Links & Blinks

Whole buncha random links for ya today...

The man who has been playing the Raptors Mascot for the past twelve years was voted as the best mascot in North American professional sports. He also worked as the red mascot at the recent Summer Olympics. This article talks about his humble beginnings as a small-town tumbler. How cool is it that we have one of the best mascots in the world?

A few weeks back, Toronto hosted the annual Buskerfest. Street performers from all around the world join the fun. Check out that link to see some videos and hear some cool stories. You may also recognize one of the "poppers" from recent IKEA ads on television.

Wanna see a cool clip of Tiger Woods putting a Rubik's Cube?

In recent news, Google has released a new web browser called Google Chrome. Check out this comic that explains the advantages and functionality. I like it when a subject combines my geeky comicness with my nerdy learningness...

Here's a cool video of a presentation given by the MythBuster guys. They have an automated paintball gun that can pain the Mona Lisa in less than a second!

From the creator of The Sims, they present the new game Spore. You design and build animals, evolving them from single-celled organisms through to giant creatures that can duke it out with others. Quite the novel concept, I'd like to try it sometime.

And finally, here's a story about an elephant that was addicted to heroin. Now that's a curious problem...