Northern voice is an annual conference taking place at UBC’s Point Grey campus in Vancouver and it covers topics related to personal blogging and social media. Here’s the link for it http://2010.northernvoice.ca/ if you’re in town and would like to register for it. May 7 and 8, book those dates!

For boys: 1. Aiden 2. Jacob 3. Ethan 4. Matthew 5. Nicholas For girls: 1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Madison 4. Isabella 5. Ava For the top 50 most popular baby names of the decade and top 100 for 2009, please read this article on Shine, Yahoo.

Apparently the mot commond name in the world is Mohamed. We don’t know how accurate this information is yet since our only source for this is one of our faithful readers.

If you are in need of web site hosting service and you don’t know where to start, you can have a look at the Web Hosting Geeks. They offer a valuable Top 10 list with the best web hosts of 2009. You can check out the features, promotions and prices along with helpful reviews for [...]

Out of the 3,600 short films entered in the short film competition on the theme “food, taste and hunger”, the following movie surpased them all and won the title of the “most popular short film”. View this movie at cultureunplugged.com Please don’t be afraid to share your thoughts.

Check this video for more details and enjoy the multitude of colours: Eepybird’s Sticky Note Experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

I am certainly not an expert on this issue, but a few of the following things will happen: 1. The currency of that country would collapse and it would be worth less than the paper the money are printed on. 2. Economic output would decline dramatically. 3. The retail and service sector would be decimated. [...]

According to Yahoo! Travel, Taj Mahal should be the first place on your list. Because at the rate the monument is deteriorating due to pollution and a high traffic of visitors, the tourism officials are considering closing this 17th century monument.

What to know about Sierra Adventure Gear: This California based website offers all the essentials for exciting outdoor adventures. You can find everything from First Aid equipment to high performing headlamps to lightweight, warm sleeping bags. I was browsing around on the net for a camping stove and found the Brunton burners quite impressive. Sierra [...]

The Mesopotamians believed that their cities and towns were protected by gods. They built temples to these gods on top of large, pyramid-like structures called ziggurats. These were made of mud bricks and had between three and seven storeys. The ziggurat was often built at the center of the city.

MSD simply stands for Merck, Sharp & Dohm.

From 1192 until 1867, Japan saw a long period of peace under the Seii Tai shogun or shoguns, military dictators who ruled during that period. “Shogun” means “barbarian subduing generals”. Minamoto Yoshinaka was the first modern shogun, who came to power after defeating the Taira dynasty. The shogun rulers had loyal warrior servants known as [...]

The purpose of onlineBeta is simple: it makes the connection between volunteer beta testers and upcoming products in development. How can you become a volunteer beta tester? Simply register here for free. Once you become a tester you can you can sign up for any product testing you wish to. The products you might be [...]

Trick or treat? Most people would prefer to do the “trick” before getting the following treats: + Toothbrushes (people actually give out these but just to be sure don’t go trick or treating at the dentist office, unless you need some supplies) + Raisins + Candy corn + Smarties and Necco Wafers + Dum Dum [...]

Yes I know there are from last year, but 2008 is not over yet.

I barely remember my first day in the second grade, but I know there was a lot of confusion in the classroom. Why? Many of us had the same pencil cases, binders and of course paper bag lunches. There were a lot of “Johnny head in the air” kids and after the 10 minute short [...]

The list was compiled by LiveScience. 10. Johann Konrad Dippel – 17th-century alchemist, famous for his quest for elixirs of immortality. 9. Wernher von Braun – the brain behind the rockets used in the early space and lunar exploration programs. 8. Robert Oppenheimer – the head of the Manhattan Project. 7. Freeman Dyson – came [...]

Mahalo is a Hawaiian word used to express one’s gratitude, respect or admiration. Mainly it is used to say “Thanks”, but it is also used as a form of goodbye. Same as the word Hawai’i, it is believed to come from Sawaiki, the believed Proto-Polynesian language. It’s original version was “masalo”.

It is good to be…Chaim Witz! Hm, that does sound weird. Chaim Witz changed his name to Gene Simmons in the late 60s. That is all there is to it and in our opinion it sounds better.

Today was the official launch of Google’s version of an internet browserm a.k.a. Google Chrome. By offering it on their simple, clutter free main page it could show that Google tries to push this product on the market as soon as possible and to probably start dominating or at least acquiring a large section of [...]

The question refers to the word Hawai’i (not the islands themselves). It is a Hawaiian word derived from Sawaiki, the believed Proto-Polynesian language. The word itself has a reconstructed meaning of “homeland”. Of course, down the line the island group was perhaps named Hawaii for that reason, because to its settlers it became their new [...]

This web hosting rating website is a resourceful tool for anyone looking for a web hosting provider. It not just lists web host providers, their services and ratings, but also useful articles about web hosting. For example if you are looking for a cheap web host, a few of their articles give you some pointers [...]

Dear rich people, This is the phone for you. At a mere price of 1100 euros (or roughly 1700 CAD/USD), Nokia promises to deliver a new Nokia 8800 phone that stays faithful to its roots and traditions. The new Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is made out of carbon fiber with 3D patterns decorating the exterior [...]

If you are a car lover, then this is the website for you. Auto123 strives to deliver the latest automotive market data to its readers. You can easily browse through new and used cars or you can find cars according to your budget. For example if you are looking for one of my favourites, the [...]

We’ve received a lot of e-mails asking for the correct answers of the IQ test and many other people e-mailing us with their answers. For those who don’t know it, you can view the IQ test here. Keep in mind that we did not really see it as a fair IQ test, but we posted [...]

Some people were asking for suggestions on what would be a nice docking system for their new iPod touch or iPod phone. The truth is that there is an over abundance on the market for all iPod gadgets, even for docking systems. In my opinion the way to minimize your selection is by first establishing [...]

Inline skates are basically boots/shoes with a line of rollers fixed under each one. They usually have two to five wheels, all arranged on a single line. They must not be confused with the quad skates which have one pair of wheels in the front and one in the back. Now, what is the difference [...]

WordPress 2.6 was just released. It has some new, very useful features such as photo caption, gears, “press this”, post revisions and more. Watch the following video to see the new features, how they look like and how they function. We will be upgrading later today, so we will be offline for about an hour.

Hello everyone. We got this intelligence test last week from one of our subscribers. I wouldn’t really call it an intelligence test as the questions are not very well constructed and one has nothing to do with intelligence. Nevertheless it might be fun to do. We’ll give you some multiple choice answers just to try [...]

Does it really say Sting on his ID? No, no it does not. Sting’s real name is Gordon Sumner. Yes, you read it right the first time, it is Gordon. He gained his nickname while playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen band. He was performing wearing a black and yellow sweater with stripes and apparently to [...]

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