There was a really awesome show at the Exchange on July 26th. The Fifth Dawn opened up for Goatwhore, Amon Amarth, and Darkest Hour. It was a packed exchange and I heard it was completely sold out, so right on. The crowd was really into the music and everyone had a good time although it sure did heat up in there. I missed the start of Fifth Dawn because they had to start playing as soon as the doors opened so the line wasn’t in yet. The end of their set was really good and I throughly enjoyed the new vocals. I can’t wait for their CD release whenever that will happen. Goatwhore continued the metal and brought forth a great show. The packed exchange loved it. After them, Amon Amarth from Sweden looking like a pack of Vikings took the stage and played some awesome stuff. Head banging blonde guys who are all tough and tall was cool. After this came Darkest Hour with their smoke machines and all. I wasn’t too interested in them as they were a detour from all the previous metal bands with their metalcore (emo) style. It was funny how they were the only band of the night to have security up by the stage. Haha, well it is Regina and anything could happen. Great time at the exchange, great night of music.
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The following site has 10 interesting GMail plugins and tweaks. Most of them are affecting the appearance and usability of the interface. I think some of them could be really useful and the whole list should be checked out. I would recommend Google to take a look at these and possibly add them since some are particularly obviously useful to everyone.
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With Nintendo’s newly announced Wii Fit, with a step pad accessory for the Wii, I thought of the question, when did Nintendo start to care about the health of its customers? I know for the longest time now, Nintendo has been throwing in warnings about health into their games. Reminding players to take a break after playing for too long and reminding them to wear their wrist straps. This Wii Fit is a change in direction for them. When people get into better shape by using this step pad they might be more inclined to get out and participate in sports. This could end up hurting the company as people will spend less time playing games and playing their Wii. So thank you Nintendo for entertaining us for so many years, but I am wondering where your long term strategy is at by making exercise games. They really need to learn that if they want us to be gamers for life we need to be fat.
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Sony cut the price on the PS3 by $150 Canadian today to set the price at around $550. Online site Futureshop already has the new pricing reflected while Bestbuy still shows the older price. The new price cut comes as sales of the next-gen console have been poor. Sony is hoping to double their monthly sales numbers as a result of the price cut. The price cut should help to promote sales but it is very likely that a price cut by Microsoft will take away some of its thunder. There is some speculation that the Microsoft price cut on its 360 will come before the end of the week. If that is the case, Microsoft will probably continue to dominate the sales. The announcement last week about three year waranty and then a price cut will surely allow them to increase sales.
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The Russian countryside yields sometimes most improbable sights – abandoned artifacts and installations from bizarre military/scientific research, strangely futuristic forms left to rust and decay – to be found by a curious photographer. These older towers were built and used by the scientist Tesla. Kind of resembles the Tesla coils in command and conquer games. I want one for my backyard!
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Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of “The Simpsons” fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art. Now you can get Buzz Cola, KrustyO’s and Squishees. This is a very cool promotion that I think would do very well wherever it is done. I doubt it would happen anywhere in Canada, but sometimes its cool to just look at the pictures and imagine. If you want to know all the locations of the Kwik-E-Marts you can check out the 7-eleven webpage hopefully by July 2nd for a complete list.
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