+ 0 - 1 | § ¶It's official - Manulife Financial Corporation and John Hancock Financial Services to Merge in Cdn$15 billion (US$11 billion) transaction (September 28, 2003)
I've been checking the Manulife home page all day, and here it is - Manulife Financial Corporation and John Hancock Financial Services to Merge in Cdn$15 billion. (more)
+ 0 - 3 | § ¶Manulife eyes MaritimeLife merger
Takeover threatens up to 1,000 Maritime Life jobs is the headline on the Chronicle Herald that I woke up to. Read on for some more links... (more)
+ 2 - 0 | § ¶CBC News:Segway scooters recalled after injuries
Some models of the Segway are being recalled due to people falling from them after continuing to use the scooter after the low battery light warning. People are so dumb. Maybe I can get a good deal on a refurb unit? Hm.
+ 1 - 1 | § ¶Crazy hosting deal, too good to be true?
1and1.com are offering their 'Professional Package' - typically $29 a month for exactly $0.00 per month for 3 years. That includes 500 MB storage and 5 GB bandwidth. Bonkers, is the Net bubble expanding again? (more)
+ 1 - 1 | § ¶Model Rocket Video Camera Australia - Aussie RocketCam
RocketCam Model Rocket Onboard Inflight Video is damn sharp. If you have ever seen one of these model rockets fly, then you will know how cool these videos are. There are links to many more. Very cool.
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+ 1 - 0 | § ¶Flotation phone
The Floatation Phone takes the cake. It is a bubble helmet that fits over your head in a pool (story includes photos) so you can 'focus on the conversation' as you are cut off from all other stimuli. What. a. load. of. crap.
+ 1 - 0 | § ¶The Credit Card Prank
The Zug.com Credit Card Prank is a brief and hilarious read. Read along while he signs his receipts as 'Zeus' and 'I stole this card'.
Edit: The All-Natural Soap Taste Test is perhaps a better read than the credit card prank. (more)
+ 0 - 1 | § ¶Free Fonts
Free Fonts - There are some great handwritten and typewriter fonts here. Some good Halloween ones too. Note that I have browsed the fonts but not actually downloaded any. So it might not actually work.
+ 0 - 1 | § ¶Lays: All That... and a Bag of Chips
Get the Lays - You are an old lady with a walker. Get the bag of chips before gramps beats you to it.
+ 1 - 1 | § ¶Billy Bob Quote
A quote from Billy Bob Thornton from this article:
``I don't think either one of us knows why we split up. It was like, say you're going to a nightclub one night with your friends and you're in line and the next thing you know there are guys with helicopters and there's machine-gun fire and you don't know what happened. And that's kind of like what our breakup was like.''
+ 1 - 1 | § ¶20 Questions
You can now play 20 Questions against a computer; or more accurately, everyone who has played 20Q before. It is actually somewhat amusing.
+ 2 - 0 | § ¶LAN party fun
I got this file via BitTorrent the other day, and it shows a guy caught cheating, and the consequences. I think he was lucky that mob mentality didn't take over and tear him limb from limb! Worth the 45 seconds to watch it.
CounterStrike - Dealing with Cheaters
+ 0 - 3 | § ¶The Air Car
The Air Car is just that - it runs on compressed air and battery, reaches 110 km/h, gets 200-300 km per tank. The website has lots of information, and they seem to be gearing up to sell it in North America.
+ 2 - 0 | § ¶Zombie Simulation
This is pretty neat, it is a Java Zombie simulation. Look at those zombies go!
+ 0 - 1 | § ¶Updated to Pivot 1.0 beta 2
As you can see I have updated the site. It it a bit cluttered and I haven't picked any colour scheme (mostly 'cause I don't care very much). (more)