Human Fail Machine

Why #yxu is a Bad Label

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:02:36 -0400

In the Twittersphere for London, Ontario there has been a trend recently to change what we use as a hashtag, or label, to identify tweets pertaining to our City and area. For years now I have been…

An E-Prime Character Intro

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:55:03 -0400

An E-Prime Character Intro:

Homework for my Writing Class had us writing a page in E-Prime and also beginning to jot down ideas for a Character we’d like to write about.

E-Prime, as explained in the link, has a great deal…

MMO Review: Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:14:50 -0400

MMO Review: Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO):

Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) has gone Free to Play in the same style as previous Turbine games such as Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO). The main difference here is that LOTRO is a…

Intro to Fiction Class 1 - It Starts.

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:14:50 -0400

Intro to Fiction Class 1 - It Starts.:

You may recall my fiction blurbs from last year, well they are about to resume. Last week in Intro to Fiction we were given 10 or so minutes to jot down something in 1st Person narrative that would…

Spelling over the phone just got awesome

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:37:16 -0400

Spelling over the phone just got awesome:

I would have thrived on this if I had it back when I worked in the Call Centres.

It occurred to me one should exist using only the names of famous people and characters from Sci Fi and Fantasy, but my searches found this one right away so it’ll work.

Still looking for the one that has “G as in Gandalf, S as in Spock”…

Microsoft endorsements are getting stranger and stranger.

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:18:21 -0400

Microsoft endorsements are getting stranger and stranger.

I’m glad my company is finally taking these Emergency...

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:55:10 -0400

I’m glad my company is finally taking these Emergency Procedures guides seriously.

Classic Movie Review: Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:42:13 -0400

Classic Movie Review: Bringing Up Baby (1938):

Why this movie? I asked twitter to suggest a great movie that came out before I was born in ‘79 and HeyLady33 suggested Bringing Up Baby as one of the most memorable. I was skeptical…

Twitter Unavailable - Fail Whale Uprising

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:38:39 -0400

twitterstatus:

22:20 UTC - 3:20 PDT Twitter is unavailable. Engineering and ops are responding.

So damn true - Ke$ha Parody “Sing Talk” by College...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:40:00 -0400

So damn true - Ke$ha Parody “Sing Talk” by College Humor

Watch this dude play Rock Band with an electric guitar that is...

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:25:53 -0400

Watch this dude play Rock Band with an electric guitar that is ALSO PLAYING ON AN AMP. Epic.

Zombie Command website

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:14:43 -0400

Zombie Command website:

A great little centre for disease control for Zombie fans. Reviews games, movies, books, and more.

I can’t even put into words how epic this could be....

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:10:47 -0400

I can’t even put into words how epic this could be. Here’s hoping…

I Jizzed. I love these games and dude just walking in like...

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:09:31 -0400

I Jizzed. I love these games and dude just walking in like Death is badass.

Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers: The Story of Success

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:45:14 -0400

Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers: The Story of Success:
This was my first Gladwell book and won’t be my last. I had heard that he has a very approachable writing style that tackles research and statistics based premises adroitly and he didn’t…

HFM reviews Gladwell's Outliers

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:04:26 -0400

HFM reviews Gladwell's Outliers:

This was my first Gladwell book and won’t be my last. I had heard that he has a very approachable writing style that tackles research and statistics based premises adroitly and he didn’t disappoint.

Read the full review at the link.

I am defacing this image off the internet.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:39:09 -0400

I am defacing this image off the internet.

I don’t get it. Wolverine comes with 6 blades(!) and...

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:18:22 -0400

I don’t get it. Wolverine comes with 6 blades(!) and Gibbard still manages to shave off more facial hair.

Wolverine’s fatal weakness.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:12:24 -0400

Wolverine’s fatal weakness.

The Little Shop of Horrors plant falls on rough times and a...

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:56:09 -0400

The Little Shop of Horrors plant falls on rough times and a friend in Taiwan gets him setup with a new gig.