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Video of the Day: C is for Conan: A hysterical look at his ride…

He is the man! I can’t wait for him to be back on the boob tube…

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Is working from home fun? It is with OfficePOD!

This is an awesome concept: The OfficePOD [http://www.officepod.co.uk]

I would move to the UK if an employer there would hire me and give me one of those. Ya hear that, UK? I will move to you.

The Canadian electric car you haven’t heard of

Did you know there’s a Canadian car company? Oh and it’s electric. Spread this great news.

But this is a funny story, a funny sad (and controversial) story, because, despite this gorgeous (well, gorgeous in the environmental sense) car being manufactured entirely in Canada, it’s not actually legal on the road in Canada!

They’re called ZENN, as in Zero Emission No Noise. You will hear sounds of nature when you drive this car. Not the engine. Woah.

It’s a Canadian success story, and I’d like to see these on the road across Canada now.

Have you seen the gas tank is an electric plug? Yeah, plug ‘er in. You’ll pay a penny a mile, and the energy used is equivalent to 245 miles per gallon. It takes 8 hours for a full charge and 4 hours for 85% charge, just like your cell phone. As CEO Ian Clifford said, “Your biggest carbon footprint as an individual is probably the car you drive.” Consider that…

Here’s an 8 minute product tour with CEO Ian:

So as Canadians, this makes us even more compelled to spread the word about this car, which retails for $12,000 to $15,000 USD.

Illustrious TV show host and comedian Rick Mercer brought his classic Canadian mix of satire and reverence to his tour of the factory:

I would definitely drive this car. Would you? Well, gonna have to do something about that backing up buzzer, golf car style. Yikes.

The drawback with this car is that it’s maximum speed is 40km/h. But coming soon is the cityZENN with a maximum speed of 125km/h and 400km range on one charge. Or will it…

That would make it a real competitor to the big car companies, and if that project gets hidden under the rug like Who Killed the Electric Car?, many Canadians may never hear of ZENN. That project is dependent on some mysterious battery advancements coming out of a very private Texas Company called EEStor Inc. CEO Ian has (majority) propriety rights to this controversial technology — a unique energy storage system (shall we say, ultra capacitor) that can charge a car in 5 minutes to go 400 kilometres. Wowya! Or can it? Watch GM play dumb:

Ski Flying or Speed Riding down Aconcagua

Call it whatever you like. This hybrid extreme winter sport is jaw-dropping.

This guy François Bon summited Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, at 22,841 feet. His 11 day approach and climb was capped up by a 4 minute and 50 second descent of the 9000 foot south face.

Amazing. Watch:

Here are the Acro-Base guys flying down the Eiger in Switzerland, albeit to some other editor’s better chosen reggae soundtrack:

Cool Link of the Day: NameChk

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How is technology changing our lives?

I’m sure many (or most) of you have already seen this, but still, it gives me goosebumps almost every time I watch it. What an interesting look at the way technology affects us all. Hmm, I wonder what our kids lives (and gadgets) will be like…

Gary Vaynerchuck drinks wine and kicks ass

This is required viewing for anyone who’s making trying to make a living online. Gary Vaynerchuck from Wine Library TV has made a few killer, inspirational presentations, but this is perhaps the best. Here’s Gary at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York in September 2008. He talks about hard damn work (“stop watching fucking Lost”), passion in what you do (“if you’re pumping out good shit, people will follow”), and personal branding (ask yourself: “what do I want to do?”). Anything can happen, but if you have brand equity, you’ll be fine.

“Legacy is greater than currency.” The only thing worse than failing and being skeptical is being irrelevant. Now go!

(Actually, he normally spits out his tastings. I do hope he drinks the stuff on occasion.)

Have you tried TweetDeck?

Not that tweeting is that complex of an operation, nor is my Twitterberry application ever that far out of reach, but I am excited for my Adobe Air installation of the TweetDeck beta application (for PC, in this case) to complete. I’ll let you all know how it goes!

Let me know if there are any “better” or lighter apps out there that do the same thing…

Our friend, Phil

This is a great short produced right here in Canadiana, starring my good friend Phil Dubrovsky. The Internet – what a great way to get artists’ names out there… Way to go, Phil!!

Be sure to click on the “HQ” button to view the video in high quality and to best appreciate the production value!

Enjoy!

How "Live" is Qik?

I often us a free app for my BlackBerry 9000 called “Qik” – it allows me to “broadcast” live video from my phone. However, it never seems to be truly live. There is always a slight delay – but still, really cool for a mobile app! Maybe the delay is due to the not-so-fast Rogers 3G network? Has anyone tried this on AT&T in the States, or Sprint? Or even Telus or Bell here in Canada?

[UPDATE] Hey, where’s the audio? Gonna have to try this again…

OK, so there’s no time stamp… This exercise didn’t help me much!