at a jazz club last night. I was sitting with some new members at the club and they were being wished all the best by one of the volunteers. The band was on stage and they were cooking. Everyone was having a great time...and then it happened. Shhh!
Why does shhh happen? Is it ever appropriate to shhh another adult?
I admit that I took exception to the shhh-er last night and told her to lighten up. In fact, I told her that her experience is no more important than any other persons so don't try to enforce it.
I love jazz but I'm not going to tell someone else to shhh. Your neighbors at a performance are luck of the draw. If you got some noisy ones then so be it. You have choices. You can either move or deal with it. But don't ever shhh other people because it makes you and everyone around you uncomfortable. Nobody wants to be in purgatory like that even for a moment.

Life Sack

Check out Life Sack. It's an incredible reusable sack that comes filled with corn flour. When the flour is used up the sack then can be used to purify water using the sun.
What's more incredible is that the inventors of the Life Sack even built in straps similar to a backpack so the user can carry the water.
Ten thumbs up for an amazing idea!

Is it a painting or a real live person?

If you're anything like me the first time I saw this photo you're probably really confused right now.The picture above is a photograph. It's not a painting mixed into a photograph... it's an actual photograph of an older gentleman painted to look as though he's a painting. It screws with your mind though doesn't it.

The idea and work is created by a Washington D.C. "dfrnt" by the name of Alexa Meade. Interestingly the name of this work is "Timmy" (totally a coincidence).

Who says that paintings can only be done on canvases and flat surfaces?

For more information visit http://bit.ly/b88iGD or Alexa's website directly at http://www.alexameade.com/index.html

World's Largest Skateboard

Once in a while you come across something that is so perfectly done, you have to just say, "Bravo!" In the case of the world's largest skateboard, I just had to follow it up with a laugh. Just look at that thing! It's perfect!

The behemoth creation was created by Rob Dyrdeck in Venice Beach, California and I'm just itching to have him bring it to Calgary where I live so I can take it for a spin (along with about 20 friends).

I think he should take his skateboard to parades throughout North America. Just imagine the great joy he would bring to everyone who see it. Sign me up.

300 square feet = 24 rooms

When you only have 300 sq. feet for your apartment in downtown Hong Kong, it's important to think about how you're going to use it.  This inventive fella has made his small space into an incredibly effective living area complete with movie room, bathtub and kitchen. Wow!

Can jazz stand on it's own?

You may or may not know that I am a passionate supporter of jazz - Canadian jazz especially. I host a show on CBC Radio 2 twice a week called Tonic - a show about the jazz family of music. The show cuts a wide swath in the music we play including jazz, blues, funk, R&B, Motown, Hip Hop and remixes just to name a few. I've certainly taken my lumps when it comes to the music we program for the show but it's a discussion I'm willing to have because it's healthy for jazz.

But here's a question that I'd like to hear your opinion on: can jazz stand on it's own?

I LOVE jazz but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. Ke$ha isn't my cup of tea but I tolerate it because my kids crank it up on their iPods every now and then. But even though I'm passionate about pure jazz I'm also very comfortable giving jazz credit for the music it has grown into.

Nothing in life is static. Nothing about any genre of music is black or white. Like every other form of music jazz has evolved. It was never stranded on an isolated island like Galapagos. It was a gift to the world that became so many other gifts.

So for people like Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Joe Sample, Richard Underhill, Brandi Disterheft and Lori Cullen jazz continues to be a challenge for music and musicians to push in all directions. In fact, if I could think of one word to describe jazz I would probably choose "challenge" because that's what jazz has always done - challenged boundaries. Jazz is a dfrnt.

So can jazz stand on it's own? Yes, I believe it can but it doesn't have to. To the purists I say "stay the course" and to the challengers I say "detour as necessary."

"But it's my job to be gross"

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I say, "Go for it!"