Ramblings The Net

Christmas Gift from Google

Even though I’m on Google’s naughty list, they were still nice enough to send me a Christmas gift. I guess they realized that no matter how evil I am, I still make them a lot of money and I’m sure they would hate to see that business go to Yahoo. You can see what Google sent me in the video […]

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The Net

Boxing Day Price Increase

The day after Christmas in Canada is known as Boxing day. It’s very much like Black Friday in the US. Boxing day is the day when all retailers put their products on sale and shoppers line up for hours on end to buy what they believe is a bargain. I’ve decided to use Boxing Day as the day to announce […]

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Ramblings

Merry Christmas To All John Chow Readers

I figure everyone is with friends and family today to celebrate Christmas. I know I am. However, I want to take some time out to wish all John Chow dot Com readers a very merry Christmas. I hope you get everything you wished for and that your holiday will be a happy and safe one. Like last year, this Christmas […]

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Ramblings The Net

Vote for Me and You Could Win a Ruff PC

Remember that Ruff PC Laptop review that Michael did a few weeks back? It seems that review was part of a review competition with the best review winning the Ruff PC. The winner is decided by readers in three rounds of voting. Amazingly enough, I made it into the second round without even knowing about it. The competition started with […]

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Ramblings Videos

VanDusen Garden Festival of Lights

What better way to get into that Christmas spirit than by surrounding yourself with a ton of Christmas lights? The Festival of Lights at VanDusen Garden is a yearly treat that runs from December 7th, 2007 through January 1st, 2008 (except December 25th when the Garden is closed for Christmas). The Festival of Lights creates an enchanted wonderland illuminated by […]

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Videos

Violent Blogger Snowball Fight

For some reason, this reminds me of that rock fight I had in China. The one where it was rumored that I killed a family of pandas. The video was first sent to me by the Cow. Later the creator of the video, Randy Brown, sent me a reminder. One of the best way to create linkbait is to make […]

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