Sudoku: behind the scenes
Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he…
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That’s too big!
Arabic numerals, which are what we here in Canada and the scientific community at large use to represent numbers, were a huge advancement over the…
Life after death
Whoa, you just died. Nice one. Only a moment ago, there you were — alive, lying in bed, in a clean, white room. Your family…
Browsing for web browsers
Back when I was a kid, there were only two kinds of peanut butter on the shelf — chunky and smooth — a handful of…
Multi-touch screen will soon be obsolete
How often have you wished that your coffee table doubled as a musical instrument? If your answer was “all the time,” I have good news…
Bruises, blood and welts
A screen-shot of an electronic waiver is displayed. It allows a viewer to state, with a click of a mouse, that he or she is…
Dearest David Lynch
Dearest David Lynch, I write this letter to you as a concerned and interested fan. I have been following your work for as long as…
‘Let the wild rumpus begin’
In only 10 sentences Maurice Sendak crafted a story involving adventure, mischief and — most of all — partying. Where the Wild Things Are, already…
Look on the bright side…
Ever since I saw Prairie Theatre Exchange’s interpretation of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl four, five, maybe six years ago, I have loved both the…
Lazy, Hazy, Unamaze-y
For the last decade or two, zombie films have been released with staggering frequency. It makes sense; a producer can hire novice writers and hack…