Tonight I was chatting with Dickson about his trip, and he mentioned that his friend told him about a hotel in China that has showerheads that follow you! That is, if you step backwards, forwards, or sideways the showerhead will readjust the spray. Pretty darn cool hey?

Made me realize how stupid my showerhead is. Now of course, upon hearing something like this, there are a number of questions that could come to mind, such as: can it interpret movements to change the force or style of the spray?, can it automatically adjust the temperature according to your facial expressions?

However, neither of those was my first question! My first question was simple – what happens if there are two people in the shower? Who does it follow? And here is Dickson’s response:

welp, i would generate the smallest bounding circle that encapsulates both bodies and then aim for the centroid

riiiight….

I think it should dim the lights and turn on some Barry White or something…maybe turn the spray to “massage” mode.

I bet you thought it was bad enough the University robs you of your money for tuition and books every year! Now this:

PuTTY 0.55, released today, fixes a serious security hole which may allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client connecting to it. In SSH2, the attack can be performed before host key verification, meaning that even if you trust the server you think you are connecting to, a different machine could be impersonating it and could launch the attack before you could tell the difference. Read: Dana Epp

Guess what client the University recommends for use? Yup! PuTTY! So protect yourself today! If you use PuTTY to connect to the UofA from home, or anywhere off campus, get the newest version here (exe). You can also get it at the official PuTTY site.

DISCLAIMER: I am not suggesting the University of Alberta actually knew about this security hole, nor that they would take advantage of it, but it does make one wonder doesn’t it? What if they were under extreme pressure to crack down on plagarism? Nifty backdoor if you ask me!

In preparation of some totally cool news regarding my pictures, I decided I had better finish off a few more. Here are the new pictures, with details on the news to follow later.

Activities Series: Flying, Moving
Emotions Series: Homesick, Lovesick, I Miss You, Mad
Events Series: Athens 2004, Election 2004, Vote Bush, Vote Kerry, Remembrance Day
Sports Series: Olympics

Enjoy!

According to this survey, 39% of respondents have searched for themselves. I don’t know about you, but I find that number extremely low. I know I do a vanity search at least once a week just to see where I am ranking (mostly in relation to that damn Brazilian company).

So let’s do a little informal poll. If you have ever searched the Internet for yourself, leave a “yay” comment, otherwise leave “nay”. I am positive it will be higher than 39%!

Read: Searchblog

Tomorrow (well technically today) my Mom and Dad leave Inuvik to start their summer vacation. They are driving down to Edmonton, a trip which according to MapPoint is 3192.2 kilometers if you take the quickest route – a total of 36 hours and 45 minutes. For a map, directions, and more details, look here.

Over 700 of those kilometers will be spent on the Dempster Highway – one of the craziest highways in North America and maybe the world. It really is something else! For pictures and more, look here. For up to date road conditions, look here.

Here’s to a fast, fun, and most of all safe trip! See you on Thursday 🙂 Oh and be sure to check Martin’s site for updates and pictures from their trip.

Went to Reds tonight with Megan to see Arsh and the boys in Warning Signs perform. We got there early and so we went to Starbucks for Caramel Frappucinos – delicious! Next it was time for pool. We played probably six games, and while I won consistently, the last game was definitely the best. Not only did I win, I made every shot behind my back. HARDCORE!

Arsh and the boys finally started playing around 11:30, and did a good set (even though Arsh was forced by his alcohol to forget the words to a song or two). There wasn’t too many people around, so we need to work on that – getting more people out to the shows. There was one girl there, named Kara, who I recognized for some reason. And she was hot. Anyway, I bet Megan $5 she was from McNally. So I went over to talk to her and sure enough, she went to McNally. I can’t seem to find her in the yearbooks though, she said she graduated 2003.

After the show we went to BP’s (again, yes I know) to plan our management of the band (Megan and I that is). And I am happy to report the new Cactus Nachos are awesome!

Time for another ICubed! What have I found interesting lately? See for yourself:

• Saturn Moon Death Star?
  Is there a Death Star (think Star Wars) orbiting Saturn? Looks like it to me! [via Dave Donaldson]
• Google IPO Site Live!
  Get it while it’s hot! What do you enter on sites that require a state/zip code? I always put 90210 because its the only one I can remember easily! Thank you Aaron Spelling!
• Francis Crick Dies
  The man who helped discover the double helix of DNA has died. Follow the link and find his groundbreaking paper from 1953.
• Top 10 Funniest IT Stories
  Think you have troubles with the computer? Think again! [via GeekPress]
• Mary Kate versus Ashley
  It’s the battle we’ve all been waiting for! Enjoy!

Tonight (being Friday) I went to Improvaganza at the Varscona Theatre with Sharon (who, notice, remains blogless). It was really entertaining, very funny! And as luck would have it, for their last skit, they took a suggestion for the setting, and someone yelled out Inuvik. What are the odds?

After the theatre we went to my new favorite Starbucks! In the new building on the corner of Whyte Avenue and 104th Street, there is a Starbucks. Right across the street from the Second Cup and the Timothy’s. Anyway, not only is it brand new, it has the coolest bar inside! And it is open until 1 AM, which means you can sit around drinking coffee and enjoying the, ahem, scenery passing by.

Thanks to everyone who came on Thursday to the Blogosphere dinner! We had a good turnout, and it was lots of fun (except for the slightly odd waitress showing us pictures of when she was 300 pounds – seriously I was trying to eat). Hopefully everyone will come to the next one and bring more people too! Here are a few photos from the dinner, especially look at the last one.

That’s right, my publicly traded blog is worth over $13,000 in BlogShares currency! Found a very neat site today, BlogShares.com, which is a fantasy blog shares market. Basically, its like a real stock market, but instead of companies you have blogs. You can check out my blog profile here, or click the listed button to the left.

Want to see some other blog listings? Here you go, some of the most popular Blogosphere.ca members:

• Dickson’s House of Love – B$4,646.46
• EclecticBlogs – B$1,844.65
• Megan’s After all, I did pay for this – B$3,024.34
• Andrew’s Welcome to Ocean Avenue – B$1,845.51
• bean’s Blog – B$2,466.67
• Brock’s Blog – B$4,049.56
• Michelle’s Kissed by Kiwi – B$6,458.78
• Genie’s Bottle – B$2,107.67

As far as I can tell, it works like a normal market, the blog becomes more valued as more shares are purchased. Also, looks like inbound/outbound links have some sort of effect on the price as well. I am still learning, but its a very good idea, and kinda fun! Give it a try!