How to get famous
I’m sure that, by now, most of you have heard of Winnipeg YouTube sensation Maria Aragon. If not, let me fill you in: Two weeks…
technology
To creep or not to creep
What do my dental hygienist, the person who crashed their car into mine, the person who bought my guitar off of Kijiji.com and hundreds of…
Google punches, Bing fights back
What do Google and a bunch of Internet fraudsters have in common? According to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice-president (online services), they both engage in…
Technology for art’s sake
What happens when you give a reference librarian an iPhone and tell her to do something exciting? If you’re Liv Valmestad, a librarian in the…
21st century toys
Although the number 2011 lacks the aesthetic polish of a nice round zero at the end of it, this year, and not last, marks the…
The people say their final word
The power of the Tunisian people to force Zine El Abidine Ben Ali out of the country more than two weeks ago inspired the Egyptians…
No more plaster or fibreglass casts!
Anyone who has ever broken a bone knows that the worst part, aside from the excruciating pain, is the prolonged healing period involving clumsy casts,…
Freezing without destroying
Have you ever pondered being frozen? Being completely solidified or chilled has become a meme used throughout film pop culture. Most often, people remember Arnold…
UMSU is now following you on twitter!
Candidates in this year’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union election might be able to make use of a new tool in their campaign: Facebook. Jason…
Introducing Skullspace
Straddling the grey space between programming club, science lab and artist’s collective, SkullSpace is Winnipeg’s first and only hackerspace. Founded by three University of Manitoba…