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After months of waiting, looking down at my watch and scratching off the days on the calendar, the day had finally arrived. My Girlfriend was going to be arriving in Germany for a wondrous holiday together. We would be flying, taking the train, and of course, driving to cities all across Europe.

Let me highlight driving.

I had to pick up my Girlfriend from Frankfurt airport. I wanted to use the company car but policy doesn't allow the car to stay with me overnight. The company cars available to me are simple. Either a green Ford Focus which is falling apart or a Blue Opel Astra. I've honed my Manual driving skills in both cars and each has their own characteristics. The Focus for example is easy to drive smooth, but once you're on the road it starts to complain that you didn't service it yesterday.

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I never would have thought that looking for a new moblie phone would be so hard. I've had a simple Sony Ericsson z520a for a good while, enough to tell me that I don't really need gadgets on my phone. All I do is make calls and send texts. The camera, I never use, nor do I use the browser, or even the games. The novelty of those things died out after just a month.

On the other hand, there's all these smartphones popping up and with prices plummeting, its made me rethink what I really want in a phone. Are 5 megapixel cameras going to tear me away from my beloved Panasonic TZ5? Are web browsers on phones going to rip me apart from my Macbook? I did a bit of cell searching and this is what I found out...

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So I was browsing the 'net for some interesting things to look at. News, the election in the US, and of course, Formula 1 results. Nothing though, beats what I found at Edushi. This site amazed me upon first clicking on the link. I think you'll understand why...

This is a 3D rendering of the Hong Kong Harbour. Exact to the very last detail. And I thought google earth was cool? Well, when you've seen this, google earth is nothing! I've been to Hong Kong and I can attest to the accuracy of the buildings. Even the shapes and colours of each building is rendered to almost perfect accuracy. The Docks aren't even the same. To any casual observer, you could make all the docks the same shape and no one would care. But at Edushi, each dock is different, rendered exactly like the real thing. To just think about the man-hours that went into this is enormous! I had a hard time in Sim City creating a couple buildings and these guys just blew that entirely out of the water and detailed every single building. Read More »

And now we actually have an online game that challenges the mind! Instead of clicking your mouse button almost aimlessly, you actually have to position it correctly! How amazing is that? Well, not that amazing to be honest but nonetheless, this game is simple enough to play in a couple of minutes but challenging enough to make you came back for more. Cubis is the name of the game.

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And we have yet another extremely useful way to spend time. Serf's up is not a game that you may usually think of because of the title. It's got nothing at all to do with surfing and I really don't know how the name connects to the game at all. Nonetheless, its simple, requiring only a single click of the mouse to play. A surefire winner!

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Flash Games, the ultimate form of wasting time. Sure you could sleep, go for a walk outside, but what better way than to sit in front of your computer all day aimlessley clicking a button? Meet one of my new favourite websites: Grab.com.

Its got a collection of awesome time wasting games first of which is: Super Bob. Its an extremely simple game that will make time dissapear faster than you can say, 'Are we there yet?'. All you need to do is click your mouse button to make bob flap his arms and fly up.

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*I haven't been able to add any pics for some reason, so those will be up as I figure it out**

I am a Nerd, so my girlfriend tells me. Here are her reasons: I like anime, manga, GIANT ROBOTS, apologetics, cars and cooking. I really get into these things and talking about them really excites me. I can talk about those things at any time, and for hours on end. And the best thing about it is that my girlfriend thinks it’s awesome (talk about a really blessed guy!). One of my recent “Nerd-isms” is the new Macross series (called Macross Frontier). If you don’t know what this, you’re missing out. 

There are three things that describe this Japanese series, and that’s Singing (it’s a bit odd how it fits in the story, but some of the songs are pretty catchy), love triangles (for added drama), and GIANT ROBOTS (actually, they’re plane/space ships that transform into giant robots). So that’s pretty all you need to know about the series. So of course, after watching so many different Macross Series, I finally had to get something that would step up my nerd level, time for some toys!

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So if you’ve all been keeping up with recent news you’ll know that the Canadian dollar has surpassed the US dollar in value. For us Canadians, that only means one thing…shopping!

Looking for the best place to go netted only one result; Great Lakes Crossing. It’s a shopping mall filled with outlet stores and has a land area of about 1.4 million square feet! As a plus, it was only 45 minutes away, which meant more time for shopping.

I would be going with two friends, both girls. You must be thinking…are you crazy?! Me, being a guy and both my friends being professed shopaholics. Thanks in part to my many travels in China, I was prepared for what lay ahead. I had already been on a few shopping marathons in my life. Read More »

Our hunt for a new car is finally over! After many months of scouring the internet and browsing the classifieds, we found our car.

Mind you, it was not an easy task. We had three basic requirements to fill. Firstly, it had to have at least 4 doors or else the insurance company would think we’re into street racing. Secondly, it had to use regular gas and be miserly on fuel. Third, it had to be a practical replacement for our 1991 Toyota Previa; the little van that could.

The first requirement  was easy enough and that meant we were either looking at a hatchback or a sedan. The second meant it had to be a four-banger, but the third requirement was a little bit tougher.

Our 1991 Previa had a little under 390,000 kms on the clock. Sure, the turn signal solenoid had to be replaced, as did the muffler and the sliding door handle after an enthusiastic tug on the door that was frozen to the body. Read More »

The Product: The new Schick® Intuition® Plus™ razor for women (or men!) is the newest razor from Schick®!
The Buzz: “Lathers, Shaves & Moisturizes in 1 Easy Step”

To be honest, I first heard about the new Schick® Intuition® Plus™ razor during a commercial break on TV. I love commercials, and the thought of a 1-step razor seemed pretty appealing! The pitch in itself of 1 easy step sounds pretty promising: Just think, no more fumbling with shaving cream in the shower; no more of applying shaving cream, turning around to put down the can, only to realize that the water has washed away all your hard work! I decided that it was worth testing out. Read More »