Archive for the ‘Technology & New Media’ Category
Sep
06
Ok. Have you seen/heard of this game?
Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal….
You HAVE to go play it. With the sound on. Preferably at work. It’s awesome. hahahaa.
HILARIOUS. Thank You JAU… this game has brought a lot of joy into my empty, meaningless existence.
Also quite funny – maybe funnier at the time, but I still feel compelled to share it… this video from Saturday night:
This was right before we all consumed a tray full of take out Burrito Boyz – yep! I went back for a second attempt at the world’s plainest burrito and it was a total success!
Obviously the secret is to order 7 at a time… then you get the serious customer service, and you pretty much shut down the entire assembly line. My customized rice, cheese, sour cream and steak snack was DELICIOUS. You are redeemed Burrito Boyz!!!!!!!!!!!
Also – i ran into an RQ reader on the weekend who said i should have warned them about the parking situation over there… yeah… it’s not great – there’s not a lot of parking and it’s kind of a clusterfuck… so we usually just part over beside Bhima’s … much less stressful than having to back out onto King st when you leave!
Stop reading this and go eat a BURRITO.
H.
Sep
01
This is my new favourite blog, and it’s not just because I make a guest appearance today!
Em-Oh-Em is written by P’s Sister-in-Law, Emily and it is awesome!
Here she is with “The Bud” aka “C-Mo”… At the moment he calls me Aunt Harvey – which I think is pretty much THE BEST NICKNAME EVER – and supports my claim that as a kid NO ONE could say my name right, and it often came out HELLERY. And then Alana saw this on Nataliedee.com:
And the handle ANGRYCELERY was born. Stop asking.
Alright, now that I have successfully made this blogpost about ME…..
EM-OH-EM is about Recipes, Books and weird things that help Emily manage her entertaining OCD habits.
Plus, she’s funny.
And she posts most weekdays – which feeds MY internet OCD habits.
And she’s getting a camera very soon – so it’s about to get EVEN better.
I highly recommend it. And the onion ring recipe. FUCKING. DELICIOUS.
H.
Aug
24
Man, i am such an #AgNerd this summer and am SO into this video!
Lisa, Trevor and friends – you guys did a WICKED job!
Check it out!
I love 1:00, 1:21 and 1:42, so genuine. i love it.
H.
Apr
19
FUN and EXCITING RQ Contest!
Post the best TEXT you’ve ever received either in the comments, or @Angrycelery on twitter and you could win a pair of tickets to see THIS movie FOR FREE this weekend at the Princess.
Or, you can buy your tickets for $10/each HERE.
Movie looks funny and timely and has lots of Waterloo Region roots (the producer is a Waterloo grad and one of the actors is from here too!) – so get out and REPRESENT!
Post your BEST TEXT EVER.
Notice I did not say BEST SEXT EVER – so keep it clean, people!
Mine was actually from my mom… and was recent: “Hi. It’s your Mother. I’m texting.”
H.
Apr
01
Who’s psyched for the weekend and some lovely weather? I am.
So there.
Today I searched “Waterloo Region” in Google Reader. Man, I love Google Reader.
Anyways, when trying to find new blogs to read about stuff in KW, I came across… all the blogs i’m already subscribed to!
MAJOR.BUMMER.
So tell me what you’re reading from local bloggers?? I need MORE!
Here’s what i’ve got going on:
- Make Bright – local happenings by the Great DW
- Insiders guide to Waterloo Region – a photo a day! for real!
- Cherries on Top – local happenings by Kirstie
- Curly Blue – Amy of Cute Gecko design on local STUFF!
- Little City Farm – urban farming in KW.
- KW|AG > Free Admission
- How to Furnish a Room > Wordsworth Books
- WCAC > The button factory
- KW Reader – random awesome
- LoudLunch – food, obvi.
- Jane Mitchell – politico
- Ancestors of Kitchener,Ontario – weird project i love.
- Daejin – local happenings by David Yoon
- Quest for a Quest (best header EVER.)
- Local Dish > Foodlink
- Ignite Waterloo
- From My Elbow to my Nose – local stuff and thoughts by Erica W.
- Evan Thor – local stuff and thoughts by Evan Thor… as the name describes ;)
- Sustainable Waterloo
Ok. if you haven’t posted in 3+ months. i’ve dropped you and you are dead to me and my google feed.
SO TELL ME… who am i missing? Add’em in the comments!
H.
Mar
17
So… I tried the Foursquare app a bunch of months ago and HATED it.
It was slow, no one was on it, it seemed like something that was just another thing to do…
HOWEVER. While at 5-7 at Bauer, the lovely Myles encouraged me to give it another go.
So I did. and holy crap. I totally love it!
Now the only thing to do – get all of my friends using it so we can have a little friendly competition over points and badges and we can share reviews of where we go and what we like.
If you’re a business – i don’t know how you could NOT see the benefits in this app. I mean – it basically shows you who your customers are – and let’s you interact with them directly – as well as run some pretty cool promotion around it.
So.. yeah… get on it. and add me as a friend.
H.
hilary (at) rqmagazine (dot) com – obvi.
PS> yes, i know I am a total geek. i’m embracing it – you should too.
Oct
01
Pretty psyched to check this out tonight at THEMUSEUM:
$15 admission includes #TitanicKW! – open til 8pm.
* Say “Iceberg” and get free food!
** 2 beers gets you a Cornish Pasty.
***4 beers gets you Nachos.
AMAZING!
H.
Jun
17
I’ve been meaning to share a couple of my favourite gems from my RSS Reader the past couple days – It feels good to spread the wealth, ya know?
But sadly, i have no time for that today. What i do have time for is 2 of my recent favourites
1. Stuff No One Told Me (but i learned anyways) – amazing little creations with totally true life lessons in them. Like this one:
So true. Thanks for posting Daejin Media!!! such a great find! and new!
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Number 2 on my things of awesome things to share is:
THXTHXTHX which i found through Seth Godin’s blog.
Here’s the description from her ABOUT ME :
Leah Dieterich’s mother always told her to write thank you notes. So she does. To everything.
And she does. And they are so great.
You are so welcome, reader.
Please send me the stuff you like to read.
H.
Jun
09
We chatted with Rob Szabo last week for Episode 13 of The 100.
It was such a good time that this week’s show is 26 minutes!
Sorry :)
Have a listen and let us know what you think!
H
Rob will be performing at the Waterloo Arts Festival in Waterloo Park – check him out at 2pm on Sat and 4pm on Sunday.
Jun
04
Here’s a LINK to listen to the 12th episode of The 100.
I asked people a bunch of questions about the region at last weekend’s Culture Camp – and P cut it into this 7 minute Gem.
Brock drops the Fbomb multiple times in the first 3 minutes, just to show me up.
Like this format better? Less controlled, more random? Let us know.
H.
PS. Happy weekend, I hear there’s a bunch of musical stuff happening at the concrete slab tomorrow afternoon.
Jun
01
This new site has popped up on the KW radar today – KW NIGHT OUT.
It’s press release and About Us page boasts that it “is the best Kitchener, ON area website that brings you all of your nightly entertaining needs at the click of a mouse.” – but it looks like it stills needs a lot of it’s content generated… so….
That’s all I’ll say about that.
H.
May
31
I am in LOVE with the idea of job postings asking for applicants to create a unique way to show how/why they should get a job.
Paper resumes are boring and don’t tell you a goddamn thing about the person applying. It doesn’t even confirm that they can spell or format in Word properly because their Mom probably helped proofread it.
But THIS! It’s the way of the future.
Get on board.
H.
Chris – Nice work and tell Me to We to read this blog post and that they should give you the job because you’re so fucking awesome. And also, thanks for coming with Mike and Cara for the Long Weekend BBQ, excellent night, even though i had to nap intermittently. Mike – NICE BBQING:
May
27
Hey all -
Here’s episode 11 of The 100 – where we chat with Ramy Nassar and Adam Lanteigne about their upcoming photo show to support Grand River & Princess Margaret Hospitals.
We also chat about Cycling in Waterloo Region – and a ton of great stuff happening over the next week.
So check it out by going HERE.
H.
May
17
Hey All,
We’re releasing Episode 10 of The 100 early this week, since we’re talking about The Tannery District and there’s some stuff happening tonight.
Have a listen to the podcast by going to HERE or checking it out in iTunes (The 100 Waterloo)
If you’d like to get involved with raising public interest or showing your support for the District – feel free to action one or more of these options:
1. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP…
And ask your friends to do it too.
2. Work your network. Spread the word, join the conversation. Specifically on WEDNESDAY MAY 19 – Let’s make the Tannery a trending topic in Canada!
“Cadan and City of Kitchener, let’s turn the Tannery into a true district for people.”
Hashtag for twitter #TANNERY
3. Come to the City Council Meeting tonight – 7pm – You don’t even have to speak, just putting butts in the seats will show our support of City council making the right choices :)
…
I know that all this stuff can seem a bit preachy, or like it’s just talking to a wall, but it REALLY doesn’t have to be.
It’s pretty easy for the public to band together and show they disapprove of something – and it gives a loud and clear signal to the people that make the decisions that they are headed in a direction that may not be what the community wants.
I’ll be there tonight.
H.
May
14
Well, The 100 is WAY more interesting when you’re not listening to how annoying the sound of your own voice is!!!
Check out this Episode with Brock and Martin and Emily Robson! They’re talking about cultural planning - and where Waterloo Region is heading!
There was a contest – but Gavin Fitzpatrick already won the tix – so yeah, you snooze ya lose!
Happy Listening,
H.
Apr
27
There’s a pretty great talk happening on May 5 at The (children’s) Museum and IT IS FREE.
Come check out Ric Young talking about social media and how to make change in this crazy world we live in.
I don’t see why you wouldn’t come. It’s from 7 – 9pm and you need to RSVP HERE.
It’s about 75% booked up, so register quickly.
And just to be clear … we’re talking about the Author and big-Thinker, Ric Young:
Not the Actor from Seven Years in Tibet and The Transporter Ric Young:
Now that we have that straightened out, go register.
H.
Apr
16
Check out Episode 5 of the 100! Martin and I chat with Gunmoll Mindy and Nicki 9 Doors of the Tri-City Roller Girls – totally a great time!
Click HERE to go to Ideas Transform and have a listen!
H.
Apr
07
The cats over at I HEART VIDEO ART 2 are looking for some Television Sets.
Old, Broken, Abandoned, Unloved TVs can provide 1 last service to humanity before it gets shipped off to some Edward Burtynsky photograph.
Let IHVA2 give it one last hurrah, won’t you?
Then I hope they will give it to Don at the E-waste drop off on Duke St…
If you’d like to donate your TV – they can be dropped off at the Critical Media Lab on Thursday and Friday of this week.
Contact jellis.e@gmail.com for more details & to arrange a drop off time.
H.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
Apr
01
Hey All – check out Episode 4 of The 100 HERE
We talk to Andrew Coppolino about Food in the Region… what we’re known for, why it’s great… how we can support and enjoy or local food system and Andrew talks about a few of the hidden gems in the Kitchener Waterloo.
Plus, the usual event review and previews. Check it out!
H.
Mar
19
Sunshine Chen captured the second episode of The 100 on film!
You can check it out here, if you can’t get enough of us.
If you’re sick of us, don’t go HERE!
H.