Google Earth...

My Neighborhood
Originally uploaded by Shaggy Z.

I've found a new online toy. It's called Google Earth. Basically you can view any part of the earth. More populated tend to have better resolution. But for most places of interested you can easily make out cars and in some places you can even see people walking around. To check it out go to http://earth.google.com/ and download the free version. You're gonna need some bandwidth to used Google Earth so if you're on dial-up don't bother. I've posted a few favourite spots in Flickr.

Hold'em...

Just thought I'd share my latest poker victory with y'all. I recently played in an online freeroll tournament that had 10 000 entries. 6 intense hours later, it was head-to -head poker. My opponent had about 3 times my chips, but after I beat him al-in two consecutive hands, the 15 million chips were mine. All of the 1500 in chips that my 9999 opponents began with were mine! And to make the win sweeter, my buddy Craig was watching the last 2 hours. Here's an email from pokerstars:

PokerStars Tournament #31514211, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
10000 players
Target Tournament #31065649
27 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2006/09/15 - 23:30:00 (ET)

Dear tauroicup,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.

You qualified to play in Tournament #31065649 and are automatically registered for it.

If you decide to un-register, a tournament ticket will be issued in your name,
valid for the tournament #31065649.

See Tournament #31065649 Lobby for further details.


You earned 397.94 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html


Please contact support@pokerstars.com if you have any questions.

Schmap...

A few of my pics from Flickr have been used in the latest Edmonton Schmap guide. The pics weren't really anything special, I guess they couldn't find any others from Rundle Park! What is Schmap? Here's some info from Wikipedia:

"Schmap is a website offering free digital travel guides for download, along with a small computer program that interacts with a Web browser to display the guides called the Schmap Player.

There are currently more than 100 city or island guides available for download from Schmap, purportedly more than the number offered by traditional paper guidebook publishers Frommers, Lonely Planet, and Fodors as individual city or island guides.

Schmap is entirely free to consumers, relying on sales from its travel store, advertising, and licensing revenue from its commercial customers for financial support.

The Schmap Player is currently available in Microsoft Windows format only. An FAQ on the Schmap website states that the company is currently developing a Mac version of the application for release in November 2006."

You can check out the guides at www.schmap.com.

Old Apartment...

Ever drive past a house you used to live in?
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"Old Apartment" ~ Barenaked Ladies

Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
Broken glass, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones
This is where we used to live

Why did you paint the walls?
Why did you clean the floor?
Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
This is where we used to live

Why did you keep the mousetrap?
Why did you keep the dishrack?
These things used to be mine
I guess they still are, I want them back

Broke into the old apartment
Forty-two stairs from the street
Crooked landing, crooked landlord
Narrow laneway filled with crooks.
This is where we used to live.

Why did they pave the lawn?
Why did they change the locks?
Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk
This is where we used to live

How is the neighbor downstairs?
How is her temper this year?
I turned up your tv and stomped on the floor just for fun
I know we don't live here anymore
We bought an old house on the Danforth
She loves me and her body keeps me warm
I'm happy here
But this is where we used to live

Broke into the old apartment
Tore the phone out of the wall
Only memories, fading memories
Blending into dull tableaux

I want them back
I want them back
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