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This Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) proposal is still one of the coolest ideas for improving the commuting situation that I have seen.   Microsoft has a really large corporate campus with buildings spread out over many square miles.  Going to meetings in another building today involves driving yourself, taking a campus bus or ...

I'm a big fan of Dr. Who.  I'm not going to apologize.  It's campy British sci-fi, with low budgets, cheesy plots and terrible acting, but I love it.  The current series, with David Tennant, is the best ever.  In my area it's being shown on CBC.  Catch it if you can. I stumbled across this YouTube vid on a re-making ...

Sorry, I'm on a bit of a Top Gear binge at the moment.  Watch the fastest stupid car ever -  I laughed so hard I was crying.

My company (Microsoft) is currently digging a really large hole just on the other side of the freeway from my office.  It's reportedly going to be the second largest underground car park in the western hemisphere.  Here's a recent TV spot about it.  Parking can be a really big problem around Microsoft.  Kudos to the company for ...

I watched three brilliant Top Gear episodes this weekend on You Tube.   The first was a review of the Ariel Atom.   Watch Jeremy's face deform under the sub-three second acceleration.  His comments about middle aged men on motorcycles cracked me up. The second was the review of the Ferrari F430.  What a beautiful ...

Chris Sharma is certainly an amazing rock climber.  He isn't massive or particularly graceful, but he has amazing determination and arm strength.  Here is a selection of my favorite videos featuring him on YouTube. Dreamcatcher.  A beautiful traverse line on an overhanging lip with the crux right at the end. Barcelona Competition ...

If you haven't already, watch this amazing amateur video on You Tube of a baby water buffalo getting attacked by a lion.  The buffalo is then also attacked by an alligator.  Amazingly the buffalo herd arrives and fights off both attackers, and the baby buffalo walks away!